Selfies See Demand for Plastic Surgery Soar by 25%

Read all about it at the Daily Mail.

Selfies are the rage and sometimes we look just plain dorky in them. This look is a result of how the photos is skewed. But Dr Sam Rizk, who specializes in rhinoplasty, said not everyone who requests surgery needs it because a selfie produces a distorted image that does not represent how a person really looks.

• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found one in three surgeons have seen a rise in patients wanting the perfect selfie
• They noted a 10% rise in nose jobs from 2012 to 2013
• Also a 7% rise in hair transplants and a 6% jump in eyelid surgery
• Dr Sam Rizk said: ‘There has been a 25 per cent increase over the past year-and-a-half to two years. That is very significant’
• But he warned selfies produce a distorted image that does not represent how a person really looks – and he refuses many people, as a result