50 Of The Most Embarrassing Instagram Vs. Reality Pics Of People Trying To Hide Their True Self

Data shows that 71% of people edit their selfies. When it comes to it, more than half of respondents change imperfections on their skin, while 47% say they create a sharper jawline and higher cheekbones.

A similar number of people touch up their arms, whereas 42% are unhappy with their eyes. In addition, a third confessed to altering their bums and lips before posting pictures online.

Concerning gender differences, men are almost as likely to add a filter to their pictures as women, busting the myth that females use more of them than males. Almost half of male respondents have edited their photos to remove wrinkles, brighten their smile, and remove red glare from the eyes.

To learn more about the magic of editing, Bored Panda reached out to a professional photographer Svenja Christina whose photographic style is dreamy, light-infused, and magical - with a strong focus on genuine emotion and connection.

She strives to blur the line where reality meets dreams. That's why she's the perfect person to let us in on the secret of when people on social media use Photoshop to fake images that are far from reality.

She told us that there isn't one trick that could be applicable in all situations and that people should first use their common sense.

"Things that cannot happen in real life are a giveaway that the image has been digitally manipulated. For example, a shark flying through a city. A less obvious example - except to the trained eye - could be a scene with a milky-blurred body of water and a crisp cloudy sky. The blurred body of water is a result of long-exposure photography. Having a detailed cloudy sky in the same image would not work because clouds are moving and the long exposure would likely blur them as well."

It seems that clouds (don't really know what we did to them) are some of the objects that are widely altered in photos. Just take a look at the people who are carrying around their perfectly shaped and ever-the-same cloud everywhere they go.