By Appointment Only with Dr. Victoria Veytsman

Really, I think we need to dive deeper and know that you don't have to do certain things to have an impact in this world. You can have an impact with your mind. I can speak a lot about social media, not because I'm very active on it, because I do feel it's really shifted perspectives around and the narrative and the story around beauty and ideals, especially for young women and girls, some positive and some not so positive. I do think our standards of beauty have changed because of social media. We're all chasing perfection now. What I do in cosmetic dentistry, many of my patients are women, and like I said, we deal with confidence and emotions and beautifying the smile, making people feel better about themselves. But I do find sometimes people come in with unrealistic goals and like I said, we're chasing perfection when really perfection isn't beauty or beauty isn't perfection. We can take what we have, elevate it, and become the best version of ourselves. So. So what I found with social media is that the emphasis has been on appearance and surface y things for young girls, when really I think we need to dive deeper and know that you don't have to do certain things to have an impact in this world. You can have an impact with your mind, you can have an impact with the things you do. You can still look good, but that's not everything. And I think the emphasis with social media now, I'm a little bit concerned with how that's affecting the culture with young girls.