I’m sitting in a Discord chatroom looking at a picture of a pouting, topless man, side-on with an olive wreath tattoo framing his collarbones. “Now I’m going to show you one from before…” Ali, 21, uploads another image into the chat. It shows him years earlier: a boy with a plain expression and youthful softness. I ask what it’s like looking at both photos. “Every single thing in my life changed. Looks are genuinely everything. Everyone treats you better, even your family,” hehellip;read more raquo;