“The brain begins to accept this as the norm when people see filtered faces on a regular basis,” which might lead to a neurological disconnect.
“This creates a skewed perception of one’s own appearance, and the individual may have a harder time accepting their actual features.”
Then there are the “likes.” According to Poffenroth, they have long been associated with rapid satisfaction, but they may also feed an obsessive cycle.
She refers to the gradual accumulation of likes on a selfie as a “reward system in the brain” that has the ability to cause dopamine to be released.
People may thus find it harder to resist the want to continuously change and enhance their look, even when they are aware of the potential drawbacks, she adds.
