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[@Aethgeir]

Plastic surgery is one of things that probably started with the best of intentions - helping people with disfigurements - that's morphed into something grotesque and horrifying.

[@katie7748]

Yep

[@tkraid2575]

The purpose of plastic surgery was for those kinds of people, honestly. For ones with cleft palates, burn victims, and other disfigurements until the beauty industry made it into a trend.

[@winoodlesnoodles1984]

@@tkraid2575 Exactly! It is no different than the transgender nonsense. Plastic surgeons pushing an agenda to make themselves more money. Even the medical industry has been corrupted to the point in can't be trusted.

[@simonspacek3670]

So... like dynamite? It was invented to be a safe explosive (I know, safe explosive is a bit of oxymoron, but in this case it means "it will explode when you want it to explode, not when you carry it and sneeze"), but then somebody figured out that it is perfect for blowing up bridges, cargo and people. And Nobel was so heartbroken that he gave up nearly all his money for establishing Nobel prize for (as he said) "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind" and that is why there was peace from the beginning.

[@Madonnalitta1]

Until businesses realised that it's a huge money maker.

[@andygeary3531]

I'd say 90% of people who've had plastic surgery look worse after the surgery than they did before. Imo anyway

[@bornagainbuddhist1969]

98%

[@jimijamesjowitt]

There is lifts. Then there is filler 🙄

[@moneybags179]

Bogdanoff twins LOL or Cat man who ended himself

[@drewk3259]

Does that include Botox? Cuz Sydney does Botox. She's not happy with the way she looks so she does things she preaches against. Lost a lot of respect for her in this video.

[@winterblossom4446]

@@drewk3259 uh huh. sure

[@DiggerPayne1881]

Every scar, blemish, age line, and imperfection is a reminder of a well lived life.

[@meganluck4352]

Yes!

[@TrueEnergizerBunnies]

That's how i like to look at it. After I had my kids my body isnt what it used to be. I thought about getting some work done on my breasts and other areas but then decided nope. I choose to look at my new body more like a story or a badge of honor for making these amazing kids I have. Not something to be ashamed of.

[@Elephant-Fresh]

Or a reminder of something stupid you did

[@kennethconklin4140]

'Scars are a reminder that the past is real."

[@jakobquick6875]

It’s a dumb dumbs world anymore…😂 They don’t go out…look around, question anything, and don’t “do anything” They “try to buy” the fix😅 We’re headed to ruin…can’t wait but terrified for the actual “real, normal somewhat, humans looking back and “WTF” were they thinking

[@merlinwilliams9286]

They don't LOOK crazy. They ARE crazy and want to show you.

[@TolinaSapphire4444]

😂😂😂😂😂 oh this made my day 🎉

[@rext3404]

Don't lament getting old. It's a privilege denied to many.

[@Veracityseeker7]

Amen

[@tietdrifter2041]

Shoot. im currently half-ish to 100 and i wouldnt change a thing. I tell my wife "Any gray hairs i get im keeping. I EARNED THEM!" 😆

[@kelf114]

​@@tietdrifter2041I'm 60 and earned every minute of it! 😄

[@GTAVictor9128]

​@@tietdrifter2041 Many men would consider getting gray hairs as a badge of honour if you haven't gotten bald by that point.

[@majorramsey3k]

@@tietdrifter2041 I'd consider dying your hair and plastic surgery to be vastly different things.

[@MrsHjort]

I'm a 37 year old woman who hasn't worn makeup in years, yes, YEARS! You heard me! And NEWS FLASH, nobody in the non-digital world that I live in cares, and neither do I.

[@Madonnalitta1]

Exactly that. You can tell from comments, who lives in the real world, and who doesn't get outside.

[@bunille]

Same. I'm a woman who doesn't wear makeup, ever. (It saves you an absolute fortune) Nobody cares if you're not wearing any (men 100% do not, that's for sure), and pretty much everyone will not treat you differently. I can expect a few insecure women not liking how you're comfortable with your own face when they aren't, but that's about it. And I get the benefits of gradually over time learning to love my face for what is naturally is, no matter what. It is me, it is unique, and I'm not just some copy of someone for 100 quid. I don't have to worry about lipstick, foundation, etc. getting on anything I use such as cups and clothes. And after years upon years of doing it... I love the way I look. If they always cover up their face: I am NOT surprised the natural them doesn't make them feel comfortable, because they're so unused to seeing it (nevermind that makeup will make your acne a whole lot worse, so the cycle repeats). Women need this advice every single day: you don't need to impress anyone, not even yourself. Your own face is impressive in and of itself, and the more self-confident you become in your OWN skin, the better you'll feel about yourself and it will last a long time. Nobody secure would matter.

[@BalaenicepsRex3]

My heart breaks for all these young people being so insecure about their own natural looks that they want to artificially change it, all by looking at fake faces and bodies their whole life, heavily worsened nowadays by the "selfie-effect". But what really crosses the line for me are the automatic filters, that's insane!

[@NezzConstantine]

Probably an unpopular opinion, but even before social media I have always felt that even make-up gave a false sense of reality and wished it was less used in general.

[@erikmckoul2478]

​@@BalaenicepsRex3 This is going to make those people truly freak out once they become really old.

[@ispyroyaleyes]

It seems like unrealistic beauty standards are a thing way more online than IRL. My mom is 76, she's healthy and still has nice hair, but no skin care routine whatsoever. Seriously, she never wears sunscreen and doesn't even own facewash. I just turned 40, and put definite effort into beauty, and while I do get more compliments and flirtation, my mom gets hit on more, and by people who are genuinely interested in her. She gets out way more, and is friendly and open, not afraid to be herself. Even though my mom will say that she wishes she could be more "beautiful" like me, it seems her outgoing nature, and untouched beauty are actually more sought after.

[@davidbeise7385]

I'm an old guy and for years it's been known that EVERY photo seen in a magazine has been photoshopped without exception but as technology advanced with these phone cameras and a myriad of filters this distorted view of reality has just increased to a point where it's effecting some people's mental state. And that is dangerous game to play. Thanks for hitting this topic Sydney it needed exposure.

