More young people turn to cosmetic procedures due to social media pressure
Social media pressure has been linked with a real boom in cosmetic procedures such as Botox and dermal fillers, according to a new report by Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Social media apps that alter the appearance with different apps have enforced a beauty standard that is often unattainable without the help of few procedures. Young people have been the most impacted by the pressure of looking good. The exposure to airbrushed images and apparently perfect lifestyles contributes to the increasing number of people who chose to alter their appearance.
The exposure to airbrushed images and apparently perfect lifestyles contributes to the increasing number of people who chose to alter their appearance.
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The report warns that the government should protect youngsters and put in place stricter regulations on the industry. Many of the cosmetic procedures are unregulated and reliable data is not available.
Now, there are makeover apps and online plastic surgeries targeting children as young as nine. The authors of the study highlight the fact that such apps might be contributing to growing anxieties around body image.
The report identifies the main motivation that encourages young people to resort to different cosmetic procedures. The main factors are: wanting to look younger, aiming to achieve normality, a way of improving self-esteem or responding to body dissatisfaction and even the hope of achieving and maintaining professional success.
The focus on body image has negative consequences such as an increasing level of anxiety around appearance.Advertisements on social media that promote unrealistic beauty standards, often to young girls, are also considered a contributing factor.
Plastic surgery Apps aimed at children
The report describes how apps with names such as “Plastic Surgery Princess”, “Little Skin Doctor” and “Pimp My Face” could be contributing to a state of anxiety in young people.
The authors ask for those cosmetic procedures to be banned for people under 18 unless they involve a team of specialists like Gps and psychologists.
The reports highlight that young people are under immense pressure on a daily basis regarding the way they look and calls for more regulations in companies that might exploit their anxiety and offer cosmetic procedures to people under 18.
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