Young Indians Turn to Plastic Surgery for Perfect Facebook Profile Picture

Bangalore: It is indeed a nation obsessed with social media, but a recent report takes the craziness a notch higher. India’s young Facebook users are apparently splurging lakhs on plastic surgeries in order to improve the way they look on Facebook and various other social networking sites, reported Salvador Rodriguez for LA Times.

Indians in their 20s and 30s are going under the knife to improve their social media pictures, as per a report by Vocativ, a news media start-up.

The report highlights that India, the nation that invented the nose job, is now also spearheading the new trend of "Facebook facelifts."

One woman who was interviewed said "If you don't look good on Facebook, then how will you make contacts?" as reported by LA Times.

Men aren’t lagging behind in this aesthetic race. The report suggested that most men get chin augmentations that cost over $2,000 (around Rs 1, 18, 680). The reason being during video chats, it is easy to observe someone's chin.