[@catholic3dod790]

Exactly

[@grimdicer152]

These are not beauty standards. These are beauty trends.

[@zeehero7280]

you mean ugly?

[@JohnPlissken]

These are not beauty trends, they are anti-beauty trends.

[@PCGamer77]

24:48

[@VOID-Venture]

Vanity is america's god.

[@PCGamer77]

@@VOID-Venture Not for all of us.

[@DropkickDemon]

Lip fillers are the worst thing to happen to the world. Like who in the actual f*** told you that looks good???????????????

[@avarion9538]

Rubber boat lips. It looks ridiculous!

[@JohnSmith-GG666]

I can name a thing or two that are worse that happen 😋

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

to the world ? so, war, poverty, famine, sickness are nothing compared to lip fillers. Really ?

[@Thenvisibleman]

I blame the Kardashian demon spawn for promoting the destruction of natural beauty

[@xey9535]

@@maximem.ste-marie3578 Ever heard of hyperbole?

[@missys1925]

I was taking pictures of my kids last night bc the sun was gorgeous and my 2 stepdaughters kept complaining how they looked. They are literally the most beautiful teenage girls in the world and it makes me sad they don’t see themselves as beautiful without filters. Thank you for creating this video and bringing more light to this subject ❤

[@jonathandevereaux298]

Please stop adding the word literally to everything, it's a stupid trend for droolers.

[@missys1925]

@@jonathandevereaux298 awe, does someone need a hug? ❤️🤗

[@arsondarksea]

Aww God bless you and your family in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the name above all names & the only way to Heaven❤

[@saltandsriracha]

​@@arsondarkseaGod bless you! ❤

[@randywoodworth5990]

Most people who get plastic surgery have self-esteem issues.

[@furrycannon]

True beauty never goes out of style. These trends will.

[@allahbole]

That's what'll suck most for these people. Everything in fashion goes in waves. Right now, giant asses that look weird to me are the trend. A few decades ago it was flat butts that also looked weird to me. It's like the "current thing" is what's uncommon, then there's a rush to conform so it's not uncommon anymore and people who liked that thing are bored, so they like what's different from the new norm, another rush to conform and it's common again. Better to just be yourself so the person who likes who you already are can actually find you. Instead people keep hiding and altering themselves so you never find someone who'll like you for you.

[@williamdore5844]

Plastic surgery became a freak show.

[@SanderEvers]

It always was, honestly.

[@TheOriginalFishPond]

Always was.

[@mrscruffles801]

Escape From L.A. predicted this

[@ghost_to_a_ghost]

"accused" of looking 40?! i'll have yall know that i earned every bit of looking this age. 😂

[@Angl0sax0nknight]

It’s not the age but the mileage, said some character once

[@heavymetalmusichead4969]

Same. Even if I am only 28. 😂

[@BloodyBay]

I still get those comments online, whether on Facebook or here on KZbin (when someone checks my channel's age). "Damn, you're old!" "Yes, I am, kid. Now look around you. Count how many other kids you know, starting with your friends. Now guess how many of them are going to be *_dead_* by the time you're _my_ age...assuming that _you_ make the cut too." That often shuts them up. 😎

[@Cr0wsMurd3r]

I grudgingly accept the fact that I am ugly... So I just run away from cameras instead.

[@CalebThomasMedia]

Oh hey! It’s me! 🙌 This is such an important video! Thank you so much for talking about all of this! I am truly honored you found value in my tiktoks! 🙌 My main goal as a boudoir photographer is always to help folks rediscover & reconnect with themselves and their intrinsic beauty. And to relearn how to see themselves. Cause you’re right, social media is genuinely harming the way we perceive ourselves and I don’t think that’s on accident. The more insecure with ourselves we are, the more motivated of a consumer we are. The more likely we are to spend money on new & different products and items and invasive procedures. And not to be corny or cheesy or anything, but like, we literally don’t have to do that. We are legitimately all beautiful in our own ways and I hope as a society we start to remember that more and see ourselves with much kinder eyes.

[@smkh2890]

Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool, fell in and drowned. Moral of the story... and before glass mirrors, people used burnished metal surfaces as reflectors.

[@NuchiAsaki]

The moral: buy a mirror.

[@hazyhalfmoon]

The moral: Learn how to swim

[@QueamQuackers]

The moral: avoid water

[@tablescissors]

AGPs are the closest thing I’ve ever seen to the tale of Narcissus.

[@hellyeah_ellajane]

I used to hate my nose and thought about getting filler to perk up the tip. Then we got family photos done right after my first baby was born and I realized how much I look like my mom. I decided right then and there to accept and love every facet of my appearance considering how much good my body does me. It’s pretty damn liberating.

[@marywolfington2616]

My mom just passed away last week. I have always disliked my nose and often pondered a nose job. Not anymore. My nose is my mom’s nose and I love how much a I resemble her.

[@greendragon4058]

I'm proud of the two of you how far you've come I'm very sorry about your mom I was very close to my mom still hurts after 14 years I hope you find peace I'm sending you guys many blessings

[@yaderincrimin2973]

Similar experience here. Until my daughter became a little girl and people started telling me she looked like me. How can I change something in me and then tell her she’s beautiful just how she is? Completely changed my mind on how I see my self

[@mariawhite7337]

I have a huge nose. It's from my family. So why do I can what it looks like? It's been on my face for as long as I've been born. If I change it, it will no longer be my face.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

I'm a man who started to go bald in his late 30's so I decided to lean into it and shaved my head. To my surprise literally NOBODY CARED! It turns out that other people care far less about how we look than we imagine. As long as you don't walk around looking like a actual hobo nobody really notices.

[@sigmacademy]

Also, some people can pull off the bald look pretty well, to the point of it actually becoming kind of their own personal brand that seems naturally fitting for them, specifically.

