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Selfies fuelling plastic surgery rates, say US doctors

  • A third of members of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery report increase in procedures due to social media
  • Saw a 10% rise in nose jobs and a 7% rise in hair transplants
  • Trend particularly strong in young people with 58% rise last year 
  • Britons now take 35 million selfies every month

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Daniel Bates


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12:37 EST, 13 March 2014

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UPDATED:

10:56 EST, 14 March 2014

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Selfies are fuelling a rise in plastic surgery because people are putting their faces under a ‘microscope’ every time they take a picture on their smart phones.

The trend of taking your own portrait means that we are becoming increasingly narcissistic and want to go under the knife to improve our looks, said US surgeons.

The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery revealed that one third of its 2,700 members reported an increase in procedures last year due to pictures taken on social media.

The selfie taken at the Oscars earlier this month by actor Bradley Cooper featuring celebrities including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey became the most re-tweeted photo of all time

As a result the organisation’s members saw a 10 per cent rise in nose jobs and a seven per cent increase in hair transplants.

There was also a six per cent increase in eyelid surgery.

Dr Edward Farrior, President of the AAFPRS, said that if you wanted to avoid feeling bad about yourself, it might be time to put your phone down.

He said: ‘Social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and the iPhone app Selfie.im, which are solely image based, force patients to hold a microscope up to their own image and often look at it with a more self-critical eye than ever before.

Many surgeons report an increase in procedures as social media causes us to over analyse our flaws

‘These images are often the first impressions young people put out there to prospective friends, romantic interests and employers and our patients want to put their best face forward.’

Dr Farrior said that the most popular selfie-inspired operations for women were face lifts, nose jobs and Botox.

Men went for Botox and hair transplants, he added.

The trend was particularly strong among you people and in a worrying twist, last year 58 per cent of plastic surgeons saw a rise in cosmetic surgery among the under-30s.

Selfies hugely popular in the UK and are so ingrained in our culture that the word has been incorporated into the Oxford English Dictionary.

Britons now take 35m selfies a month and more than half of adults have taken one, including 29 per cent of the over 65s.

A selfie taken at the Oscars earlier this month by actor Bradley Cooper featuring celebrities including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey became the most forwarded message of all time on Twitter.

It was forwarded on more than two million times, causing the social media site to briefly crash.

At the Prince’s Trust Awards Joan Collins tried to imitate the picture with 14 stars including Jeremy Irons and Sir Ben Kingsley but got it out of focus and cropped out some celebrities.

Joan Collins, Vernon Kay, Sir Ben Kingsley, Pixie Lott and Jeremy Irons try to imitate that Oscars selfie

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Comments (9)

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CherryBomb,

Who cares, United Kingdom,

moments ago

Actually, it’s more to do with pressures from external factors, like the media exploiting exploiting insecurities. We’re constantly judged; especially women. We’re told that we’re not thin enough, that our body hair is disgusting, that wearing makeup is fake but our skin has to look perfect, etc, etc. There’s HUGE money being made exploiting this. Think about how many companies would go broke overnight if women decided to love themselves the way they are. Selfies are so frowned upon because we’re taught it’s “vain” and “wrong” be happy enough with ourselves to want to take a picture. That’s ridiculous.

NLSutton,

Staffordshire, United Kingdom,

3 hours ago

I take selfies but like I say in every cosmetic surgery article. Not everyone feels that way who takes selfies. There are parts of my body I don’t like. E.G. the mole on my nose that I’ve had since I was very small, I also have a 15in scar down my back from an operation from when I was 14 and 19 (Had scoliosis). I was even offered cosmetic surgery to remove the scar but I declined happily and said ‘I’m happy with my body the way it is, there may be parts I hate, but nature and my own doing is how my body looks. I want to be one person to deny cosmetic surgery even if it was free.’ I will never have a tummy tuck, breast surgery or any other type of surgery to ‘enhance’ my looks. It’s stupid to deny who you truly are.

LF,

London,

6 hours ago

People are just too in love with themselves.

Mowdiwarp,

Huddersfield, United Kingdom,

7 hours ago

‘Selfies’ a stupid word in itself and these self images are only taken by vain, self centred people because few others want to take their image.

ricardo188,

Edinburgh,

14 hours ago

Clowns

Revs,

Atlantis, United Kingdom,

18 hours ago

Not all the stars and personalities cosmetic surgery has been successful. Mickey Rourke and Melanie Griffiths are two that spring to mind. Insecure about myself? Not at all.

Pookie,

London, United Kingdom,

20 hours ago

What a vicious circle. Sad, unhappy people easily fuelled by equally sad, unhappy people. Be content with your lot.

aandm12,

Laguna Hills,

21 hours ago

We are meant to look out, not in….

TheRaw,

new york, United States,

21 hours ago

All the more reason to STOP TAKING SELFIES

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