Touch-ups

[lillibet]

officialgaiman pointed out this photo touch-up software site. It reminds me of the Dove ad and has some of the same sense of sick fascination for me. I found I was more bothered by some than by others. This made me curious--if someone you met online were using this software, at what point would you feel they had crossed the line from putting their best self forward to engaging in deception?

Comments

[gilana]

I'll freely admit I often Photoshop pictures of myself (and sometimes my friends) -- I remove blemishes, maybe lighten the circles under my eyes, and once or twice I've made myself a little skinnier, although that's rare. They're things that probably no one but me would notice, but they make the difference between a photo I love and one I can't stand to look at. But I would never change my facial structure -- that seems just weird to me.