'We Just Don't See Enough Normal Skin'

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'We just don't see enough normal skin':

Filters have become a popular way to alter photographs, especially for those keen to keep up with increasingly high beauty standards in the world of social media.

A recent survey, carried out by Girlguiding, found a third of girls and young women will not post selfies online without using a filter to change their appearance.

Thirty-nine percent of the 1,473 respondents, aged 11-21, said they felt upset that they could not look the same in real life as they did online.

The survey results mirror the worries of make-up artist and curve model Sasha Pallari, who recently launched the hashtag #filterdrop in the hope of seeing "more real skin" on Instagram.

"I just thought, 'does anybody realise how dangerous this is?'" she said, recounting the moment she spotted a global beauty brand had reposted filtered content from an influencer advertising its products.

"I don't want children to grow up thinking they are not good enough because of what they see on social media."

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