I don't recognise my friends anymore. I find myself standing in front of them and I notice none of them have any lines on their forehead. It's like I have lost them. There is no vulnerable connection as there is this plastic mask between us. We can't talk about the fact that they had to inject plastic into their face to feel good enough. I miss natural beauty. I miss their imperfection seeping through and insecurity which I relate to.

Now all I see when I look in the mirror is my own lines and imperfections and my face seems ugly. Screens are destroying any sort of humanity; we exist to be seen and no longer lose ourselves in the joy of friendship. Is this the end of love and relationships and we are so readily willing to q up and pay for people to inject fat into our face to remove any marks that differentiates our personality and story? We are injecting away our experiences and authenticity. Everyone looks the same and nobody is special anymore. How boring...

A film by Norah Dineen

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