I have Instagram to follow some people who are interesting for me and sometimes I post pics of myself if I find them pretty. I don't edit them in any way possible even though I know how, but recently my colleague who follows me (my account is private) DMed me and asked whether I edit my photos to look younger. She was surprised that I don't and she told me that "this is a must at our age!" (we both are in our 50s). Honestly, I felt confused about that: I know that if she is fine with editing her looks and I'm fine with not doing so, this is okay, but how many people are out there thinking that making yourself look younger in pictures is really a "must" after you turn 50?
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Cath has been open about putting up the good photos of herself (don’t we all?) and her friend was surprised that she doesn’t use editing because apparently that’s what everyone in their fifties do (not this fifty something!). A good photo - especially if it’s ever so slightly over exposed - can take a few years off you, so I took it that’s why her friend was surprised. Perhaps she just assumed that the good photo was an average one that had been edited?