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This rise in facial plastic surgeries is most likely due to the popularity of social media sites and social media apps.
It can be very easy for a young person to find themselves caught up with the selfie trend from use of such apps as Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp.
A common reason why young people may feel the need to turn to surgery in order to improve their online images is because of bullying.
According to aafprs.org, 69% of teens who have undergone surgery was due to being a victim of bullying.
With these kinds of idealised perceptions of beauty, it is worrying to see what may happen to future generations if our perception of beauty is to become more and more cynical and unrealistic.