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Something interesting about all the profile pics

So I don't think there's anything wrong with this, but I can't help but notice that the profile pics for almost everyone (especially the ladies on here) make everyone look like they are about 21 years old and not a single pound overweight.

Even people that haven't had any surgery or lost any weight, the pic of their smiling face appears to be that of a 21 year old who is not overweight in the slightest. Do people just post pics that are from before they gained weight? Pics from when they were 21? Or are some people finding the "perfect angle" that makes you look really thin? How does one do this?

Maybe I want to make a "glamor shot" picture so I can also be a sexy 21 year old woman. How can I accomplish this?

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Oh and by the way... Just because I'm fat doesn't mean that I have a double chin ;-)

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Well ok Justin... Let me try and help you out...

Your profile pic right now looks a little round and....Well... Featureless.

I suggest that you turn into the light at a slight angle and tilt your chin down just a touch.

And voila!! :P

Ok, consider it done.

WTG Justin!

Oh man, I WISH I looked 21 again! To look like my 21 yr old self (withOUT the 80's hair!) and know what I know now? PRICELESS!!

Haha, I'm still trying to figure out how to upload ANY pic/selfie on this app. Can it be done, or only on the actual website?

Haha, I'm still trying to figure out how to upload ANY pic/selfie on this app. Can it be done, or only on the actual website?

If you are on the app you should be able too.

At the bottom of your screen you will see an icon that says "more" click that and click on your profile then click on your blank profile pic.

It then should give you the option to take a picture or add one from your library.

Haven't been 21 in 19 years...lol....but thanks!!!!

Hi Justin!

Over the years I have taken self photos and there is a lot of cropping and moving the camera around, even using props such as the pillow I am placing my double chin on to get the right pic haha! So I would say there is a ART to getting the right picture before I decide its a good enough picture to share, I don't know how many times I have heard " you have a pretty face, if you lost some weight you would be really pretty!" Ughzzzz my surgery is in 13 days and I can't wait to be " really pretty" lmao! Yes, I know I am already pretty, I just want my body to not hurt so much for my age, have a great day!

So I don't think there's anything wrong with this' date=' but I can't help but notice that the profile pics for almost everyone (especially the ladies on here) make everyone look like they are about 21 years old and not a single pound overweight.

Even people that haven't had any surgery or lost any weight, the pic of their smiling face appears to be that of a 21 year old who is not overweight in the slightest. Do people just post pics that are from before they gained weight? Pics from when they were 21? Or are some people finding the "perfect angle" that makes you look really thin? How does one do this?

Maybe I want to make a "glamor shot" picture so I can also be a sexy 21 year old woman. How can I accomplish this?[/quote']

Heavy women are pretty to but, we like to hide our flaws the best we can. My picture is just what I looked like 25#'s ago when I'm sitting at my desk with my lap top. No photo shop going on here. Justin you look great and too are also handsome.

This is the trick I use. Hold the camera at arms length in front of you and higher then your head. Point the camera down at yourself but don't hold your face up too high. Just use your eyes to look up. It will make you look slim' date=' no double chin and years younger![/quote']

Michellemo just took a new profile pic using your advice and ummmm. . . I don't look 21 or model-thin lol. OP I can't wait to see your glamour selfie!

I have found when I take selfies that if the lighting is off even a smidge that it makes my nose and jowls look really big...LOL :D

Ummmm. Not pretty, not young, but at my heaviest this year. It was very hard to find a photo. I am good at not being in them. Also not photogenic enough for anyone to take any candid shots.

hahaha im a pro at selfies!!! The lights & the angles do the trick...if not there is always instagram to fall back on... :) :) Will charge for tutions!!

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I guess they don't teach this at "fat guy" school. I missed out :(

Yes they do, you must have been absent that day. I can take a skinny selfie with the best of em. lol

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