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The problem is that the selfie is not a great image in itself. Your face looks like it does when you’re looking into the back of a spoon and your teeth look horsey, or your smile is all gummy. The selfie in fact distorts the look of teeth, meaning many people are contacting dental practices and cosmetic clinics for treatment when it’s not needed, with many having to be dissuaded from their pursuit of radical treatment.
As selfies become the most popular way of appraising one’s own looks – even regularly used in lieu of compact makeup mirrors – the quest for the previous generation of blinding ‘piano key’ grins of infamous reality TV stars and American newsreaders; which might look good on telly but cartoonish under a zoom; has fallen by the wayside.