The ugly truth about beauty filters

Beauty filters are setting impossible standards, compelling individuals to resort to surgery to alter their physical appearance to match their look on social media. — 123rf.com

Like most people on social media, Valerie (not her real name) finds comfort in using beauty filters to enhance her appearance.

Since adapting to beauty filters, the 25-year-old from Kuala Lumpur says she can no longer post unedited or unfiltered images of herself online.