Editing selfies thinking that they will make you look better could actually make you feel more dissatisfied with how you look, according to new research.
All the filters and apps now available to supposedly make ourselves look better in selfies could be making young women feel worse, according to new Australian research.
The participants were also asked to report on their mood, body dissatisfaction and facial dissatisfaction before viewing the images of the women, after viewing the images and after editing their selfies. However, the team also found that the longer the women took to edit and post their selfies, the more negative their mood and the more dissatisfied they were with facial appearance, no matter which photos of women they had viewed before taking the selfie.
“We found an increase in dissatisfaction following the selfie task was based on the extent of editing being undertaken. This demonstrates that the editing of selfies is not a benign process but has negative consequences, even though participants reported being much happier with their edited selfie than their original photo,” commented Professor Marika Tiggemann.
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