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12 voice · FALL 2023

Peeling away the layers of

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WRITTEN BY ZAINAH KUTKUT (1089035), NADA
SARO (1090160) & MENNA SARO (1090159)

oes photoshopping images make
one feel bad about their looks? One
D of the most famous tools that we
have today is Photoshop, which, accord-
ing to experts, is one of the most popular

and powerful editing tools used by various
groups of people. Although some believe organic beauty standards. This has created
that Photoshop can make people feel better a phenomenon that psychology research-
about themselves and boost their confi- ers call “digitized dysmorphia”, which is
dence, it could be argued that Photoshop a distorted, insecure view of one’s own
makes one feel bad about their natural beauty that is most common in younger
looks as it creates very high standards of women. Whether or not a person is pretty,
beauty, promoting unrealistic expectations. this dysmorphia causes one to continuously
find “flaws” and “fix” them, until they meet
Photoshopped images create a very high the standards of beauty being displayed on
standard of how a person should look, social media platforms.
which consequently leads to insecuri-

ties. Research has revealed that the way Celebrities are highly responsible for the
Photoshop is being used has changed social proliferation of Photoshop; they frequently
views on attractiveness, causing everyone use editing tools to make themselves look
to strive for unattainable beauty. People are flawless in every picture, thereby promot-
expected to look a certain way to be con- ing unrealistic expectations of appearances.
sidered good looking, which has destroyed When people compare themselves to these