Beauty standards affect the average teen to conform in a high school level environment and how far will they go to conform to their peers. Early exposure to certain types of media such as magazines and pop culture play a role in defining these behaviors that causes teens to have unrealistic ideals of how they are supposed to look to be in the "in crowd." The beauty industry is the main contributor to this problem, it promotes unrealistic body standards for young women to follow, the cosmetic and fashion industry have many advancements in the latest retouching technology the most important piece is photo shopping. This is setting a horrible example of false perfection to the average teen leading to many ingredients that are damaging to a women’s
