BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — More patients are getting cosmetic surgery to look like their "filtered" self online, reports CBS News.<br /><br />It is common nowadays to see people taking selfies of themselves, and then editing it before uploading it onto social media.<br /><br />There are a ton of apps such as photo retouching apps which let people do things such as smoothing out their skin to whitening their teeth, to changing their facial features.<br /><br />The researchers say young people's self-esteem is getting lower as a result, with people viewing filtered images of friends, families, and celebrities.<br /><br />This phenomenon — now dubbed as Snapchat dysmorphia — has people requesting cosmetic surgeons for fuller lips, bigger eyes, or thinner nose, in order to look like the online version of themselves.<br /><br />The authors of the study say social media is altering people's perception of beauty worldwide and is making people "lose touch with reality."<br /><br />They also added that clinicians should understand the impact of social media on people's self-esteem "to better treat and counsel their patients."