[@funkyfranx]

People care more about how they look than others. We're all self-obsessed like that

[@THEAJFrost]

When I was in my Twenties I looked at my grandparents and found my Mother's dad was bald and my father's dad was bald. Crap. Oh well, until some form of non evasive action can be sorted, this is me. Camera quality and lens size has an enormous impact on how you see yourself through it, get a better camera before seeking further options.

[@ashleyarlo]

People care more about how women look than men. It’s biological.

[@gabotron94]

@@THEAJFrost This, looking at your scalp from a phone picture an arm's length away WILL make it look like a cue ball even with mild hair loss

[@ORMONDROPON]

People who surround themselves with good friends should never have this problem.

[@1ducttapeproduction]

Every feature that i hated on my body, i started to love when i had my kids. My kids have many of these characteristics, and every time i look at them, i love myself a little more. I can't hate those things anymore because then i would be hating them.

[@JordanGreen-yc8vv]

That's true❤

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

Kids really are the best gift, so much work but so worth it

[@briansmaller7443]

Temporal Brow Lift. She looks like a Romulan from Star Trek. She is set for cosplay at a Trek convention now.

[@moneybags179]

Looks like that Alien boy from "Ariels" music video from System Of a Down

[@Clint52279]

I said Vulcan. I just don't get it... she was very pretty before. I hope it improves as she heals more. I feel for the girl.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

That explains Sydney's confusion... Long live and prosper, I guess

[@Ann-op5kj]

This comment needs pinned 🤣 I'm done

[@zeehero7280]

I dunno I think Romulans would find that... Thing, repulsive

[@samanthawright7522]

I'm 34, and I say bring on the wrinkles and gray hair. I want to set a realistic standard for my children as to what people actually look like as they age.

[@veroniquejeangille8248]

Just what I did. It was hard at some point but now I have beautiful grey hair (I'm lucky they have a nice tint) and if my skin is less firm, I remember the nice, soft feel of older women's cheeks when they kissed me when I was a kid. I've just turned 58 and the good point of accepting ageing is that you realise you've stopped caring what other people thought about you lol

[@Hearth123]

As a mother to 2 daughters, I can't imagine getting plastic surgery, fillers, etc. My girls look a lot like me, I'd never want them to think they needed "fixing" I'd be so sad if they felt like they needed to alter their beautiful little faces. I don't want to set a bad example. Pursue health and beauty comes along for the ride. Don't botox away your laugh lines, accept the journey

[@arsondarksea]

You sound like a wonderful mother! God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the name above all names & the only way to Heaven💝

[@laurendearnley9595]

My fiance calls women who have had lip fillers "nooters", because he thinks they look like Pingu the Penguin going NOOT NOOT.

[@Madonnalitta1]

Nice, I'm stealing that. Thank the other half for me.

[@laurendearnley9595]

@@Madonnalitta1 it's all good fun til we are in a shop and he whispers "noot noot" in my ear because some surgically enhanced woman is walking past 😆

[@DarkAquaVII]

Lmao! I love this. 😂

[@CryBlueofZ]

Let's make this a meme

[@localbod]

Class.

[@SinsOfScience]

Everyone who leaves social media is a personified victory for mental health.

[@smusssato]

I've deleted my pages during pandemic and now when I meet people they scream like they've seen a ghost. I now feel like a ghost.... Maybe I am. And the YT comment section is the only place I can talk to strangers.... Woooooohooooooooo

[@kri249]

I didn't leave social media. Social media left me. It couldn't handle my spicy memes so their attempts to punish me with month long bans only just taught me to live without it. Feels good too.

[@jaden_skywalker]

The only good social media is BeReal, where you can post a picture of yourself, completely unedited and at the time that the alert is sent. It takes pictures using both cameras so that a very accurate snapshot of what's happening can be given. The goal is to be as real and realistic as possible.

[@isabellaeleina]

I deleted my social medias cause my bf wanted me to and I still feel like I'm not sane

[@smusssato]

@@jaden_skywalker to be real the only good social media is that site where you're 20 yo and chat with your dear, then go to a date... But I'm in my thirties and I wanna be as asocial as possible.

[@BenBJamin-ed6xc]

I'm gen Z and almost every girlfriend I have had will only send photos with filters on them. It is so rare to find a girl with enough confidence to send a raw picture of their face that when I do meet one I am blown away by their natural beauty and their confidence. The filter doesn't make you more attractive it just tells me that you haven't learned to love yourself.

[@lorag4664]

I am 60, I see my 20 something coworkers aging themselves exponentially, with fillers botox and other cosmetic procedures. So glad I listened to my mother. Stay out of the sun, drink your water, exercise, eat healthy and MOISTURIZE! Oh, and take it easy on the heavy makeup.

[@maskedcucco4576]

One of my favorite internet stories is about a couple born with ugly faces (and personalities) who got plastic surgery before they met. Had a kid, kid came out ugly. Both of them blame the other for lying about their appearance.

[@warmarmot1]

The kid is probably way better looking than their self-mutilated parents.

[@9_debolati_318]

No if we're thinking of the same Chinese couple, the woman was the one who got plastic surgery. And the kids came out looking like her old face and her husband divorced and sued her

[@eliasnilsson6604]

@@9_debolati_318 Korean couple wasnt it? Could be several cases too I guess.

[@napoleonfeanor]

​@@9_debolati_318I think the Chinese story was fake

[@daniellelodewijks3445]

@@eliasnilsson6604 yeah south korea. It was real and yes husband had marrige annulled and sued the shite ouv the ex wife. God bless the child but she was the image of pre op mammy.

[@xAIIen]

What I really wanna know is why women make their eyebrows arch so high, they look perpetually surprised..

[@marycrawford9428]

I think they are supposed to look amazed at how brilliant you are. You like women who are impressed by you, right? Yeah, us women do dumb stuff.

[@xAIIen]

@@marycrawford9428 tl;dr.

[@bamidele4383]

One comedian quipped: "ain't no bitch this surprised!"

