«Mom, I want to put on lips.» How to explain to your teenage daughter that her fine lips are also nice.
This is the subject that journalist LUCIA HEREDERO wrote for Telva and where she asked me to give my vision as a cyberpsychologist. Obviously, happy and proud, I said yes. It is true that, more specifically, social networks have had a significant impact on this phenomenon.
In a society full of visual impacts via social media (the Internet in general) it is difficult not to have the perception that "everyone" does what our feed constantly shows us (whether it's buying clothes, haircut or making use of plastic surgery, botox, fillings...)
So far, it was the female gender that was most affected by these fashions and trends, but alarmingly the male gender is being added to that new kind of addiction. The young people who are in their 20s today have grown up with social networks. A tool that gives you more than you perceive is of your interest. Not just by clicks, but by active listening. A formula that becomes an absorbing circle from which it is very difficult to disconnect and get away.
Normalizing a beauty canon usually altered by filters in photographs, forced and studied poses and / or invasive aesthetic procedures has become normal.
The line between reality and virtuality has become diffuse. Body dysmorphy (TDC), a mental health condition in which they are obsessed with perceived defects in their appearance) is no longer just a concept applied to patients with food disorders and, unfortunately, it is necessary to do long and constant work to change that pattern. That distorted view of reality.
It is important that parents of adolescents be more aware of the impact of social networks especially on young people. It is a loop that absorbs those generations that constantly see and resee images until they are considered "normal."
To inform and be strict in making sure that there are decisions that will impact your physicist for life. After years of similar trends, we can find images that plagiarized that negative effect of certain abuses in invasive aesthetic treatments, which can help us illustrate what we want to transmit.
If what leads our young people to the use of invasive aesthetic interventions is a lack of security, a desire for inclusion, a TDC, anxiety, depression... it is important to know that a physical intervention will not solve a psychic problem in the medium to long term. It is very important that we make known the relevance of caring for our mental health at the same rate that we are incorporating into our lives technology that is increasingly diffusing fiction of reality.
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In Spain, the demand for aesthetic procedures has grown especially among the young population, that is, those between 18 and 30 years old, a group especially influenced by social networks, where personal image has a high value, and non-surgical aesthetic retouches such as lip-filled have become quite common. As long as there are no accurate public and up-to-date figures, some sources in the sector suggest that a significant percentage of patients attending aesthetic lipstick clinics are within this age range, possibly representing between 60% and 70% of the total demand for this type of procedure.
According to the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SEME), non-surgical procedures, such as lipstick, have in popularity exceeded traditional aesthetic surgeries among young people. It is estimated that a high percentage of people seeking these treatments are under 30 years of age.
This trend is due to the influence of social networks and beauty trends as well as a growing need for "social acceptance."
En esta área, de nuevo las mujeres somos el grupo social más afectado por el peso del valor estético social. Plataformas como Instagram, TikTok y Snapchat a menudo muestran versiones idealizadas de la belleza, lo que lleva a la comparación social. Ver imágenes de influencers y celebridades con rasgos aparentemente perfectos puede crear presión para lograr looks similares sin tener en cuenta que hay un uso generalizado de filtros y aplicaciones de edición ha distorsionado las percepciones de la belleza. Esto puede llevar a estándares de belleza poco realistas, donde las mujeres jóvenes pueden buscar cirugía para parecerse a su yo filtrado.
Junto con esta influencia de redes se ha desarrollado un cambio cultural donde padres y jóvenes han normalizado estas intervenciones estéticas, haciendolas menos estigmatizadas y más accesibles. Esta normalización puede hacer que la cirugía parezca un paso común e incluso necesario en el cuidado personal y los jóvenes la relacionen con una herramienta que les ayduará a ganar confianza en si mismos.
Algunas personas que buscan cirugía plástica pueden sufrir de TDC (Trastorno Dismórfico Corporal), una condición de salud mental en la que se obsesionan con los defectos percibidos en su apariencia. El TDC puede impulsar comportamientos compulsivos, incluidas cirugías repetidas, en un intento de «arreglar» estos defectos.
Hasta ahora, este trastorno se asociaba a trastornos alimenticios.
Los sentimientos de ansiedad o depresión sobre la apariencia de uno también pueden alimentar el deseo de procedimientos cosméticos, con la esperanza de que los cambios alivien la angustia psicológica.
La adultez temprana es un período crítico para la formación de la identidad. Los procedimientos cosméticos pueden verse como una forma de dar forma y expresar la identidad de una persona, alineando su apariencia física con la forma en que se ven a sí mismos o desean ser vistos por los demás.
Muchas personas creen que alterar su apariencia conducirá a una mayor felicidad, éxito o aceptación social. Sin embargo, si bien la cirugía puede brindar satisfacción temporal, a menudo no aborda problemas psicológicos más profundos, y la búsqueda de la perfección física puede convertirse en un ciclo interminable.
Algunas personas creen que mejorar su apariencia conducirá a mejores oportunidades sociales o profesionales, basándose en la percepción de que la sociedad recompensa el atractivo físico.
https://www.telva.com/belleza/tratamientos/2024/09/10/66e013c501a2f17d738b458a.html
