Everything looks perfect on Instagram, but nothing is what it seems.
More and more influencers advocate more reality and less “fake” on Instagram.
Munich - We all hoped and actually suspected that the perfect pictures on Instagram (tz.de * reported) do not correspond to the truth.
Who is as flawless as it is portrayed there?
On Instagram, an influencer rarely presents herself without make-up or styled hair.
Seldom is anything real on the photo platform - starting with the number of Instagram followers *.
Thanks to Photoshop and several filters on Instagram, striving for perfection has become almost too easy.
A retouch there, fuller hair here and the average picture has turned into a seemingly perfect snapshot.
Instagram: Influencer exposes the illusory world of social networks with honest photos
Influencers are under great pressure on Instagram, and editing photos can become a real addiction.
If scars and dents suddenly appear in places where they have been carefully touched away beforehand, the judgment in the comments is often cruel.
Better, more beautiful and more perfect: Instagram creates a fatal spiral, millions of young people suffer from self-doubt because they cannot keep up with the body image of the photo platform.
But more and more influencers are breaking this cycle and sharing real, unretouched pictures on Instagram.
Like Instagram user @sabinaalexia.
The fitness trainer shows that her well-toned body also has small flaws - cellulite, belly rolls, wrinkles.
The influencer regularly posts before and after pictures that show the difference between a tricky pose and reality.
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What reality really looks like on Instagram: Pose and light make the difference
What @sabinaalexia and other influencers do is important.
Because: Those who constantly see perfection will get sick in the long run.
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Even those who know how much the images are being processed compare themselves.
There is a very simple reason for this: we don't use social media consciously, but unconsciously in between.
For example during the break or on the train.
And in these moments we don't really reflect,
”warns media educator Corinna Schaffranek for the lifestyle magazine“ wmn ”.
“The problem, however, is that many don't know how extensively these images have been retouched. Because most assume that only the skin is beautified or the shadow is worked out more. But most of them don't know that because the breasts are enlarged, the waist is reduced, an artificial gap is created between the thighs - that is, the whole body is adjusted as desired,
”she continues.
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Some influencers on Instagram like Sabina alexia or Danae Mercer have had enough of it for a long time, show reality and celebrate their self-love, despite small flaws.
"Love yourself the way you are" - is the message behind it.
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