[@tablescissors]

I really like our host, but her eyebrows don’t move and she doesn’t have normal forehead wrinkles with her expressions. *botox

[@mRahman92]

😯

[@felicecomplice]

Go to work. Take a walk. Get to know your neighbors.

[@kindfiercedragon]

I didn’t know live filters got that good. I don’t use those medias. That is technologically impressive, physiologically scary.

[@DaveNarn]

Two words.. Jennifer Grey. She fixed her ‘flawed face’ and became a nobody. Be true to yourself, love who you are.

[@user-ff8rs7gk6r]

Jennifer Grey was legitimately gorgeous in Dirty Dancing. I never understood why she did that to herself.

[@TakingTheRedPill69]

I genuinely thought she was beautiful in Dirty Dancing! Don't tell my wife! 😂

[@yourenotmarywelcome8693]

100% accurate. It’s been what, 30yrs now? If not longer. I know what she looks like, with and w/out mods. On the rare occasion I happen across JG on a TV show or in a movie I still don’t recognize her face.

[@DemonKingBadger]

If I remember Renee Zellweger also ruined her face. I think she thinned out her cheeks, despite the cheeks giving her a cuteness.

[@alistairogilvy7696]

That was her in Ferris Bueller too, yes? Striking.

[@VanchaMarch2]

I feel so horrible for the girls. Most of them are pretty, and use a very advanced technology to look bland and weird

[@williammkydde]

My thesis is: they don't understand what "pretty" is. They see themselves as ordinary. It's success with men that makes them realize that there's sth attractive about them - but they don't know what exactly. And then they try to enhance "it". But, if make-up can be washed off, a botched surgery can't be unbotched.

[@kathleenking47]

IMO..it may have started with piercings & tattoos

[@user-te2ef2jc6d]

​@@williammkydde it's more about like boyz get slightly wrong ideas from red pill Chad's, and think that Lamborghini is everything about their sex appeal. Women desire to please maximum people with their look, and surgery is all about their sex appeal No Lamborghini? Die maidenless No lips? Die with cats Stupid? Stupid. They had parents? They didn't - fair outcome

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@kathleenking47I've come to *strongly* dislike tattoos on anyone, but especially on women.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@williammkyddeThe amount of makeup some women wear today looks just as fake and off-putting as plastic surgery. Worst of all is those ridiculous enormous fake eyelashes.

[@ParchmentKH77ftw]

I don't even check to see what my friends are up to anymore because they've put a filter on everything. I get social media is mostly one big fake lie, but the filters on everything means I can't even see them as a person

[@shellymorrison3822]

I have thought about it. But after having skin cancer removed from my nose and a skin graft from my forehead to cover the place the cancer was removed from cured me of that. The pain of those two things and the time it took them to heal was enough for me to say no thanks to any more surgery to my face. 🙂

[@joeschmo6637]

I AM NOT CRAZY! I KNEW IT! I absolutely HATE the way I look in Cell Phone pictures, and never knew why, but when I look in a Mirror, I look fine. The old Film cameras didn't distort my image either, only Cell Phone pics! NOW I'M ANGRY!

[@Angl0sax0nknight]

Phones steal small parts of your soul , little by little

[@elupitasd1]

I don’t hate how I look on phones but I agree to some degree, I look worse on phones than in real life. I’ve had several people told me that I looked better in real life. I thought I was just an awkward selfier 😂

[@blackmagpie2464]

Omg same thing with me I HATE how I look on iPhone but I think I look waaay better in the mirror, thank God I almost never take selfies bc that would absolutely destroy the perception of my face

[@pietrayday9915]

@@Angl0sax0nknight "Phones steal small parts of your soul , little by little" You're not wrong at all about that!

[@tastymonkey]

I am a dude and I look man dog ugly in a mirror. I don't like selfie pictures either. 😅

[@justadog8248]

You've made hugs a dangerous thing.

[@Veracityseeker7]

Maybe that was intentional😅

[@wildcardproductions6010]

I love how Sydney says "no, i didn't stick a bunch of rhinestones to my chest" as if chest piercings are that much more normal while i still have just as many questions

[@gashyrawr]

Gotta love how those in support of tiktok and other messed up trends, have no other arguments to counter the critics with than "eh you're just too old to 'get' it". That is the kind of shaky foundation the dangerous trends are relying on.

[@tinfoilhomer909]

Look up the german song "Zick Zack" it's about trying to look youthful in spite of onself.

[@gashyrawr]

@@tinfoilhomer909 ooh, Rammstein

[@nebohtes]

I think the saddest thing is all the kids that won't see themselves in their parents. I loved growing into my face that was an amalgam of my parents', and still distinctly me.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

We guys don't need you looking like an anime character. Please keep your natural look: you are already beautiful.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

Problem is women dont listen to men, they listen to women, which is why they keep making bad choices.

[@RainRemnant]

Thank you, that's the positivity we need to hear 🙏

[@KilledByThatTrain]

Agreed. Natural beauty is the only beauty we need, that and the beauty inside.

[@mykaruest3620]

What about the men who complain about when videogame, movie, TV, etc, characters look more like me than polished done-up 10/10s?

[@ajgumpper]

@@mykaruest3620 those men aren't even part of society so don't worry about them.

[@lornadoome852]

Great topic Sydney! As a 50 something year old, who has had no work whatsoever I love this topic. When I was a teenager there were no cell phones, thankfully, but as young women me and my friends faced these issues from different media. I worked through any issues I had with my round face, minimal lips, and textured face. Primarily due to recognizing we are all different, and blessed with varying attributes.

[@weswolever7477]

Whatever happened to aging gracefully?

[@Dr.Harvey]

It became intolerant.

