Is social media putting pressure on the youth to alter their appearance?

Yes, in that the filters offered for social media users give them a certain apperanace - an airbrushed, cartoon-like appearance with large eyes and flawless skin. What's strange is that now make-up is appearing that promises that you will look like you have a filter on in real life - so in a way it has come full circle. Because people so constantly see these filtered images, not only of models and celebrities but of their friends, it seems that everybody looks good. So more young people are opting for facial enhancement like lip plumpers and semi permanent tattooed makeup. However, the phenomenon of being influenced by the media, if not social media, is an old one - people have often wished for a nose job to look just like a film star, and movie magazines as far back as the 1920s carried adverts where stars promised "ordinary" people they too could look just like a star if they wore such and such makeup brand.