this is "nightline." >> tonight, picture perfect? photo filters and apps making people look flawless but triggering a phenomenon some call snapchat dysmorphia. >> all we do is focus on our flaws and spend more time editing what we think is wrong with us. >> now the image-obsessed changing their profile, literally. getting plastic surgery to look like their social media selves. >> people show me images on their instagram, this is really how i want to look. hello bette. >> i'm raucous, i give people a good time. i think people really like to have a good time. >> the hollywood legend reflecting on her favorite career moments. ♪ did you carry know that you're my hero ♪

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good even. thank you for joining us. cutting-edge apps and social media filters are allowing ordinary people to enhance their online photos to impossible perfection. in some cases it's sparking a concerning phenomenon -- more and more young people are becoming obsessed with looking like their fake photos. some even turning to plastic surgery for help. here's abc's abbie boudreau. >> being in an instagram type of generation, you see all of these beautiful women. come on, now. could anybody really be that perfect? like they're just great with making themselves look great because of those apps. >> reporter: social media feeds are flooded with flawless filtered images that let users retouch every feature. but for some, like kimberly pate, known as k-michelle, the r&b singer with the hit song

"vsop," and the star of the vh1 "love and hip-hop" franchise. seeing so many unrealistic altered photographs have heightened the pressures to be picture perfect in real life. >> i think there's a lot of pressure on social media to be competitive. especially in the music industry right now. it's not based on talent. it's based on popularity. and instagram likes. i've always tried to keep the sexy image. >> reporter: even with a blossoming music career and more than 5 million followers on instagram, she says she's struggled with self-esteem for years, trying to emulate an unrealistic beauty ideal. >> i got my boobs. i do my fillers and things like that. i take great care of my skin. >> reporter: with apps like face tune you have the power to completely transform yourself. bigger eyes. skinnier nose and jawline. smoother skin. even whiter teeth. >> on snapchat you can look like a bunny. on instagram you can change your

lighting. on facetime you can look like a completely different person. >> reporter: you can even use the kylie jenner filter on instagram that she offers to promote her lipstick line. some in the medical community say face-altering filters can be dangerous. "the journal of the american medical association" describing a new phenomenon called snapchat dysmorph dysmorphia, a former of body dysmorphic disorder, seeking cosmetic surgery to look like filtered versions of ourselves. >> all of us like the idea of having an eraser to take away our flaws. but what this does is puts us in position where all we do is focus on our flaws and spend more time editing what we think is wrong with us, rather than reflecting on that which is good and beautiful about ourselves. >> so this is your version of an app? this is a professional plastic surgery -- >> professional software for professional plastic surgery. >> reporter: beverly hills plastic surgeon dr. david saya

showed me just how easy it can be. >> that's if you were to show me an image of a smaller nose, so here we go. we can naturally make it smaller. >> i like that nose better. oh my gosh. >> if i put you side by side, that's how it is. >> oh. do you see women come in, women and men come in, and say i want to try to look this way because it looks good on social media? >> absolutely. it's becoming more and more common, people show me images on their instagram or something they've posted on facebook and go, this is how i want to look. it's a morphed image of themselves. >> reporter: it's not just women altering online looks. apps on itunes like manly let men add six-packs, tat the due beards. even though everyone is doing it, everyone is on social media, there is this risk people are creating two versions of themselves. the social media version, and the person that's out there in the real world. o may haoeams

ylis to help them create the perfect post love filtering themselves. khloe kardashian telling chelsea handler in 2016 on her netflix show -- >> let's talk about apps we're passionate about. >> face tune is the best thing. >> i should be touching myself up? >> yes. >> i believe in face tune. >> yes. >> the only way to live. >> it's like how -- >> it doesn't matter. >> it's not real. you are presenting to the world what you want them to believe you are. >> reporter: face tune costs about $4 to download, while face tune 2, a selfie cam and editor, runs nearly $36 a year. together the company says both apps have more than 50 million downloads. but psychologists warn these photo filters can be particularly troubling for teens and young people, who are still developing their sense of self. >> they're much more likely to compare their images to other people. they're much more likely to want to fix their own images.

