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Whether you are the kind of person who loves trying on new
clothes and makeup to change the way you look, or you are more interested in
other things, there is no doubt that the way you look affects your life. It
might be a fleeting difference, or it could be the thing that propels you
forward every day but the influence is there.
Are your looks at the centre of your happiness or is life about
the pursuit of goals and learning to love yourself?
Of course, you might think that understanding what your
looks mean to you isn’t important in the long run and you might be right.
However, if you have ever considered plastic surgery - especially something
like a facelift to change your features - it is certainly worth a few minutes
to think about what you could gain, but also what you could lose. Look at CarolinaFacialPlasticSurgery.com for more,
certainly, but read on before you make your decision.
The Halo Effect
Beautiful people are plagued by the halo effect. Like people
who have money or fame, beautiful people often lack confidence in themselves
and their abilities because they can’t be sure why someone wants to work with
them or be their friend. Their beauty can be undermining to their character and
skills - and if you don’t believe this, think of all the talented actresses
boxed into sex object roles because they have nice faces.
The halo effect is the idea that beautiful
people are consistently over-estimated. We think of them as being more
intelligent, more creative and as better leaders just because they look
beautiful. You could consider this a social advantage but imagine the constant
worry that you could be found out for who you really are at any moment.
Do Beautiful People Really Earn More?
For a while, it was a common belief that beautiful people
earn more than their ugly counterparts but recently, it has been suggested
that, when you account for other factors, this isn’t true. In fact, now the
thinking is that, all accounted for, ugly people might actually have the advantage at work.
However, there is still a lot of intrigue in this subject
because while ugly people might do better than their counterparts, beautiful people
are generally healthier, more intelligent and have ‘better’ personalities that
are less neurotic, more extroverted and more conscientious. In other words, in
the real world, which doesn’t account for other factors, beauty is still on
top.
Fear of Aging
We are now living longer than ever and somehow this is
giving us a complex about the aging process. More and more women are choosing to go under the knife at a much
younger age to combat their perceived age giveaways before they get
worse.
This seems to be symptomatic of a society that pressures
women to look as young as possible for as long as possible but it is also down
to the improvements in the procedure that means that a facelift won’t make you
look so stretched out any more. ‘Natural’ is the new buzzword.
So, the question is: do you want to change your looks or
your outlook?
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