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BioEdge: Introducing Snapchat Dysmorphia

BioEdge: Introducing Snapchat Dysmorphia

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Introducing Snapchat Dysmorphia
     
The selfie fad is leading to a new psychological disorder, Snapchat Dysmorphia, according to an article in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. Cosmetic surgeons have noticed a trend for patients to request surgery which will make them look more like selfies they have “corrected” with apps. In 2015 42% of surgeons reported that some patients had requested this; in 2017, 55%. The authors, from Boston University School of Medicine, write:
Previously, patients would bring images of celebrities to their consultations to emulate their attractive features. A new phenomenon, dubbed “Snapchat dysmorphia,” has patients seeking out cosmetic surgery to look like filtered versions of themselves instead, with fuller lips, bigger eyes, or a thinner nose. This is an alarming trend because those filtered selfies often present an unattainable look and are blurring the line of reality and fantasy for these patients.
They suggest that the appropriate course of action is not surgery but psychological interventions, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, together with medication.
Selfies can be damaging for some people, they suggest. “The pervasiveness of these filtered images can take a toll on one’s self esteem, make one feel inadequate for not looking a certain way in the real world, and may even act as a trigger and lead to body dysmorphic disorder).”
The authors point out that selfies confuse people about reality. Their self-esteem is based upon what they see in photographs. “These apps are making us lose touch with reality because we expect to look perfectly primped and filtered in real life as well. Filtered selfies especially can have harmful effects on adolescents or those with [body dysmorphic disorder] because these groups may more severely internalize this beauty standard.”
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Saturday, August 18, 2018

It’s not an original thought, but with every amazing technological advance comes an unheard-of and very dangerous drawback. Smashing the atom gave us nuclear power and the atom bomb. The automobile gave us hitherto unimaginable mobility and tens of thousands of deaths on the road. The Pill gave women control over their fertility and led to birth rates so low that some countries are in danger of disappearing.

And the mobile phone? Where do we start? This week, with selfies. They give Millennials a buzz, but according to cosmetic surgeons, they also can lead to a psychological disorder which has been dubbed “Snapchat Dysmorphia”. Young women (mostly) are so used to altering their images with apps that they demand the same service from cosmetic surgeons.

“This is an alarming trend because those filtered selfies often present an unattainable look and are blurring the line of reality and fantasy for these patients,” report the authors of an article in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.

It would take a sharper mind than mine to define the problem, but our relationship with technology is problematic. We don’t foresee the problems and we can’t control our dependence. Since so much of contemporary bioethics revolves around the proper use of technology, this is something we always have to bear in mind.

 
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