The bad thoughts about my body are still there, but I can manage them (Picture: Avella Boone)

I was 12 when I started wearing make-up, and downloaded Instagram. From that day, my life changed for the worse.

Social media – and its scores of picture-perfect celebrities and influencers – made me feel as if I was different. That I didn’t fit in with my friends. That I looked ugly and disfigured.