iPhone and Face Time drive demand for cosmetic surgery?

PopPhoto recently published an article titled "Does Face Time Video Chatting Lead People to Undergo More Plastic Surgery?" According to the article, Washington-based plastic surgeon Robert Sigal noted that in addition to helping people pass large amounts of time, the iPhone may also make people doubt their own appearance. He stated that an increasing number of patients coming for plastic surgery bring their phones and complain about their poor image on Face Time.

However, in fact, the poor image in videos may have other reasons. Sigal pointed out that people tend to hold their phones at a lower position and look down during video chats, causing the camera to capture their "thick, full, and drooping" chins and necks. Most people's first reaction is "I never knew I looked like this!" Sigal refers to this phenomenon as "Face Time facelift" and has developed a set of solutions for this issue. Currently, most inquiries regarding this matter come from younger users (because younger users are more willing to adopt new communication technologies).

At one time, we only had to face our bodies when looking into mirrors or taking rare family portraits. But now we live in an era of photo explosion, and it's not uncommon to find hundreds of photos of yourself online.

In such an environment, staying open-minded and ignoring some photos might lead to greater happiness. In the past few decades, middle-aged people with "double chins" did not feel an urgent need to change themselves. Perhaps the constant exposure to their own photos makes people increasingly lack confidence, prompting them to seek help through plastic surgery. In any case, holding your phone (or camera) higher while taking photos or video chatting is a simpler and more effective method.