this is definitely a phenomenon that's going to concentrate in adolescents and young adults. >> reporter: 20-year-old sofia and 19-year-old sophia telling my colleague ariel they've used the photo editing app frequently. >> tell me why you use face tune. >> to fix blemishes and the simple, whitening teeth, fixing red eye. >> how do you draw the line between feeling good and going too far? >> i think a lot of self-talk is really important when using the app. do i really need to adjust every part of my body? or can i accept this is how i look? >> reporter: the israel-based company releasing this psa warning not to overdo it with their app. >> stop. >> stop. >> stop distorting. >> make sure people can still recognize you in real life. >> i use face tune to make me look glamorous, not as my plastic surgeon. >> reporter: face tune telling abc news in part, face tune and face tune 2 are actually breaking the illusion of perfect

body ideals. everyone knows everyone is using it. going on to say it levels the playing field for everyone. society no longer believes unrealistic body standards are actually real or attainable. kimberly says she does not have snapchat dysmorphia, but she says she can relate to feeling the pressure to look good. it led her to get black market silicone injections in her rear. >> i think it takes two people. it takes the patient to want the wrong thing for themselves. and it takes a surgeon to want to go along with that wrong decision. >> reporter: after painful complications, she ended up seeking out corrective surgery from dr. saya to remove the silicone. today she's here for a follow-up appointment. >> i'm getting back to myself. and i'm just happy that i just don't have to walk around in pain anymore. >> reporter: kimberly says she's going back to her natural look. and name. >> i wanted to go back to the person that my mom made me.

and that was this very, you know, bubbly person. and this person that everybody loved. >> the one thing you can't put a filter on is your psyche and your mental health. we've got to get people to a place where they feel good about themselves. >> i often wish i had some sort of a self-confidence serum i could give them as an injection, instead of all the injections they wish for. >> reporter: kimberly says she barely uses social media anymore and wants to empower others to feel beautiful naturally. >> imagine loving yourself minus instagram likes and things like that. if you can do that, that's a big thing. and for me, that's the ultimate state of peace. now i'm not scared to get on instagram. even without my wig on. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm abbie boudreau in beverly hills, california.

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for 50 years, bette midler has been spreading her brand of joy to legions of devoted fans. a grammy, emmy, and tony winner, still lighting up broadway at 72. tonight she tells abc's robin roberts her personal career highlights and what she says was the most fun she ever had on screen.

>> you make people happy. >> i do make people happy. i think in these days and these times, these very strange types, i think i sort of stand as the kind of a -- i'm normal. i'm kind of normal. i represent a kind of a happiness and joy that they felt often, rather than almost never. >> reporter: and an iconic career that has spanned over half a century. bette midler has done it all. ♪ happy happy birthday bunny boy ♪ >> reporter: perhaps her most memorable character, c.c. bloom in "beaches." >> you took away your friendship without even discussing it with me. that friendship was more important to me than anything. >> "beaches" has reached 30. >> it still makes us ugly cry. >> aww. you're very sweet. >> why do you think, after its time, such a timeless piece? >> it touched a chord in a lot of women. they had best friends. their best friends drifted away

or things happen. you know how life is, it gets in the way of all the fun. >> i want to go. ♪ did you ever know that you're my hero ♪ >> reporter: it was that movie that launched her grammy award-winning smash hit "wind beneath my wings." ♪ you are the wind beneath my wings ♪ ♪ god is watching us >> reporter: and a year later gave her chart-topping "from a distance." ♪ god is watching us from a distance ♪ >> reporter: on top of that, bette has earned herself four golden globes, three emmys, two tonys. just need the oscar. >> not ever going to get that i've made my peace. what are they going to write for

a 73-year-old woman? call me when you get it, you know? ♪ >> reporter: now the legendary actress has returned to her tony-winning role in "hello, dolly" to close out the show's broadway run this month. playing the sassy, charming, mischievous dolly, a role tailor-made for her. the second the audience saw you, standing ovation. how is it being back? >> it's been a real thrill. i have to say. i left in january. i had a year's run. did 240 performances. i was very, very, very, very tired. i crawled out, crawled off the stage, left the performance. but i had a few months to recover, and it's a brilliant show. the cast is brilliant. so i was excited to come back. because i love them and i miss them and i missed the crowds and i missed her. i missed dolly. she's a wonderful confection, she really is.

