Selfie addicts have low-self esteem

A new study has found that the people who compulsively click a lot of selfies, have low self-esteem.

The research by money-saving app VoucherCloud has revealed that 60 percent of those who regularly took selfies admitted that they had "low self-esteem" while only 13 percent said that they feel "confident" in their own skin, the Daily Star reported.

According to the study, over half of young people take selfies at least once a week and majority of the pictures are posted on social media sites, and the main motive behind posting selfies was to get attention from likes and comments.

Matthew Wood, MD of vouchercloud.com said that the growing selfie phenomenon will be around for some time as it has become a popular way to share lives and connect with friends and family, and the entire digital world as well.

However, Wood highlighted that as selfies are subject to lighting, Photoshop, etc., people look very little like what they do in real life.