Hi everyone. I'm Lauren Curtis and you're listening to the Mental Makeover podcast. I've been on social

media since 2011 and since then I've a master following of over 7 million people across my

platform. So it's been an emotional roller coaster but it's taught me so many invaluable lessons about

life, relationships, business and spirituality. The Mental Make of a podcast aims to share the lessons

I've learned throughout my own evolution in the hopes that maybe it can help to transform somebody

else's life. FaceTune is like the simpler, cheaper, more efficient version of Photoshop,

and its popularity has risen exponentially since its launch in 2013.

Some people simply use it to smooth out a blemish or widen their teeth, while others

use it to make themselves almost unrecognizable, changing their body shape and facial features

entirely.

So why have we gotten to a point where we can't upload a picture without it?

What are the repercussions?

Is it only going to get worse or will the trend eventually die out?

Let's chat.

Sometimes I see a photo that's been so heavily edited that I can't believe the person didn't see an issue with uploading it. The skin has been so smooth that their face has no

dimension and there's not a poor in sight. It doesn't resemble skin or a real

human face in any way, shape or form. And what's more concerning is that many people don't even

know that it's been edited. I remember showing my mom and sister a photo of an influencer who had

heavily edited her skin and they couldn't identify her that it had been edited or what had been

edited. I kept saying,

look at their skin, like look how blurted and smooth it is. You can't see a single paw or line or

trace of natural texture, but they just couldn't see it. I opened FaceDune and took a photo of myself

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