A high-resolution camera captured Lamine Yamal’s face in the middle of the stadium, without filters or retouching. Pores, pimples, the real skin of an 18-year-old boy. And social media was divided.
Some said he looked unkempt, that a footballer of his level should take better care of himself. Others replied that he is a teenager and that acne is part of growing up, not a flaw to be corrected.
Dermatologists explain that stadium lenses exaggerate any texture that is barely noticeable to the naked eye. Have we become so used to filters that we no longer recognize normal skin?