[@Window4503]

When the culture devalues age, these are the results

[@ThatBlondeRecluse]

As a genX who turns 50 this yr, having grown up w/ Heroin Chic, heavily edited magazines, & glamorized anorexia, I needed to see this for a reminder. I raised my daughter to look @ herself more kindly than I did hoping her to avoid the body dysmorphia I developed. As I age, the tendency is towards self hatred for the monumental sin of surviving 🤷🏼‍♀️ So I’ve stopped filtering my pics, stopped wearing almost all makeup, & trying to support anyone I hear diminishing their own looks in looking @ pics less & loving themselves more. Thank you for this video!

[@bobhope5114]

Stop taking pics of yourself...no one, and I mean NO ONE wants to see them. Not one person.

[@Gritan721]

Lady, if that's you in the profile pic, let me just say you look gorgeous. Beautiful bone structure and features. And honestly, positive attitude and self love (and some sunscreen) count for beauty more than layers of makeup and tweakments, imho.

[@justincoleman9946]

The Elder Scrolls games had way more realistic characters than any of us realized.

[@PaladinHD]

The one in the thumbnail looks like my first elf character 😭

[@CryBlueofZ]

With or without Mods?

[@ongar8893]

Do you get to the cloud district often?

[@RR-yh6vr]

"My face, I don't mind it, because I'm behind it. Its the people in front that I jarr." My mother always quoted that to me from something she came across somewhere many decades ago. Every time I catch myself feeling ugly I just chirp that little ditty and it makes me smile. I only wear makeup for special occasions, and I just don't bother to look in the mirror beyond basic am/pm hygiene. I am married to the very best man on earth for close to 20yrs, and we tease each other every time a new grey hair crops up somewhere (hate to tell ya, kids, they aren't only on your head 🤭). And despite my bajillion signs of life - I mean, aging, I could not be happier. Seriously, find a way to just be you, and joy and authenticity will be within reach. I promise. Don't let others tell you that you are not enough, especially when it comes to immutable parts of you.

[@TomAnderson603]

I'm a (straight) male, and I don't have TikTok (despite people, women mostly, trying to convince me several times to download it). I rarely upload selfies at all, anywhere. And yet... I feel this pressure. I feel it when I look in the mirror each morning, and I especially feel it when a random stranger insults me and my appearance (usually when drunk), which has happened more than once, or a date goes badly, or someone comments on the photos I DO upload to say that I look "rough" or that I've "let [myself] go", or something... People, including those we consider our "friends" or family, can be incredibly cruel. No wonder people's self esteem is shot. I've been around/involved with enough younger women to know how much this is affecting them, too, and I also know that, unfortunately, no matter how much you might try to tell them that those comments aren't true, and that they're beautiful, or that so much of this is fake... It doesn't seem to help, when those perceptions are already ingrained... All of this is very sad.

[@caesarmendez6782]

Insecurities that a number of people have with their looks is an old problem. And the internet has just added a new dimension to this situation.

[@traceytillson3289]

Agreed. For a few years I could not figure out how every Instagram woman had such perfect makeup. Then my kids told me about filters. Imagine seeing that through the eyes of an insecure 13 year old!

[@mrscruffles801]

@@traceytillson3289 Why even use makup? The human face is not a mistake, it's who you are. You shouldn't want to hide it.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

I once had a friend who was insecure about her kneecaps 💀

[@maniacal1870]

Erin Moriarty literally went from a 10 to a 4, and it's so sad.

[@warmarmot1]

Hopefully they write in that she super ages as a result of her powers, or give her a villain arch cuz she ain't Starlight anymore.

[@jimijamesjowitt]

She be perfect for a breaking bad sequel now.

[@Patrickf5087]

4? 0 for me, looks like some sort of alien or disease

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

It's hilarious to me that young women are doing things to give them sunken cheeks. In a couple of decades they're going to want to do the opposite.

[@Ashakat42]

That's because you liked the picture of her as a child you perv.

[@asteralis233]

I *hated* my face, especially my nose, until I took a theatrical makeup class in college. The first assignment was "beauty makeup" and I tried to "correct" everything I thought was wrong with my looks. The teacher looked at me and said "This assignment isn't about giving yourself a different face, it's about enhancing the face you have. Don't make radical contour changes unless that's the assignment. Your face is fine the way it is." Spending hours every week staring at myself in a mirror and planning makeup designs that had to work with the reality of my bone structure went a long way towards helping me accept the way I looked.

[@badhabitbabbitt7655]

When it comes to plastic surgery I always think of Kurt Russell's movie "Escape From LA" with the Plastic surgeries gone wrong. The celebrities with horrible surgeries gone wrong are endless.

[@Ironeagle21]

"he turned your face into a bicycle seat!"

[@moneybags179]

Good Anology! Cheers

[@Ironeagle21]

@@moneybags179 the truly sad thing is her before picture she was gorgeous. she went from a solid 8 or even a 9 to her face being nightmare fuel!

[@musicbrush9231]

Quite frankly, humanity has gotten far too slothful and envious which is being fueled by greed and lust. People need to wake up.

[@BryceShamwow]

It's very interesting to me, as someone who understands photography, that it's well known among photographers that wide angle lenses are horribly distorting for faces, but the fact that this knowledge isn't widespread outside of that community is a major contributor to the epidemic of women ruining their faces. It has a name, which the crazy guy with the weird energy didn't mention but he's clearly aware of the effect: perspective distortion.

[@katietree4949]

Glad I dont have social media. Everyone I know has it, and everyone I know has only gotten stranger since.

[@khajiit8221]

Natural beauty is the way. Ditch the cosmetic BS

[@Viper_2312]

ever heard of skin care

[@Quantum_Idealism]

Men prefer natural beauty. Natural boobs, natural ass, and natural face. Girls need to stop trying to modify themselves. They look like aliens.

[@OneFreeMan17]

@@Viper_2312Skin care is fine, I think they are referring to makeup

[@B.L.S.]

@@Viper_2312 Even "skin care" is nonsense that's bad for you.

[@sweetiespoon5150]

​@@B.L.S.Speaking as someone who is so pale skinned that they burn to a crisp in less than 60 minutes w/o sunscreen, no it isn't.

