One problem is that selfies have an inherent uglification effect due to the short distance from the lens. Unretouched selfies actually look _worse_ than what yo

One problem is that selfies have an inherent uglification effect due to the short distance from the lens. Unretouched selfies actually look _worse_ than what you look like to other people. That's one big reason why mirror selfies are popular: the additional optical distance due to the mirror reduces the geometric distortion. (The other big reason is that bathrooms somehow tend to have excellent lighting.)