[News] Influencer shares same photo before and after editing to show how ‘fake’ Instagram can be

An influencer took to Instagram to encourage people to stop being intimidated by the perfect photos they see online.

Body positivity campaigner, Karina Irby, shared a photo of herself before and after editing to reveal just how much you can transform a photo by using editing apps.

The 32-year-old swimwear designer shared the first photo of herself frowning slightly. The photo features a double chin and her face looks rounder.

But in the retouched version of the same photo, Karina edited her face to give herself a wide smile. She also slimmed her face, emphasized her cheekbones, smoothed her skin, intensified her eyes and darkened her eyebrows.

Karina captioned the side-by-side photos: “Just seeing how far a face editing app can get me.

“How do these kinds of apps make you feel?”

The post garnered thousands of likes.

One commenter asked: “So… this isn’t two different pictures?”

And the influencer responded: “Same photo.”