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You Don't Look Like Your Selfie

The closer your phone is to your face, the more it distorts your nose.
Source: Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

Your face is not flat. This might seem self-evident, but as people have begun to live richer, more selfie-filled lives online, a peculiar lacuna has formed around this point. In a recent survey of American plastic surgeons, more than 40 percent reported that patients came in asking for surgery to correct features they felt

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