The drawbacks of a selfie

The duck face, the peace and pout and my personal favourite the ‘looking down at the ground with a shy smile to make it not look like a selfie’ selfie – all excellent examples of the social media phenomenon that was also named Word of the Year 2013 by the Oxford Dictionary.
I’ll admit I’m guilty of a selfie every now and then, mostly with friends and in a ‘we’re having so much fun, I bet you wish you were us’ kind of way. But it was always just a bit of a laugh and never taken very seriously.
However, according to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the rise of the selfie has coincided with the rise of young adults undergoing plastic surgery. Apparently, by taking selfies frequently, people are harshly judging their facial features and changing their appearance to ultimately look better in their photos.
Out of curiosity we threw this new-found information out to our forum to see what you, our members, thought about the issue. We loved the responses we got. Here’s what you said:
“I don’t see the fuss in taking the ‘perfect’ selfie. I understand we just want to project the best bits of ourselves but what makes a movie even greater? The bloopers reel! No-one’s polished and perfect all the time; show more than just that side of you.” -Jacquelinee
“I’ve noticed something interesting… The people I know who look great in their selfies, they generally don’t look as great in person. For me, it all evens out. I think maybe it’s more like – people whose priority is looking great in a selfie are the type of personality who would be inclined to have plastic surgery anyway.” –Lucrecia629
“Hahaha, I see my flaws in a mirror not a selfie… But I do have some pretty bad photos that I just look at and want fix it all. But I probably never will as I don’t want to look fake.” –Tashee92
“I personally don’t do “selfies” because I am too self-conscious; but I would understand why some people seek plastic surgery, it just puts a lot of pressure on being a certain standard.” –Jodie938
“People shouldn’t really believe what they see in photos anyway. Photos tend to accentuate things that shouldn’t be accentuated (dark circles, stupidly shaped nose) but in no way do they look that bad in real life (certainly not in my mirror anyway!). Anyway, getting plastic is fine but getting plastic surgery for the sole purpose of “looking good in selfies” is pretty dumb.” –Lawliet
The forum thread is still open and you can join in the conversation here.
Do you take selfies? Have you ever considered plastic surgery after seeing a bad photo of yourself?
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Yep not one for selfies either, the only ones I take are with my kids!
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I wasn't a selfie person until I started doing makeup reviews on my blog recently. I still hate it. I really hate taking and looking at selfies. Not so much because I judge my own features (well, I judge how my makeup turns out in the selfie but that's a different story) but I don't like the action of doing it. Do you know what's selfie in French? Ego Portrait. I feel just like that.
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I'm not photogenic at the best of times so selfies are pretty much a no no. I tend to keep away from social media and have so far never considered any form of plastic surgery.
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Don’t take selfies much at all. If I were younger..... We are all too harsh about how we look in photos. I look at photos from years ago and think what was I complaining about?
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Not my cup of tea either
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I don't do selfies really at all, mostly because I don't like all the hype that surrounds them and how people judge each other based on a single photo that's taken on an exact angle and the person looks completely different in real life anyway. There are plenty of filters and photo shop type techniques that people use when they put a selfie up and I just don't see the point to it.
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Interesting read, I see where it all comes from, but plastic surgery is kind of extreme too.
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It is very overrated
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It's all a bit ridiculous!
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I'm not much into the selfie thing. I can see how people get upset when they see their faces up close and from odd angles - It's quite unrealistic though. The odd angles in all these different lights change everything, and the proportion of everything. It looks strange to us (and is confronting and makes us feel badly about our image) when we see it because it actually is strange.
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Overseas selfies are definitely something I am guilty of. But how many times am I going to be standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? However I have never considered plastic surgery after seeing a bad selfie. I just hit delete....
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My face is very asymmetrical, therefore far away from being material for countless selfies, but cut it in pieces? noooooooo
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I can't be bothered with selfies.
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Not into selfies at all!
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Don't like selfies much at all
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word of the year. That's quite an achievement
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Plastic surgery freaks me out
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