Photoshop Abuse

The Abuse of the Beauty Altering Art of Photoshop
People have always be infatuated with beauty and beautiful people. Though through the decades the idea of beauty has changed with the evolution of makeup and introduction to photo editing, though eventually it goes too far. The photo editing program Photoshop is used by a multitude of people and for many things. It can be used to create drawing, enhance photos, combine photos, and even completely change the photo. While it is a program that requires practice and skill, it is often used for the wrong thing, such as altering a photo to make a model look more fitting to our newly found beauty standards. This is the main use of Photoshop and it has caused many negative outcomes. As such, Photoshop
In magazines and ads Photoshop is used to edit an image, editing out any 'imperfections' such as fat, stretch marks, freckles, and a multitude of other things that are all natural and healthy to have. This causes many people to think that these things need to be fixed even though not having some of these things can cause serious health problems. The editors have taken it so far that the models look significantly different in real life. While they do have makeup to cover blemishes, it is easy to tell that many of their bodies don’t match their photos in magazines or ads, in fact, there have been many cases in which the body in the photo isn’t even the model’s, but another model who had a more appealing body. It has even gotten to the point where people are embarrassed if their boyfriend or girlfriend are not to their standards. In “Photoshop in the Media” by Andrew Hague she wrote, “Another 27 year old man didn’t introduce his girlfriend to his male friends for months until she lost weight.” This explains why most of the youth around the world have ridiculously high standards for
The effects of the photos made with Photoshop are drastic and life-threatening. While some may be able to look the other way when they see these photos, many others are practically controlled by these pictures and what the media makes of them. The more that this method of picture editing is used the more people will be affected, as low body-image and eating disorders are increasing at exponential rates. By banning the use of Photoshop to alter models it still allows the other uses of Photoshop that are used in non-harmful ways and will help the future generations not fall into the same patterns of