![]() Magazines often touch up models the evolution of photoshopping a model can be found here. This demands action considering the photoshopping of one’s body is correlated to one of greatest epidemics of our generation: eating disorders. Out of the students who claim to use FaceTune, 20.9 percent use the app to edit his/her body in some way. While fixing minuscule details about a photo can be argued as acceptable, mass editing and re-shaping of one’s body have negative effects on self-image. Growing photoshop culture leads to insecurities, eating disorders Infographic by Desiree Gonzalez Twenty-seven percent of surveyed boys, however, view photoshop as lying to an audience, unacceptable or as “catfishing.” The male demographic, including junior Jared Kurtz, is less empathetic to those who justify the use of FaceTune and believe it is a scam “to get likes on. They aren’t a product so it’s not like it’s ‘false advertisement.’ They’re just showing themselves in a way that makes them happy,” sophomore Leila Nourmand said. ![]() “ If people want to use it to make themselves look or feel better then they should be able to. For many, it is simply a way to touch-up minor insecurities, such as whitening teeth or removing a pimple. What does the student body think about FaceTune?īased on our survey, girls generally are more understanding of the reasons one would defend using FaceTune and Photoshop. Generally, it is seen as a disgrace to manipulate or edit one’s image to their own taste, but like I said before if it is done in moderation and if it doesn’t defer too much from the original photo itself, then people should be able to do what they want.” “This could probably root from trying to portray themselves the way they want to be seen by others in reality. Others may want to design themselves so that online they contain the features that they otherwise lack in real life,” senior Lisa Park said. Some may use it to fix practical features of the photo that seems to appear odd or ruin the visual quality of the photo. “I’m sure the intentions for using the feature varies. Because these students essentially alter their photos to impress social media followers, it is evident that there is a culture surrounding FaceTune and its growing normalization. Out of the students who claim to use FaceTune, 28 percent have admittedly used the app to alter photos posted on social media. Social media users, notably girls, sometimes conclude they must resemble famous models and/or influencers to be beautiful and thus try to recreate the already touched-up images they see. This prominence of Photoshop has been cultivated by the ever-increasing cohort of social media influencers. ![]() “It’s like a never-ending cycle where girls feel like they constantly have to warp themselves to resemble models whose photos are likely photoshopped themselves.” ![]() It’s basically all over my feed,” junior Erica Dennis said. The widely used photo editing application FaceTune has become so prominent in social media culture that “facetuning” has become a verb alongside “googling” and “ubering.” Twenty-five percent of the student body* uses FaceTune, whether that be for smoothing acne or altering a body part. However, as our begin to revolve around the iPhone, the use of such applications has shifted from being utilized in a professional setting to being used anywhere and everywhere it’s never been at our fingertips. Photo enhancement has been around since the 80s, following the creation of Adobe Photoshop. The normalization of unrealistic beauty standards has driven many teens to flock to Photoshop and editing applications to achieve what society tells them is perfection. We’ve grown up seeing our favorite celebrities, childhood heroes and admired fashion models on the covers of tabloids and magazines, embodying the “perfection” expected of a CoverGirl. ![]()
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