Body positivity and selfie dysmorphia, the two opposites of beauty and perfection - Lifestyle

The

acceptance of self, of one's uniqueness can not be standardized, as a protest movement that began a few years ago to claim the right to exist of unconventional bodies, usually misrepresented by the media as overweight people and even with disabilities, it has expanded in its meaning and has become a trend in full explosion and also contaminates fashion and beauty even design, enhancing beauty in its complexity. 

The idea of ​​body positivity has expanded to become a cultural concept that in the hopes should educate us and change us profoundly until it becomes

.

It is not just accepting yourself as you are, which is an important maturation process and it is not always good, because if I am overweight it is good for my health that I change my diet to give an example, it is rather an idea of ​​being well with oneself, to

oneself

.

But like all social processes, body positivity is not an easy switch and even if there is a great acceleration taking place, it remains a slow phenomenon.

And so

and re-proposed by the media (even though things are changing here too)

.

We want to be beautiful and above all perfect, homologously perfect, with a flat face, a small nose, doe eyes, drawn eyebrows, straight hair.

And it is current in this prolonged pandemic phase in which we are always on social

, even the

In other words, the opposite concept of body positivity: it is a false perception of oneself, caused by the abuse of social filters, by the obsession with photo retouching, which reflect an image of oneself that is no longer objective but totally sweetened.

This alteration of reality and self-perception

In fact, more and more people, even and especially among the under 25s, today turn to the plastic surgeon or aesthetic doctor to be the same as they appear with the filter effect of the photos or publish only retouched photos.

Feeling good in your own skin is instead an intimate and personal struggle but among the many signals present in the virtual world, alongside the wrinkle filters that make others believe and consequently ourselves that they are beautiful, filters are also born that enhance the "

launch the opposite message: the enhancement of imperfect people with a positive spirit.

It's called

the new Instagram SVR filter is inspired by #skinpositivity: the effect of the filter shows imperfections in a different light and transforms them into strengths, so frontal wrinkles are a symbol of deep thoughts, dark circles tell nights of party, maybe even just online.

"Adolescence is the phase in which the body changes, changes its appearance and transforms itself - explains Dr.

- Young people move towards a more structured body, the voice of the boys changes, while the girls attend the breast appearance;

therefore the masculine and feminine characteristics are structured and better defined.

In this period, regardless of some specific circumstances in which the adolescent may not feel well in their body, it may happen that the brain is not prepared to change its representation as quickly as the body does.

Hence the tendency to look at oneself, which is something positive because it serves precisely to recognize oneself and to have a greater ability to adapt to change.

However, the risk factors - continues Dr. Verardo - today are many, because the culture of the image prevails more and more than the culture of being;

before the inner and more intimate dimension is the outer one and the physical aspect that is noticed.

So together with the insecurity and dislike, typical of adolescents when they confront others, there is the tendency to disguise any defects, to use filters, strategies in short, up to resorting more and more often to cosmetic surgery for not feeling different or inferior to others.

This up to sometimes even dramatic results where there is a lack of recognition of one's body as belonging to the self and a lack of integration between body and soul.

This can produce a very intense fatigue and a very strong pain for young boys, and lead to a real pathology.

This is why it is very important - concludes Dr.ssa -, as adults of reference or as parents, to accompany children in the path of recognition and integration between the body and the self, without minimizing or dramatizing the even slightly narcissistic aspect. , normal at this age, which tends to somewhat disguise aspects of the self that are increasingly rejected. "

The idea of ​​perfection, also postponed by the media, can greatly disturb people, young people in particular.

It is no coincidence that the cosmetic surgeon

of the Breast Unit of the Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Universitario of Milan, IRCCS Fondazione Cà Grande and of the Brera Clinical Institute of Milan, underlines that "Since the beginning of the pandemic, requests for aesthetic interventions have changed a lot. masks, the focus has shifted from the lower third of the face to the upper third, in particular the eyes. It is mostly women who are interested in this kind of operation, but also men (70% women and 30% men). a particularly interesting fact is that which concerns the age groups: in fact, the public that turns to cosmetic medicine and surgery today is increasingly young, they are even 20 years old ".