I saw this on wired.com (here). For some reason it made me laugh out loud (not at it, with it). The Safari pith helmet and the lightening were too much. I have no idea if this is real or a mock-up.
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One of the questions we had in the narcissism epidemic is: How popular will cosmetic procedures remain when the credit bubble pops? Will the drive for vanity outlast the need to save money? A new Time magazine article suggests that Botox use – at least for men – is staying strong in the recession. Apparently, we need to look young to get hired.
Botox is now being used by men, some of whom did not even run for President. The number of men in the U.S. who paid to get a series of tiny injections in their face nearly tripled from 2001 to 2007–to 300,000, or about 7% of the total Botoxed population. And despite the recession, those numbers aren’t going down yet; one of the many things the laid-off cannot afford is to look their age.
This will be interesting to track. My guess is that the expensive, need-a-HELOC, plastic surgeries will drop with the economy, but maybe the less expensive but effective treatments will persist.
Full article here