[@Sola-Scriptura444]

Any cosmetic surgery, from plumping lips, to liposuction. Is a deal breaker. Girls think it attracts, but is repulsive. Any man who tolerates such things is sorry.

[@DailyCorvid]

Tell that to Miki Peterson lol she's transformed herself from a pretty girl to a Jessica Rabbit wannabe.

[@tuseroni6085]

and if they couldn't stand the look of their own face so much they had it mutilated what will they think when they see those same hated features in their daughters?

[@dgk4268]

and that applies to boob enlargements and butt lifts

[@christop3]

to be fair, I've met girls that had literally 0 lips and got some filler, not an outrageous amount, a very light amount to give them actual lips. It was nice, it upped their kissing game alot and I particularly was fond of it. However thats *a rare exception* to the rule. I'm talking these girls barely had any pink on their face cause their lips were almost pulled all the way inward. Thin Lips was an understatement. So a little filler can be alright for most guys, its the point of making it *not noticeable* more than anything. But everything else outside breast reduction and the rare exception that a woman has a massive honker of a nose that ruins her whole face. Its all off the table lmao atleast for me. (also dated a girl with a nosejob and I couldnt even tell she had one cause she actually just removed around an inch off her actual nose, couldnt blame her. Wasn't like a full rebuild job that most people get which is as bad a botox with how obvious it is.)

[@rex8255]

I think some of these women don't know the difference between the "She's HOT! stare" and the "What the hell?" stare.

[@AravisX]

In the Magician’s series it’s implied that changing yourself could take away your magic. Just stay the way you are

[@Strwbrry_Gutz]

I remember I had a SEVERE allergic reaction randomly one day, and my lips swelled up like crazy! And all I could say was "Why would anyone want this!? This is torture!"

[@carolynbrubaker1619]

"I would much rather exist like this"...I actually laughed out loud. Great video.

[@warmarmot1]

I'm bewildered how anyone views fillers and surgeries as anything resembling beauty. I think it looks absolutely repulsive and I immediately lose respect for anyone that actually pays to do that to themselves. Gross outside and inside. Even super heavy makeup looks stupid as hell. Especially the mustache eyebrow trend. I'm no beauty, but I'd rather look like me than synthetic.

[@Tryunderstandingsarcasm]

I always called them caterpillar eyebrows and I think the fake lashes make it look like they got spiders stuck on their eyes. It looks so dumb 😂

[@gardenknomi761]

Do you wear makeup?

[@Angl0sax0nknight]

A natural Women with no make up or tattoos is treasure to see

[@SweetTooth8989]

When it's overdone it makes them look alien like. Before they have a petite, feminine head and afterwards they end up having these grotesquely large, Klingon type head/faces....

[@kingcosworth2643]

I've decided it's fairly straight forward, most women do not know what men find attractive, just like most men do not know what women find attractive. And since the beauty industry and normal, everyday discussions and application of beauty and beauty products are pretty well completely made up of women and their friendship groups, it kind of becomes a situation of the blind leading the blind. Same as groups of dudes who are geared up muscle hunks at the gym, perfect for Grinder, but most women do not like excessive muscles, muscles yes, excessive muscles no, I imagine they look the same as a women with ZZ sized hooters and a 20" waist look to men, out of proportion and bizarre.

[@Human-being24601]

Nothing wrong with a Star Trek fan wanting to look like an interstellar alien.. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556]

As far as man-made mirrors, glass came into use for the elites about 2000-1700 years ago. Earlier mirrors were typically made of polished metals such as copper or bronze. Also: Installing Tiktok on your device is totally self-inflicted.

[@azurebadger]

The woman on the thumbnail is 100% squidwards girl

[@MSMNBC]

Wait till they have a baby if Squidward still had his work done.

[@enterchannelname4542]

I guessed that that woman was 38. She didn't look 50, she just didn't look like she was trying to look 18.

[@justwonder1404]

She doesn't even have that many wrinkles, I was thinking 36-40.

[@jonathandevereaux298]

​@@justwonder1404Fat people don't wrinkle easily

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Everyone wants women to look like little girls these days and it’s weird.

[@maxgucciardi4507]

​@@jonathandevereaux298yeah but there would be a lot of sag around the eyes, cheeks, and jowls if she was that old.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

She looked a bit older to me, but only because of how overweight she is. I still didn’t guess anything as drastic as 50 lol

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Back in the late 2000s, we had a mandatory summer read of a book series called The Uglies that very much reflects what we are seeing today. It was a dystopian world where everyone was legally obligated to get plastic surgery to be attractive because people got so sensitive to what normal people looked like that it caused people to have severe mental breakdowns if they saw even the slightest flaw on someone and anyone who refused to get these procedures done were exhiled from society or even killed for endangering the mental wellbeing of the public. If anything, this sounds like the road South Korea is heading, but we aren't far behind either.

[@doll.mecanique]

Wow. It's so true. I have an autoimmune disease that has affected my right eye, which now turns inward. Resulting in terrible double vision. An eye doctor recommended prism glasses. They literally bend the light, so i can see straight. So i really believe it when people say light and glass alter our vision and in turn our self esteem. Great video ! Subscribed

[@tchocky71]

Pleased to see you back and looking very well, Sydney.

[@moneybags179]

Yeah Sydney is a hottie one of my dream girls with the right mindset included. Others are SSSSniperwolf and Brett Cooper =)

[@spicytrashpanda]

Women, please, hear me out. Don't rely on magazines and movies to decide what beautiful is. You, by simply being born are a miracle in and of itself. Maybe you aren't beautiful to me, that doesn't matter. Someone loves how you look and just wants a mere moment more in your presence. Be you, be beautiful. Lovingly-a random useless man on the internet

[@bvillebikelady3651]

Very wise words. Ladies, please take note.

[@user-te2ef2jc6d]

That's sweet, but so pointless... She doesn't want to be alone with cats so "doctor, slice me up. I wanna be beautiful"

[@Tential1]

Compliments from random men are less than worthless lol. How have you still not figured this out..... Weirdo.

