This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Sam Sanders sitting in for Shimita Basu.

Today, how social media is creating a plastic surgery frenzy.

It feels like, to me at least that our culture has never been more

obsessed with how we look than now. But in reality, humans have always

cared a lot about that kind of stuff. Ancient Greeks

developed these specific ideals for face and body proportions long

before mirrors were invented, or fashion magazines, or the internet. But this obsession has recently

taken on new forms. Dr. Neelum Vashi knows all about this. She's a

dermatologist and the director of the Boston University

cosmetic and laser center. She began practicing cosmetic surgery 12 years ago.

You know when I started several years ago, people would bring in photographs of celebrities.

People wanted Scarlet Johanson lips or a Hallyberry jawline or Angelina Jolie cheekbones. But in recent years, Dr Vashi's

patients began to bring in something different. Photos of themselves put

through some kind of filter. A filter that can make your skin look smooth

or get rid of wrinkles or make your eyes look bigger, your lips fuller. Filters

coming from the apps right on our phones.

They were using Snapchat, Facet,

Facet, Lightroom, Snap Seed.

It becomes much harder to give someone a realistic expectation

when they're bringing in a glorified, beautified image of

themselves. Sometimes what they're chasing, it's just not possible. And I'll say this is, I can't do this with a clear conscious because I don't think you will be happy with the outcome.

I mean you can never go back once you do something.

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