Thanks to high-definition cameras and increasingly sophisticated filters, our obsession with having perfect skin has peaked.
What does it mean to have “good” skin? In a shallow attempt to stave off any reminder of my mortality, I’ve recently become slightly obsessed with skincare. I incorporated retinol into my nightly routine, started double cleansing and layering serums – all of which were purchased after extensive, frenzied levels of research.
I suspect our phone cameras have something to do with this, their near-NASA levels of accuracy offering unprecedented insight into the surface of our skin. Unlike the grainy selfies produced by flip phones or hand-held digital cameras, today’s high-definition cameras mean we can see things the naked eye can barely see – because really, who is actually looking at your pores in real life? In turn, it feels like some of us are starting to forget what skin is meant to look like.
“There’s a blurring between reality when you’re looking at your own skin, that probably has pores and a bit of texture and maybe some laughter lines, which are all perfectly normal,” says Seekis. “But because we’ve internalised these images of skin as being wrinkle-free, poreless and without texture, we start to think that’s how skin should be.”
But I’m less interested in whether glass skin is possible , but what it says about the current state of beauty culture.We see images of women with glass skin and immediately think their skin is a symptom of health. And yet, skin is not glass, nor should it be. Pores, spots, fine lines – these are all signs of a living, breathing thing. And this kind of obsession over a beauty standard that’s unattainable for most isn’t exactly new.
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