You Don’t Look Like Your Selfie

March 27, 2018

(The Atlantic) – Your face is not flat. This might seem self-evident, but as people have begun to live richer, more selfie-filled lives online, a peculiar lacuna has formed around this point. In a recent survey of American plastic surgeons, more than 40 percent reported that patients came in asking for surgery to correct features they felt looked bad in photos posted on social media. Boris Paskhover, a surgeon and assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, says that sometimes when he asks potential patients what they’re interested in changing, they pull out their phones instead of looking in a mirror. Often, what they point out is that their noses are too wide. They’ll provide a selfie to prove it.