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A distressing video game is asking children to design lip fillers and plastic surgery on a character.
Goldie: Lip Injections is a free medical simulation game that can be found easily on the internet and doesn't enforce any age checks apart from a disclaimer asking players to tick that they are over 16 years old.
They are then directed to the home page where the main character Goldie is waiting for her makeover.
Players must then remove facial hair from her upper lip and apply lip gloss, before measuring her face and drawing where the surgery should take place.
The main image advertising the game shows a teenage girl having her plumped lips injected with a needle as her eyes water.
Carolyn Bunting, boss of Internet Matters, told The Sun: “It’s worrying that a game like this can be so easily accessed by children.
"The content is potentially damaging to self esteem and body image as it can reflect unrealistic beauty standards.
“It’s vital that the forthcoming Online Safety Bill tackles legal but harmful content to children online, particularly, content that negatively impacts body image.”
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Expert Mandie Dransfield, of MD Medical Aesthetics, said: “This game is very disturbing and wholly inappropriate.
“Children are being increasingly exposed to damaging body image because of TV and social media but this game could lead to a child seeking out something they had no idea existed before they clicked the ‘Play’ button.”
The Daily Star has approached Spil Games – which owns the games on the site games.co.uk where Goldie can be found – for comment.
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