Social Media influencer gets cosmetic procedures to look like his edited selfies
LONDON (CNN) The selfie-culture is putting so much pressure on beauty standards it’s driving many young people to seek cosmetic procedures, according to plastic surgeons.
With almost half a million followers Kyrhys Devoe — or “Tuggzie” to his fans — makes his living through Instagram. Like others in his generation of social media influencers, he’s on a constant quest for physical perfection.
“We all want to have smooth skin, we all want to have high cheekbones, we all want to have frozen faces, we just want to look perfect,” Devoe said.
Devoe spends at least an hour editing each selfie using apps like Facetune and Airbrush. He’s also part of a new trend which is seeing the Snapchat selfie look spill over into real life. “I want to be a Bratz doll, a living Bratz doll,” he said.
Reporter Hala Gorani: A doll is not human — by definition. Why do you want to look less human?
KyRhys Devoe: Because a doll’s perfect. I just want to look like my actual photos on Instagram. I want to look selfie-ready all the time.
Devoe even gets regular cosmetic procedures done to look more like his edited selfies. He is not alone. Leading plastic surgeon Dr. Dirk Kremer says he’s noticed his clientele get younger and younger, and edited selfies play a big role in what people ask him for. “Most of them come with a phone and show me pictures saying, ‘That’s how I get most likes and followers and could we do that in reality. I’m tired of editing the picture,'” he said.
Dr. Kremer says before social media, clients would mainly compare themselves to celebrities. “Now, you see the girl next door who looks amazing on the Instagram photo with all the filters they apply. Suddenly the competition is much, much higher,” he said.
Reporter Hala Gorani: But do you think that makes people more anxious about their appearance on social media?”
Dr. Dirk Kremer: Definitely, you know the pressure’s on. Young people, if they want to have a very successful account, they post constantly. They wake up — picture. They go to work — picture.
This obsession with personal appearance that selfie culture encourages may have darker implications for mental health. “In those people who have that psychological vulnerability, it can be particularly concerning. They are constantly bombarded with images and constantly referencing their own image in a way that was not seen before,” said Bruce Clark, a consultant psychiatrist with Maudsley Hospital.
At its most extreme, this fixation on appearance can manifest in a mental health condition known as body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. For people like Alanah Bagwell, BDD can be completely debilitating. “I rarely left the house. I was stuck in a dark room, curtains closed, sleeping most of the day. I wouldn’t let my family see me. They’d have to bring food to the door,” she said.
Bagwell says although selfies didn’t cause her illness, the hours she spent taking pictures of herself exacerbated her condition. “I felt like I looked so disgusting and deformed and monstrous that I just wished to be normal, so I’d post selfies in the hopes of this sort of reassurance from other people
Our collective obsession with social media can be a very innocent and fun experience, but we are only just beginning to understand the potential mental health impact on this selfie-generation.
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Pregnant Alabama inmate says she doesn’t remember sex in prison; family wants answers
COOSA COUNTY, Ala. – A woman who has been in an Alabama jail for 17 months is 8 months pregnant, and her family is saying they want the matter investigated, AL.com reported.
Latoni Daniel has reportedly been in jail for over a year now, charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an 87-year-old man. According to AL.com, she was her boyfriend’s getaway driver in the incident.
The attorney representing Daniel said he believes she was raped in jail, possibly while under the influence of sedatives. She told her attorney she has no memory of a sexual encounter.
According to AL.com, Daniel was on medication to treat seizures, but her family said she never had seizures before going to jail.
The family told AL.com they just want answers and that two wrongs don’t make a right.
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Man allegedly grabbed wet wash towel, placed it over daughter’s face and emptied a 17-ounce plastic bottle with water over her head for lying and talking back
A man was arrested in Washington State for allegedly waterboarding his 7-year-old daughter because she had misbehaved, a report said on Tuesday.
Matthew Farrar, 27, was taken into police custody on Sunday after his girlfriend went to a local 7-Eleven to report that Farrar had bound his daughter’s mouth while pouring water over her face, according to NBC News.
The woman said that Farrar had “violently spanked” the child with a belt before dragging her into the bathroom while she was screaming “bloody murder,” the report said.
Farrar then allegedly “grabbed a red colored wash towel and wetted it with water” before placing it over her face and emptying a 17-ounce plastic bottle with water over her head.
“He slowly started pouring water onto the hand towel that was held on [the girl’s] face, over her mouth and nose,” court documents allege.
He had said the girl was lying and talking back.
Once the incident was through, the woman grabbed the girl and fled to the 7-Eleven to call police.
Farrar admitted to striking the girl and using water.
“I think it could have been a little too much,” he told the police.
The man was charged with two counts of child abuse.
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5-year-old brings crack cocaine to preschool
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are investigating after a 5-year-old boy brought about two dozen vials of crack cocaine into a preschool at a Roman Catholic church.
Police say the boy told a teacher’s aide at St. Cyprian Children’s Center that the person who handed him the bag told him to hide it.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia tells WTXF-TV that the teacher’s aide took the bag, which she suspected held drugs, informed an administrator, and they called 911.
