Before you even open a magazine, your eye is caught by a beautiful woman with features that appear flawless. Her beauty strikes you as remarkable, and you think to yourself why can’t I look like that. You slowly begin comparing yourself to her, realizing that you, in no way, shape, or form, can be as perfect as she is. But then again, is she really as perfect as she seems?
As society has progressed, it is my view that we have lost sight of what is real. So many individuals see images, that have greatly been altered by photoshop, and believe them to be a true account of beauty. Photoshop has grown to be more than just a way to edit photographs, it is a virtual pill that provides you with the body type and features you aspire to obtain. Is it a technological diet?
The media has drained that which is natural and has replaced it with artificial images and ideas of beauty. Young women and men suffer from self esteem issues as a result of the unnatural beauty portrayed in magazines, ad campaigns, etc. Retouching has also contributed to severe illnesses, like anorexia nervosa. These individuals have developed a severe fear of developing a distorted body image, in other words becoming fat. Their ideologies of what is “fat” derives from these faulty images presenting ideal body types, face shapes and features. Why would society want to do this to its people? One might argue that they are unaware of this, however I believe that to be complete rubbish.
The people of society are also to blame. I say this as I strongly believe we should not let anyone define what is beautiful. Why have we allowed the media to set these standards? We need to resist that which the media feeds us, and create our own standards for beauty, I cannot stress this point enough.
I am tired of seeing countless men and women suffer at the hands of the media. Life is beautiful, as are all of you in your natural form. You do not need to change anything about yourselves, as you have been created the way you have for a purpose. Health and happiness should be your only focus, and happiness will never come as a result of conforming to societal standards of beauty. Be you; be true to yourself.
You may now consider this question, has retouching gone out of control? My response, most definitely yes.
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