Restaurant workers, hairdressers, beauticians and others who work close to clients say they are facing “confusion” as to whether they should remove
The fear of contracting COVID, the dread of getting stuck in quarantine, the lack of social events and a reduction of income are causing many to “let them
A woman asked her hairdresser to tweak her hair colour to look better online than it does in real life. Meanwhile, an 18-year-old asked her beautician to inject fillers under her eyes so she could look the way she sees herself on her mobile phone when using filters.
These are just a few examples of how online chats - which shot up during the pandemic - are fuelling insecurities as more people spend hours looking at themselves on screen during virtual meetings.
Psychiatrist Anton Grech has noticed this shift.
“I have seen a lot of people who had controlled insecurities about their appearance. But now they have lost control. This is because online working means they are now focusing directly on their appearance coupled with the overall increase of anxiety levels seen in the general population,” he says.