With War Paint for Men opening a 'world-first' store selling make-up for men in London last month, we revisit this great post from John Mercer Birmingham City University School of Media on make-up and masculinity: beautydemands.blogspot.com/2019/04/here-c…

Always important to consider the ethical implications associated with cosmetic surgery.⁣ ⁣ This #JPRAS paper examines the cultural implications of fox eye surgery. 👁 ⁣ ⁣ Beautiful VA and illustrations from Urvashi Singh ⁣ ⁣ #plasticsurgery #cosmeticsurgery #ethics

Happy to be cited in this article by Helen Rumbelow. So glad we are beginning to recognise that what is happening is new and matters. thetimes.co.uk/article/love-i…

2020 Good Childhood Report is out! It tells us appearance worries cause unhappiness. We've known this for a while and its getting worse. It will get worse still if we don't start addressing it as a public health issue. This stuff really matters. childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood

Selfies are often seen as narcissistic but can actually play a positive role in self-identity; an excellent new post by Amelia Morris explores this other side of selfies beautydemands.blogspot.com/2021/08/seeing…

Norway now legally requires social media influencers to disclose when they have digitally altered promoted posts. In this excellent revisited post from 2018, Jasmine Fardouly discusses research that finds such disclaimers may be ineffective: beautydemands.blogspot.com/2018/10/tradit…

Beauty Demands We need to reduce the impact of ideal social media images but research suggests that disclaimers are not the answer. Could the changes in Norway stop influencers from altering their images in the first place to avoid having to use disclaimers?🤔 More research is needed.

From a pandemic to plastic surgery: how Covid changed the way we see our faces theguardian.com/us-news/2021/o…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so we're revisiting this great post from Sarah Grogan and Jayne Mechan exploring the impact of cancer treatment on body image Manchester Met Uni Psychology McrFashionInstitute : beautydemands.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-know…

With recent discussions about potential harms of Instagram for teenagers, it's a good time to republish this post on the need for relevant adults to become more digitally literate from Vicky Goodyear beautydemands.blogspot.com/2019/04/young-…

Appearance-related bullying is often due to a lack of education. When children and young people are taught to accept and embrace what makes each of us different and unique, everyone feels included. #AntiBullyingWeek

News of a really interesting sounding new edition of Sarah Grogan's Body Image book in our latest post - bringing the latest research on body dissatisfaction together Manchester Met Uni Psychology beautydemands.blogspot.com/2021/12/body-i…

The BBC has found some beauty practitioners are offering lip fillers to people who are underage. It is illegal for under-18s to receive dermal fillers for cosmetic reasons in England. #BBCBreakfast hears from Liv who got her first injection at 16. bbc.in/3IGfBQ2

@mmmillymorris Beauty Demands Love this Milly. Think there is maybe a class element going on in terms of women taking control of/playing with image - I think there is an association with “trashy celebs”/low culture photography & misogyny mocking the pictures running through some social attitudes

Prof. Fay Bound-Alberti Dr Victoria Hoyle The BMJ BJS Declán Murphy The Royal College of Surgeons of England @SarahK_Hall Isabel AdomakohYoung The AboutFace project team are collaboratively researching into #loneliness experiences during the pandemic of people with a #FacialDifference. We wrote about that work for the Beauty Demands blog: x.com/AboutFaceYork/…

Is that really me? The ugly truth about beauty filters theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Attractiveness biases attributions of moral character, study finds dlvr.it/SHDWYk

How would cancer affect how you feel about your body? Read this lovely personal account from Finding Cyril of her experiences in our new post: beautydemands.blogspot.com/2022/05/cancer…

Using photography to share embodied experiences: in our latest post, @deelisterphotos explains their brilliant images, currently showing in the 'Your Body Belongs to You' exhibition @shutter_hub beautydemands.blogspot.com/2022/06/embody…

Man pulls parasite from wasp's stomach