I'm sure it's a biological instinct to care about what we look like, to sort of be concerned

about our appearance. However, I feel like since the inception of social media, our collective

obsession with our appearance has steadily increased to the point that we're at now, where

it's peaking in a way that I don't think anyone could have anticipated.

Unless you're really not on the internet and you don't live in a big city where the zeitgeist is quite literally in front of you at all times,

it is abundantly clear that as a society, we are more obsessed with our appearance than we've ever been before in a way that is arguably concerning and can at times even be dangerous. This came onto my radar, I think, for a few

reasons. Number one, because I spend a lot of time in big cities, therefore I see with my own

eyes what's going on trend-wise, but also because this is such a relevant topic

of conversation that even though I don't really scroll on the internet very much these days,

it's still made its way onto my radar. Lastly, because I think the industry that I work in,

entertainment, plays an integral role in sort of the beauty

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episode. As I'm noticing this happen societally, I on a personal level am having the opposite experience. As people are

becoming more and more and more obsessed with their appearance due to the internet, I for the

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