活在美颜滤镜之下的现代人，你怎么看？

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现如今，美颜滤镜似乎已经成为年轻人们自拍的必备工具，你还有勇气用原相机自拍吗？必小编我怕是没这勇气，每次拍照都是先打开各种相机app，拍完还得稍微修修图哈哈哈哈，不过呢，P图过度，好像也不太好吧……

 

Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, chances are that we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips.

大家在社交媒体上晒照之前，或许都会用应用来一键磨皮，放大双眼，加长睫毛，丰满唇形。

 

With a couple of taps on our mobile phone, we’re able to get a quick fix and present the “best” version of ourselves to the world.

只需在手机上轻点几下，我们便能轻松地向全世界展现“最好”的自己。

 

However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections away, we’re also changing the way we look at ourselves.

然而，这么做的问题在于，简单地修图去掉自身瑕疵的同时，我们也改变了看待自己的方式。

 

 

 

Last month, researchers from the US’ Boston University School of Medicine published the article Selfies - Living in the Era of Filtered Photographs. The article analyzed photo editing apps’ bad impacts on people’s self-esteem and their potential to cause appearance anxieties.

上个月，来自美国波士顿大学医学院的研究人员发表了一篇题为《自拍——活在滤镜之下的时代》的文章。该文章分析了美图应用给人们的自尊所带来的不良影响，以及让人产生外貌焦虑的潜在可能。

 

The researchers also warned that such apps are blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article reads.

此外，研究人员也发出警告称这类应用模糊了现实与虚幻的界限。“这些应用几分钟内就能改变一个人的外表，追求的是一种不切实际的审美，”
该文章写道。

 

So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the filtered photos?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good; I have my health.”

所以当我们在照一面真实的镜子时，我们不能问自己：“我看起来和美颜照片里一样好看吗？”而是要这么想：“我觉得很好，我有一种健康美。”

 

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