A high rate of unemployment and a low rate of new hires tends to result in people becoming increasingly competitive and desperate to find a new job. It’s one thing to become really proactive and apply for every job in sight, even if it isn’t in your field or might be a step down from what you were doing before, because you need to have a regular income. But it’s another thing to spend money in order to try and land a job. One “expert” believes that plastic surgery is on the rise, despite the challenging economic times, as people try to look better in order to stand out from the competition:
The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery reports that, among last year’s most prominent trends, about two thirds of its members reported seeing men and women who requested cosmetic surgery because they wanted to remain competitive in the workplace.
“In the corporate world, there’s a lot of emphasis on image, and image goes with self-confidence,” says Antonio Armani, a Beverly Hills, California, cosmetic surgeon who specializes in hair transplants. “I think a lot of people do invest money in improving their looks because they feel this is one way they can go up the corporate ladder.”
Such procedures included breast implants, tummy tucks, teeth whitening, and hair transplants (coincidentally, all the exact procedures that Jon and Kate Gosselin got!).
Maybe some people ascribe to the “you have to spend money to make money” philosophy, but I can’t get on board with this. Sure, ageism exists, but I wish we as a culture would spend more time combatting the origins of ageism than going along with it and mutilating our bodies in order to conform to some arbitrary standard of youth and attractiveness.
FYI Kate didnt get implants. She wanted them but the Dr said “look Im giving you a tummy tuck for free, STOP pushing it!”.
I cant believe this. Instead of wasting $ on surgery, ppl should be using that money on business suits & that heavy resume paper. A new nose wont get u a job!