[@authoreyes101]

You're not useless; you're loved.

[@diannealdridge7858]

You've just proven you are not useless..❤

[@a.walters123]

Thank you for pointing out how the front facing camera distorts your face. Every time I see myself through that lens I hate the way I look, it doesn’t look anything like what I see in the mirror.

[@ChristineN1]

I really appreciate how you discussed this topic and will be watching this with my young daughters (and no, they do not have access to social media. They do like taking silly selfies so this is still important for adolescents growing up during these crazy times.)

[@billbillson3129]

Crazy how they all always end up looking the same. Huge face and tight skin looks bad. Makes me feel bad for them.

[@JohnSmith-GG666]

That, and that it almost never stops at 1 time, but it becomes surgery after surgery.. Brrrrr😫 scary shit

[@eddieford9373]

People online have fake personalities, why not a fake face to match?

[@mica4977]

I guess it makes sense that the next step was fake people (AI)

[@eddieford9373]

@@mica4977 just cutting out the middleman

[@genek8630]

That just goes to show just how "fake" some people generally are in everything about themselves.

[@beverlyhills8988]

I actually wondered what was going on when I was taking pictures of myself. I don't use filters or anything, but I wondered why my nose looked so big and my face looked so... awful and I just look so different in the mirror. I was coming to the conclusion that I just have no self awareness and I just looked much more horrible than I thought.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

My picture here is from the year I was 57 years old. Nothing done to 'improve' my face, not even make-up. Some day you have to accept that you are getting older. It takes years to do that but fortunately ageing does as well.

[@HopeB555]

Oh my goodness. This explains why I absolutely HATE taking selfies and feel like I look so fat but don't mind so much when my husband takes normal pictures with his nice camera.

[@Tential1]

Or, your husband edits the photos.... 😈

[@HopeB555]

@@Tential1 can't edit them before they're even off the camera 🤷‍♀️

[@whiterabit09]

Women: "Men what do you like?" The fit, natural healthy look, feminine styling. Women:"ok so, high bmi, heavy make-up and odd looking surgery"

[@whiterabit09]

Tattoos and crocs.

[@Veracityseeker7]

Part of the reason why this happens; is because what you say isn't often what you really do. A lot of ♂️ are out here, married to a natural ♀️, and having affairs with the silicone queens. I have a friend with really obnoxiously big fake lips, she has no problems pulling ♂️ Also, I really truly don't believe that most ♂️ like the fake plastic surgery look. A lot of this is ♀️ and 🏳️‍🌈♂️ having influence over ♀️. Sorry for the Emojis but I'm trying to dodge the censorship. This thing is worse and worse all over the time.

[@Tential1]

​@@Veracityseeker7women have no problem pulling men ever.... Lol. Men will f anything. Women really think they pulled a man because of their looks. You never stopped to think that maybe, a man cheats with a silicone queen because those types of women love "stealing a woman's man," and not because it's men's preference? So much of this is projection of your own insecurities, and not what men like.

[@GreenDayRules92]

​@@Veracityseeker7 just because men will sleep with your friend doesn't mean they'll commit. Some guys will sleep with anything

[@bl3524]

Women don’t do it for men, they do it because it’s pressured from the media, people and social media

[@jazztazz770]

I started wearing makeup for the first time at 27. I did foundation, concealer, mascara, powder, blush, eyeliner, and lipstick. Apparently that was minimal according to other women who also did makeup. I never contoured. Eventually I graduated away from it all and usually go no makeup. Sometimes I wear a bb cream then top it with blush and lipstick. When my fiancé first saw me without makeup he was so happy. He was scared I’d look completely different without makeup. It’s crazy how now if it looks like you wear any amount of makeup, men will assume you’re fully caked.

[@dr_john5931]

Sydney you have a natural beauty I believe most people love to see. Face and body retouching have been happening for decades even before computers and software were available. My 50 plus years in graphic arts, many of which were doing color separations and retouching for popular magazines and advertising agencies to print, almost always involved cleaning up flesh tones over the entire body. It was difficult in the old days, and expensive, to do such retouch by hand on the prints, transparencies or the separation films. I was so glad to finally see computers and software that could do that in a fraction of the time. It's a shame and sad to see it being so misused.

[@briansmaller7443]

Ha - I had a comment removed from this thread already for hate speech because I said that women getting these weird surgeries are not doing it for men - good to see KZbin is keeping the world safe from opinions.

[@alexwhite6554]

Ikr

[@JoaoVitor-qy3ze]

I mean, they're right in not doing it for men, they should do it for themselves. I just wonder what they see in it to think the final face is prettier than the original face. It usually isn't and the more aggressive the procedure is, the more unattractive the result is because the face looks unatural.

[@Jesei1211]

They do it because of insecurity, low self esteem etc. Men aren’t attracted to plastic they’re attracted to women lol

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​​@@JoaoVitor-qy3zeThe problem is that they say they're not doing it for men...but then will turn around and talk about how much they go through to meet the unattainable beauty standards men have for women. Those are contradictory but women don't seem to notice. You can't be empowered and powerless at the same time.

[@sammyp578]

​@@JoaoVitor-qy3zebut they're doing it for other women.

[@alexwells3031]

You sounded more Australian in this video than ever before😂 and I love it

[@jimijamesjowitt]

I didnt even catch a mate or kint in there?

[@SonyaBlacker]

Very!

[@patriciakemp4367]

My thoughts too 😆 I sometimes forget she's Australian. Then she says "mirror" or "thinner" and I'm like - oh right, there it is.

[@pietrayday9915]

It's the non-rhotic 'R's' in the Australian accent - she puts a conscious effort into pronouncing the 'R' like most Americans would, but she definitely slips back into the Australian accent a lot in the last couple videos I've heard, where her 'R's' almost sounds like 'W's'. And there's nothing wrong with it, I smile every time I hear it, and not in a bad way!

