I like to start my talks by saying things somewhat controversial just to keep you engaged and to see if you disagree so I'm gonna say a statement and think to yourself if you agree or disagree and I'll try and create an argument to show you why I believe it's true physical appearance matters okay...
It's contrary it sounds controversial it sounds almost vain right when you see that statement you think vanity but why is that true well how much do you think Americans spend each year on cosmetic procedures billions it's about twelve billion dollars per year that's just cosmetic procedures how much do you think that Americans spend on cosmetic products close to 40 billion dollars a year okay and this is statistics from just a couple of years back the most recent data and it probably is more than that why I think that there's four reasons for this first is relationships there's a there's a quote that I like to quote from a scientific article talking about evolutionarily but evolutionary biology it says individuals of high phenotypic quality are more likely to find mating partners than their lower individual counterparts sort of sophisticated but it's basically a way of saying someone who looks like George Clooney is much more likely to have success at relationships and mating than someone like me and it's wonderful perceived health...
Another reason why there been studies to show that those who have blemished skin are more likely to be perceived as older and less attractive and less healthy compensation is in another topic this is somewhat controversial but man named Daniel Hammer mich came to visit us right in this auditorium last November he's an economist from the University of Texas in it Texas at Austin he studies the thing called pole chronometer or the economics of beauty and he's done an entire his basically his career has focused on showing that those individuals who are considered more attractive wind up making more money at their jobs over the course of a lifetime how much do you think that equates to about a quarter of a million dollars for someone who's attractive versus someone who rejected perspective is considered less attractive the final point is happiness there is one study to show that individuals that are considered in the top 15% of attractiveness are fallen or wind up being 10 percent more happier than those who fall in the bottom 15% of what would be considered attractive now there are a lot of cosmetic procedures being performed I'd say that the two specialties that perform the most cosmetic procedures to try and improve appearance are Derman illogic surgeons dermatologists and plastic surgeons I'm a member of the American Society of dermatologically and you can see the statistics it's quite a number of procedures I published an article a few years back that showed that cosmetic procedures have skyrocketed since the year 2000 and the main reason is because of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures botulinum toxin soft tissue fillers in particular but it's important to go to someone who is comfortable performing this minimally invasive procedures the photo on the left is a patient who came to see me a few days after she'd been injected at a cosmetic spa and hyaluronic acid was placed in an area where there's place to superficially and to much I was fortunate to be able to inject a product to dissolve it but this photos show you that if you do see cosmetic procedures whoever you seek make sure that you've vetted them they're comfortable performing the procedures they know their anatomy and they're well-trained many of you out there I and I appreciate the fact that you've come here to listen
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