An entire generation is being brought up to believe that beauty is only pixel deep.
So influencers have begun to normalise a whole host of cosmetic enhancements for a generation of young people."No-one is born hating their body or with an absolute sense of self-deprecation," says clinical psychologist Liane Lurie."These things are learnt both through the observation of behaviours of others and through subtle and overt messages that we're fed."
This doesn't end as we become adults, says Lurie. We're constantly being made aware of ways in which we can improve ourselves, which sets us up for a destructive cycle:"ultimate shame at our perceived lack of self-control and imagined ugliness"."The proliferation of images on social media has created a trend of comparison with others," says Lurie."And those comparisons are deficit focussed.
"Remember that perceived flaws are the aspects of yourself that make you unique and beautiful," says Lurie.
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