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@pietrayday9915I don’t think she does that on purpose, she’s just lived a lot in both countries. You start to sound like what you hear everyday

[@colebrandt9302]

You definitely know its out of control when south park has an entire episode about it

[@jessidawn.healing]

I love your content! Thank you for standing up for woman and educating REAL people about REAL issues. This world is Hell. One of the best things I've heard is 'if it's hard to capture the Moon in it's beauty, why do we believe the camera could capture our own beauty.' This is mental illness at it's best. I try to help woman build confidence and take care of their skin.

[@STLMTB]

That woman at @2:08 looked amazing, then transformed into a freak. What a shame.

[@basiclee5770]

my brother did the limb lengthening thing. Made me so incredibly sad. He's insufferable to talk to, it's nothing but incel forum stuff with him. This shit is a pandemic.

[@melbrown6019]

The only time I ever went to a plastic surgeon was after I had brain surgery. My hair didn’t grow back in a large spot on top of my head. I had an outpatient surgery to try to fix it. I felt awful afterwards and the procedure didn’t work. But I’m very low key. I dress casually and never wear makeup. I wear a hair covering on my head while out and about to cover the bald spot. I think plastic surgery just makes people look awful and unnatural.

[@dizzyizzylizzie]

I was always out of the loop when it came to "beauty trends" and "beauty standards". The only time I ever felt left out was because my mom wouldn't let me get my ears pierced until I was 13. Otherwise I never cared about my weight, putting makeup on or how my face looked. I still don't. But seeing a lot of these folks distort their face for pictures is very concerning! There is a slippery slope for stuff like this, and I fear what is at the end of it. I bet this has something to do with our increase in narcissism. 😬

[@kyleeconrad]

Jaime Lee-Curtis was championing this way back in the day.

[@BlackVulcanX]

How could someone ruined a good looking face. I would do nearly anything to have an attractive face, except this whole surgery process.

[@avarion9538]

The people, who do it to themselves, often times are insecure, and want to slow down aging. Often times they are people, who don't have that much to offer besides their looks. Secure people, who know, what they are worth, and why, usually don't do that. The doctors, who do it, are greedy and want money.

[@paulpeterson7853]

As someone who has traveled around our sun 54 times, this IS a problem... I've never taken a selfie, and probably never will... we as a society need to realize that we are who we are. I'm glad you haven't done anything to alter your appearance, as you are beautiful the way you are. These types of surgeries were initially dedicated to helping people who were in accidents, etc. I can see that use case. Hope you're doing well Miss Sydney!

[@BubbasndRayEarl]

80 degrees, beautiful sunny day. Lite breeze . Perfect time for a walk with the dog and a Sydney video!

[@VR-gs9hd]

For many compulsive people, the camera acts like a Magic Mirror conducive to self-obsession and insecurity.

[@Bowiebonolennon1982]

When Lea Michele got the buckle fat removal, I was immediately reminded about the fact that Barbara NEVER got a NOSE job!

[@nosonoliento]

She didn't want to mess up that amazing voice.

[@cursedcancersurvivor]

Bucal (?)

[@autdelux]

i feel like im living in an episode of twilight zone im a tech guy completly grew up in all of this meanwhile im not influenced by any of the "modern" things i have no social media app i dont follow any hype or movement ppl i see on youtube say are the new things going on. i feel like an alien in this world not because i dont understand the new tech its just because i do that i never fall for any of these silly things. i hope i wake up soon and realize this is all just a dream ppl cant be that stupid afterall

[@decisionparalysis7856]

I have always struggled with these issues, I don't look in mirrors long except to put on makeup. I take maybe one selfie a year if I am brave enough. I don't consider myself ugly or feel like I need surgery but have always had issues with my skin, being a ginger I never felt like anyone else around me, but I notice so much redness others don't seem to notice, but is glaring to me. I hate to see anyone struggle with these things, I have grown more content over the years but it is still very much a problem. I'm also not wrapped up in so many magazines and websites that give me worse insecurities and I think people should do more to escape that also, it makes a big difference.

[@tehprimelime1063]

ive seen this nonstop on twatter. lovely ladies before than turn into Action Jackson on steriods with cheek bones bigger than Hulk's Biceps. Wtf are they doing this awful change for?

[@briansmaller7443]

Not for men. I have yet to meet a man who actually likes this. We will look - in the way people used to pay a penny to see the freaks at the freak show.

[@JohnSmith-GG666]

I think it's the time.. For example a lot of mental illness is going around also, and a lot of other strange distorted/disturbed tings going around..

[@jimijamesjowitt]

They doin the gender black face and expect praise.

[@HappyBear376]

After watching. I'm a professional climber, former soldier and music industry execitive. I'm 5'10", pot bellied, bauld, missing tooth with a healthy fur everywhhere (Calm down girls I have a wife).

[@justdiane5]

You misspelled "bald"

[@dennis2376]

@@justdiane5 :)

[@smusssato]

​​@@justdiane5bauld seems more sassy. Sir Bauld from Bauldours castle. Sorry ts I am bald and lame in terms of limping.

[@beep6202]

You sound like my exact kind of man. You have a lucky wife!

[@ItWasRevealedToMeInMyDreams]

Growing up in the 2000s to now it's genuinely scary seeing the normalizing of this and unfortunately feeling like i myself need it at times from my body shape to acne, this topic is extremely important and it's a genuine blessing to see this brought up when at 23 years old i worry more about a face care routine than anything else because of how i always see everyone posting their flawless faces with no blemish and i sometimes forget that they're in the same spot as i am, theyre just covering it up a bit more than in the moment i pay attention to. Watching this video kinda struck deep because i remember the 2015 filter boom and i never had a picture in highschool that wasnt filtered, im only now accepting how I actually look and am slowly starting to be happy with me, especially doing things to gain confidence like taking care of myself, but this filter dysphoria is huge and is going to alter many generations at once, unfortunately.

[@lindaburbano4563]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm in charge of my church youth group and I'm going to use it for an activity for our girls age 12-18 to talk to them frankly about this problem! You're the best :)