For those of you whose hubbies like the girls in mens mags - look here

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I was reading a thread here yesterday where someone was comparing herself to the women in Zoo & Nuts magazine at the time I thought "but even the women in the photos dont look like that,they have been ruthlessley photo edited into what men want to see"

The best example of before & after I could find on the net was here - the finished picture has had the skin tone, texture and hell even the belly button altered. Select the picture you want to look at, roll your mouse over and wait a second!!

homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/bikini1.html

Seen this before and it is amazing what they can do to chaneg the appearance. Everything is fake!

bloody hell

am going to show that to dd1 who is always comparing herself (unfavourably) to top models

that is amazing.

makes you realise how fake the fashion/magazine industry is.

I've always been a "take me as I am or F**k off" type of person but I just think its really unfair that some women are comparing themselves to the "after" shots and making themselves unhappy.

wow thats fab, now I wont feel so bad when I look in the mirror

WOW
love it, they have crows feet, smile lines, waist and bust changed, speckly skin, open pores pmsl
love myself now!
not that i compare myself to airbrushed models with more cash than sense!

showed dd1:

She was suitably shocked

thank you

Love it. Going to now email to all male friends And female friends. Feel like a model now...

In the case of the mens mags some lengthen legs, narrow thighs, shade cleavage etc. etc.

So next time you see a star in the street & think "oh she looks a bit rough" you know why LOL

There is another website that someone linked on here ages ago with the same thing.

It had a load of slebs on.

Makes you feel alot better

Nbg - I only dip in & out of mumsnet or it takes your life over doesnt it LOL

I was just thinking about the other thread yesterday and wanted to find an example to show that comparing yourself to a magazine image is futile, these "perfect" people dont exist.

god, i want one done, lol

i have a feeling it was that site

I'm not impressed, I am saddened that women are apparently so unattractive in our normal state, that we have to be adjusted.

No wonder we have so many problems with body image and self esteem.

have a look at this one...

Oh my goodness thats awful. It didn't look anything like her in the end.

Excellent links. I try not to buy glossy mags because the ads are so unrealistic, and even though we all know this I think it still messes with your head.

crikey
and the blonde one with the big smile, changed her face shape etc..
it's kinda scary.

its a bit bizarre what they do isn't it and very unfair to know young girls especially will try to live up to this - i think i will save the link to show DD when she is older incase she ever worries about her image

How about kind of the same thing in reverse? DH showed me this the other night - made me laugh