Case Study: Do Photoshopped Pictures Hurt Teens

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Do Photoshopped Pictures Hurt Teens?

Magazines often use Photoshop to make pictures of celebrities and models look perfect. I think magazines should stop using Photoshop because some teens feel terrible when they see their favorite celebrity looking better than them. The first reason is the teen girls say they want magazines to stop using Photoshop because they feel substandard when they compare their pictures with celebrities. Another reason is, in a recent survey, 80 percent of teen girls said they compare themselves to the photos of celebrities and made them feel unsatisfactory. The last reason is thousands of people have signed letters asking magazines to stop using Photoshop because when magazine Photoshop pictures they never tell reader

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