No other children came in contact with the drugs, and no one was harmed.
No arrests have been made.
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Boy finds gun outside baseball game, accidentally shoots mom
A college baseball game was postponed in Tennessee on Tuesday evening after an 8-year-old boy allegedly shot his mother in what police are saying was an accident, according to reports.
The unidentified woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition but her condition was later upgraded to stable, FOX 13 of Memphis reported.
The owner of the gun has been detained and police are conducting an investigation to determine if they will press charges, authorities said.
The shooting happened at USA Stadium in Millington, where the University of Memphis Tigers were playing the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Police said the child found the gun inside an antique car being displayed at the stadium and accidentally shot his mother during the first inning of the game, around 6:45 p.m.
“The juvenile believed it was a toy gun. He picked the gun up, pulled the trigger, and accidentally shot his mother,” Millington police Chief Mark Dunbar said, according to WMC-TV in Memphis. The game was then halted, according to FOX 13.
The University of Memphis issued a statement after the incident.
“We are saddened by the unfortunate accidental shooting at the baseball game at USA Stadium in Millington,” the university’s Athletic Department said in the statement, according to the Commercial Appeal of Memphis. “The University of Memphis is cooperating fully with authorities in the investigation. Our deepest thoughts are with the family.”
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Texas officer shoots and kills woman after she yells ‘I’m pregnant’
BAYTOWN, Texas — A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said.
In a video recorded by a witness and posted on social media, the officer can be seen standing over Pamela Turner and reaching down to try to grab her arms. Turner, who is lying on the ground outside the apartments in Baytown, yells “I’m pregnant.” Moments later, something flashes as she reaches her arm out toward the officer. Suddenly, the officer pulls away from Turner, steps back and fires five gunshots.
Police Lt. Steve Dorris said Tuesday that the officer shot at Turner after she hit him in the groin with the Taser. Turner did not fire the stun gun but it shocked the officer when it struck him, Dorris said.
The lieutenant said police have since learned from the medical examiner’s office in Harris County that Turner, who was 44 and black, was not pregnant. She was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. A spokeswoman with the medical examiner’s office declined to comment.
The officer, who police have not identified by name, has been placed on paid administrative leave, Dorris said. The department is reviewing whether the shooting was in line with its policy on the use of deadly force, he said.
Before the shooting, the officer, who is Hispanic and an 11-year veteran of the police force, was patrolling the apartment complex and tried to arrest Turner because he knew she had outstanding warrants, Dorris said. The two had previous dealings, but Dorris did not provide further details about the interactions or Turner’s warrants.
Turner had three outstanding misdemeanor warrants for two separate incidents, according to Harris County court records. She was accused of criminal mischief and assault on April 25 after a manager at her apartment complex told police that Turner scratched her face and broke her glasses during a confrontation over an eviction notice.
On May 2, court records show, Turner was again accused of criminal mischief for damaging the back window of a woman’s car.
Following her May 2 arrest, Turner was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, according to court records.
The video of what happened Monday night shows the officer and Turner engaged in a struggle after he tried to arrest her. In the video, Turner is heard saying “You’re actually harassing me” and “I’m actually walking to my house” before falling to the ground. While on her back, she appears to scuffle with the officer, saying “Why? Why?” and then “I’m pregnant.”
Investigators are trying to contact whoever recorded the video, because the person was a witness to the shooting, the lieutenant said.
“It’s a tragic event for everybody involved,” Dorris said. “Of course, our hearts go out to the family of the deceased as well as our officer.”
On Tuesday afternoon, Turner’s neighbors gathered not far from an orange ring painted on the apartment complex parking lot to mark where she was shot. Standing amid the modest brick and aluminum homes, one of Turner’s neighbors said the incident frightened her.
“It’s just sad — very sad — when you see somebody for the past six months walking around,” Jennifer Sims said. “Even though you don’t talk to them, you keep an eye on them, you know. And then you wake up and realize, ‘Oh, my God. She was shot so close to home.’ That’s scary, and very sad.”
Baytown, a city of more than 75,000 people, is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Houston. Its population is 35 percent white, 46 percent Hispanic and 16 percent black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Outside the city’s police station Tuesday, about a dozen protesters gathered carrying signs with “No Justice. No Peace” and “Black Lives Matter” written on them.
“This is another black woman who has lost her life,” said Ashton P. Woods, an activist with Black Lives Matter Houston. “Another black person who has lost their life, for senseless violence. Five shots. Unarmed.”
Kevin Davis, a police detective and the author of a book on investigating police use of force, said it is impossible to make a proper assessment of Turner’s shooting based only on the video and facts released so far.
Davis, who is not connected to the case, said the smartphone videos that have become common in police shootings can lead people to rush to judgment. “We owe it to everyone involved, including the decedent, to do a professional investigation,” he said.
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NY mom fails drug test after eating poppyseed bagel before giving birth
TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Less than a week after baby Carter Dominguez was brought into the world, baby and mom are enjoying time at their home in the Town of Tonawanda.