>> what brought you back six months later? >> i tell you, it was going to close. and i just wanted a chance to give it the sendoff that it deserved. it's american. it's in the american dna. they know it whether they know it or not, whether they've seen the show or not, they know it, they know the music. i hadn't been on broadway in a show, a booked show in over 50 years. >> reporter: bette made her broadway debut in 1967 in "fiddler on the roof." ♪ matchmaker matchmaker >> reporter: a performance so highly regarded she performed it at the tonys. in a career marked by so many memorable performances, she says playing dolly has been life-changing. >> for me to return in something as triumphant as this was a big deal. a very, very big deal for me. >> you said it is one of the greatest experiences of your life. >> it was, one of the highlights of my life. i've had many highlights. i've been very, very lucky. i'm not -- you know, i don't sing the greatest, i certainly don't dance the greatest, i don't -- you know, i'm funny, there's no question that i'm funny. i'm not the most beautiful.

but i'm raucous and i have -- i give people a good time. i think that piece of americana has been missing for so long. in a way i'm just florence nightingale. that's my mission. >> reporter: her versatility is unmatched. ♪ you don't own me >> repte made us all want revenge playing the scorned wife in "the first wives club." ♪ quote you what to say >> i put a spell on you. >> reporter: she put us under a spell as a 300-year-old witch in "hocus pocus." ♪ i'm not going to stop the things i do ♪ >> "hocus pocus," we had no expectations. we didn't get very good notices, we didn't do the business that anyone expected us to do. and the fact that it became this cult favorite and that it plays regularly every halloween, i mean, i have very young fans. >> the witch is back!

>> because of winnie, because of "hocus pocus." i'm grateful for it. it was also the most fun i ever had on a screen. >> reporter: but even after such a celebrated career, this seasoned veteran still had something to learn. have you learned anything new about yourself with this experience of coming back and playing dolly again? ♪ i'm gonna raise the roof >> the interesting thing about playing dolly is it gave me a lot of time to do work that i had never had the opportunity to do. i am not a trained person. because i had never danced, really. ♪ you could have said so long so long ago ♪ >> i learned a certain kind of vocal projection, i learned a certain kind of singing. the experience of doing this show changed my life, really. change mid intellectual life, changed my physical life. and i couldn't -- i can't say enough. i should have paid them. just don't tell them. >> reporter: for bette, every day is an opportunity to grow.

you just have to be open to it. >> you have to find in the life, in the work that you do, you have to find what's fascinating about it. what's riveting about it. i think it keeps you young-ish. notice i say young-ish. i say young, youngish. i think boredom is the worst thing in the whole world. i think apathy, lethargy. i think that's possibly the worst way you can spend your life. because the planet is so full of magic. and you must find it. you must find magic. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm robin roberts in new york. and next, this beachfront ceremony interrupted by a commotion in the ocean. how this became an unforgettable wet wedding.

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finally tonight, here comes the groom. and not a moment too soon.

here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: those are newlyweds cindy and zack edwards, just married on an alabama beach, posing for these wedding photos when all of a sudden they noticed a swimmer desperately trying to make it to shore. >> struggling a little bit. he can't get back. he's having a hard time. >> reporter: 18-year-old jamel robinson was stranded. the newlyweds turned to one another. >> he went to take off his shirt and bottoms and i'm like, you don't have time. >> reporter: zach, an officer in the u.s. coast guard, knew what he had to do. >> she said, don't worry about your pants, just go. so you've got to listen to your wife, otherwise you're in trouble. >> reporter: he ditched his formalwear and dove in with bride cindy waiting in the surf. >> she's in her wedding dress and i can't let her get away, i know how important that dress was. >> reporter: it's all word it as zach rescued jalem and brought him to shore. >> the grand kids are going to have a perfect story. beautiful day, beautiful wedding. >> reporter: today jamel and his mom with this message for zack.

>> thank you for helping me and saving my life and i really appreciate that. >> i really, really appreciate him thank god that god had him positioned there at that time to save him. >> it was american poet ralph waldo emerson who said, a hero is no braver than any ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. thank you for watching "nightline." as always, we're online on our "nightline" facebook page. thanks for the company, america. good night. just when you thought you were done painting... ...you discover paint bleed under your tape... not with frogtape! frogtape is the only painter's tape treated with patented paintblock technology. paintblock reacts with the water in latex paint to form a micro-barrier against paint bleed, giving you the shwith frogtape...sible.ss no messy lines, no paint bleed. for sharp lines every time, frog it!

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