In addition to promoting models who are too thin, the media also uses digital photo editing disproportionately, especially in recent years. The use of Photoshop and digital retouching was taken to the extreme, making the models incredibly thin, tall, without wrinkles or imperfections (Farid and Kee). Airbrushing and digital enhancement are used to create the ideal, false female body (Russell-Mayhew and Saraceni, 91). It is quite simple to change a person's appearance. Legs, hips and arms can all be slim. The neck can be elongated, making posture appear to be improved. Eye size can be increased. Skin tone and texture also fall prey to digital retouching. The skin is smoothed and sharpened, wrinkles, cellulite, blemishes, freckles and dark circles under the eyes are eliminated. With just a few simple adjustments, models can look different in an instant, creating a flawless false image that the culture perceives as real. Earp and Young state: “…this perfection cannot be achieved. It's a look that was created through airbrushing, cosmetics and computer retouching. This digital editing has led to unrealistic expectations for both men and women when it comes to body image. It is very rare in today's culture to see a beautiful woman who has not been retouched (Farid and Kee). This has also led to body issues in both men and women mentioned by Henry Farid and Eric Kee, "the ubiquity of these unrealistic and highly idealized images has been linked to eating disorders and body dissatisfaction." body image in men, women and children” (Farid and Kee). The media is heavily responsible for body dissatisfaction in society. There is no reason for women to feel upset about themselves because they don't look like airbrush... middle of paper ... disorders have been linked to dissatisfaction and self-harm was used to deal with it. never looking like media models. Whatever happens, the media is responsible. This creates a toxic body image environment in society. With this environment of toxic body image, how does society that is otherwise supposed to cope with everyday life accept this lifestyle? “He who controls the media controls the mind” (“Media Quotes”). Media that promotes excessive thinness and a standard of perfection mediates body dissatisfaction, which develops into eating disorders and self-harming behaviors accompanied by social anxiety. On the media side, the spirit is tarnished. Just as an ocean becomes toxic due to an oil spill, the minds of members of society are poisoned by the perception of perfection conveyed by the media. It's a toxic environment that is almost impossible to survive in.