Plastic Surgery For Selfies

Remember the days when people would bring photos of celebrities to the plastic surgeon's office and ask for Angelina Jolie's lips or Brad Pitt's jawline? That's not the case anymore. Now, people want to look like themselves - heavily edited or filtered versions of themselves, that is.

Want to click that perfect selfie with fuller lips for a flawless pout? Get a lip implant. According to a media report, 2015 set a record of one lip surgery every 19 minutes in the US.

On Instagram, Sahil Kamra has 500 followers. Ample reason, the 23-year-old has concluded, for plastic surgery. So he has just got his nose and lips done, with his parents funding the three-hour and Rs 80,000 surgery.

There is a growing number of people turning to surgery to enhance their image, others hire makeup artists in what may be an emerging selfie economy.

Dental hygienist Jennifer Reynolds was always self-conscious about her looks, never took selfies and felt uncomfortable being tagged in photographs posted on social media.

How far can you go to have a perfect selfie? For 33-year-old Christa Hendershot, it was time to go under the knife so that her engagement ring looks pretty on her hands for social media appearances.

Remember the days when people would bring photos of celebrities to the plastic surgeon's office and ask for Angelina Jolie's lips or Brad Pitt's jawline? That's not the case anymore. Now, people want to look like themselves - heavily edited or filtered versions of themselves, that is.

Want to click that perfect selfie with fuller lips for a flawless pout? Get a lip implant. According to a media report, 2015 set a record of one lip surgery every 19 minutes in the US.

On Instagram, Sahil Kamra has 500 followers. Ample reason, the 23-year-old has concluded, for plastic surgery. So he has just got his nose and lips done, with his parents funding the three-hour and Rs 80,000 surgery.

There is a growing number of people turning to surgery to enhance their image, others hire makeup artists in what may be an emerging selfie economy.

Dental hygienist Jennifer Reynolds was always self-conscious about her looks, never took selfies and felt uncomfortable being tagged in photographs posted on social media.

How far can you go to have a perfect selfie? For 33-year-old Christa Hendershot, it was time to go under the knife so that her engagement ring looks pretty on her hands for social media appearances.