Social media debate

Social media users debated whether the trend to get plastic surgery done was an extension of one’s narcissistic tendencies or his or her right to improve their online image

Matt Walsh: A new mental disorder called “Snapchat dysmorphia” has been invented to describe people who get plastic surgery so that they look better on Snapchat. There is a simple and more accurate term for this: narcissism. Social media fuels narcissism because it encourages us to focus intently on our image, our appearance, ourselves.

@stephii100: Social media has got everyone’s mind chasing the wrong kind of happiness. Instagram is fuelling a new generation of people who are insecure before they’ve even had a chance to find out who they are. Plastic surgery is everywhere in the pursuit of the perfect picture.

Shonta Dillard: This is crazy. A filter makes you want to change how you look? Are selfies that important?

@helenward98: Not against people who want to undergo plastic surgery to make themselves happier. I’m against these altered bodies now seeming like “the norm” all over social media, making naive people believe this is what they’re meant to look like. No, that’s what money makes you look like.

@baeryl: You can’t be an advocate for body positivity if you shame women who have had plastic surgery.