do we actually find these faces beautiful - or have we just seen it to many times

why does everybody want the exact same face? A tiny nose, perfect lips, high cheekbones and clear skin. Call the Instagram face a beauty ideal that looks slightly different from everyone but is built from the same collection of features. It isn't because humans randomly decided that this was the most beautiful face. It's because social media is turning beauty into an algorithm. Platforms repeatedly show us faces that receive the most likes, views, and engagement, and then because we keep seeing those features, those features start filling more attractive and more normal. This connects to the mere exposure effect. In psychology, the more we often see something, the more familiar it becomes, and the more familiar it becomes, the more positively we feel about it. So when the algorithm shows us one type of face, we engage with it, and then it shows us more of it. Small study areas often called this algorithmic beauty. Because our feeds may influence which procedures and facial features people desire. Filters narrow your nose, lift your eyes, smooth your skin, make your lips bigger after seeing that version repeatedly, your face can begin to look wrong, even though nothing changed about it. Think about famous models and actresses in previous decades. They had prominent noses, different eye shapes, gaps in their teeth, softer faces, stronger jaws, features that instantly made you know who they are. And now you're being sold that beauty means removing the exact features that make your face yours. Don't maybe everyone doesn't want the same face, maybe we've simply been shown the same face so many times that we've forgotten how beautiful individuality looks. By honestly, do you think people are becoming more beautiful or more alike? Think about famous models and actresses in previous decades. They had prominent noses, different eye shapes, gaps in their teeth, softer faces, stronger jaws, features that instantly made you know who they are. And now you're being sold that beauty means removing the exact features that make your face yours. Don't maybe everyone doesn't want the same face, maybe we've simply been shown the same face so many times that we've forgotten how beautiful individuality looks.