But this arrival wasn’t easy.
“I just want everyone to know that this can happen,” she said. “I don’t want it to happen to anyone else.”
When Elizabeth went into labor, she was asked for a urine sample.
“I did a urine test and it came back that I tested positive for opiates,” she said. “I called my husband freaking out saying ‘how is this possible?’ I don’t do drugs,” she said.
Her husband Mark asked what she had to eat that day.
“And I told him a bagel and a sub. That’s all I had. He told me it must be from the bagel.”
Elizabeth had eaten a bagel, covered in poppyseeds. Poppyseeds are derived from the opium plant.
“In some cases eating a large amount of poppyseed such as the kind found in a bagel has been shown to produce low levels of morphine and codeine in the urine,” said Dr. Michelle Rainka, a Clinical Pharmacist at DENT. “Potentially those seeds have not been washed and can contain that.”
Dr. Rainka says anyone about to take a drug test should know this.
“Anywhere from one to three bagels with poppyseeds can produce positive tests on a urine toxicology.”
Dominguez gave birth later that day, and her baby’s tests for opiates came back negative. Still, the hospital monitored Carter for withdrawal, and because of Elizabeth’s failed drug test, hospital staff followed protocol and called Child Protective Services.
Elizabeth was discharged but Carter had to stay, separating mom and baby less than 24 hours after birth.
“I felt absolutely horrible,” she said. “I felt like a terrible mother leaving him. I just want everyone to know that this could happen. It’s such a terrible thing and I don’t want it to happen to anyone.”
Reports show Elizabeth did have a false positive because of the poppyseed bagel.
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Man demands sex act after stealing sleeping woman’s phone on subway
LOWER MANHATTAN — Authorities are looking for man they say stole a woman’s cell phone on the subway and then demanded a sexual act in exchange for her phone back.
After the 21-year-old victim fell asleep aboard a northbound R train near the Whitehall Street subway station on Sunday, May 12, around 11:30 p.m., an unidentified man stole her cell phone and then woke her up, demanding a sex act in exchange for the return of the phone, police said.
Authorities said a struggle ensued between the man and woman after he attempted to steal additional property from her.
When he was unsuccessful, he fled the train at Canal Street subway station with the victim’s phone, police said.
EMS responded and transported the victim to an area hospital, according to police.
Authorities said the man wanted for questioning is described as in his mid 20s, standing about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and weighing about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing all dark clothing, and can be seen in the above surveillance footage released by police.
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68-year-old woman in coma sexually assaulted at Bronx hospital
MOTT HAVEN, the Bronx — A man is sought after walking into a Bronx hospital and sexually assaulting a woman in a coma Monday afternoon, according to police.
Authorities said the unidentified man slipped into the 68-year-old victim’s hospital room and sexually abused her on Monday around 3 p.m. at Lincoln Medical Center in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
A police source told PIX11 the man entered the lobby of the hospital, took the elevator up and walked into the victim’s hospital room, which she shared with another female patient.
The conscious patient in the room said she witnessed the man on top of the unconscious victim, performing a sex act on her. She then called the nurse, who also saw what was happening and managed to scare him off, according to the police source.
The man left the hospital before security guards could catch him, authorities said.
Police sources said the victim has been in a coma since being admitted to the hospital on April 21.
Authorities describe the man wanted for questioning as about 55 years old, standing about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with a thin build, and walks with a limp. He was last seen wearing a black hat, black jacket, white button-down shirt with a tie, light-colored pants and red shoes.
Just three months ago, PIX11’s Mary Murphy reported on sexual abuse in hospitals. While the investigation focused on abuse at the hands of medical staff, Monday’s incident is not believed to been committed by a hospital worker.
It is currently unknown if the man knew the victim, officials added.
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Mother wracked with grief after 13-year-old fatally shot at sleepover
CENTRALIA, Ill. (KMOV.com) — All Jaianna Grant has left of her son is pictures.
Thirteen-year-old Jaden was shot May 4 after spending the night at a friend’s house, and now she’s left with questions about what she could have done differently.
Grant was was in Memphis when Jaden called to ask her if he could sleep over at a friends house, which she agreed to.
It was their last conversation.
“I said that was fine, and I really wish I wouldn’t have said yes,” she said. “I have a lot of guilt myself.”
Police were called to the 100 block of South Pine just after 5:45 a.m. and discovered the teen suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to the hospital, but died two days later.
Grant got the call and sped from Memphis to the hospital, but never got to speak with her son again.
“It was just a sleepover,” she said.
Four teens who were present for the shooting were detained and later released.
On Monday, May 6, a 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the shooting and Grant said he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
“I had to go to the first hearing before I could even go to my son’s funeral,” she said.
Investigators said their look into the incident is still in the early stages, and no progress updates have been provided as of May 14.
For Grant, there’s little closure she can hope for to assuage her grief. She’s left with loss and guilt, and the pain of imagining the life her son could have had.
“I don’t have him, he’s never going to grow,” she said, holding his picture. “This is all I’m going to be able to look at for the rest of my life.”
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