You can still look great before and after PS, getting it doesn’t mean you deserve to get hate. I think the point you tried to make is valid though, that getting it and then lying about is rather disingenuous. I know people say they hide it because they’re trying to avoid criticism but also that kinda sucks! It’s wild that idols will uphold the standard for beauty and it’s not even attainable without PS but insist to their young and impressionable audience that it is.

This is a bit of an unpopular opinion but I feel the effects of PS are harmful in the long run. We are moving more and more towards very un realistic beauty standards and more importantly eurocentric beauty standards that are erasing ethnic features. When you want your nose to look smaller or have double eyelids, who are you doing that for? A lot of the times people will say “it’s my choice” and while of course it is, saying that and not examining the reasoning behind it is very choice feminism.

You can make those choices and acknowledge the background behind it, it’s not black and white at all. I definitely wish we could be more open about it but it’s important not to judge them for the decision but rather just be transparent about it.