With beauty products and treatments swamping the market, beauty is no longer a matter of luck and fate. Gone are the days when beauty was considered God’s gift to a privileged clique. Thanks to medical and cosmetic evolution, all one needs is a good doctor and all facial and bodily imperfections can belong to a long forgotten past!
Beauty services that span the spectrum from Botox injections to hair highlights are more than just a passing fancy. The beauty business is experiencing a thunderous boom globally. With celebrities getting more and more vocal about going under the knife, such things are catching the public attention widely.
The only hitch seems the price attached to these services that leaves it only to the rich to enjoy them. With tags ranging from six to seven digits, it seems beauty enhancement has become the prerogative of the rich. And, with all the money at its disposal, the affluent echelon of the society is leaving no stone unturned in buying that flawless peaches and cream complexion of Snow White or tresses of Rapunzel! Be it Pam’s bosom or Cindy’s mole or Julia’s smile… just about everything can be made yours! And, it is not just women, as the perceived notion might lead you to believe, but men alike who are getting bought by this concept of enhancing such visuals.
Now here comes the trend analysis…
What this is amusingly leading to is a polarized society where the rich (and therefore good-looking) men and women are getting wed-locked to produce gorgeous children; creating an envious posterity. The left-over destitute (poor and therefore average-looking) unfortunately have no option but to inbreed and create a genetic pool of mediocre looks and worth. An interesting by-product of such a trend would be that over a couple of generations, the rich would get prettier… and the poor uglier!
So, very interestingly, where it all began as a Rich Vs Poor society, it has ultimately turned into a Pretty Vs Ugly battleground! The rich-poor divide that we are currently fighting against is not here for long to stay. The world shall soon move towards a different divide. Well, who could have imagined such a face of civilization!
Beauty services that span the spectrum from Botox injections to hair highlights are more than just a passing fancy. The beauty business is experiencing a thunderous boom globally. With celebrities getting more and more vocal about going under the knife, such things are catching the public attention widely.
The only hitch seems the price attached to these services that leaves it only to the rich to enjoy them. With tags ranging from six to seven digits, it seems beauty enhancement has become the prerogative of the rich. And, with all the money at its disposal, the affluent echelon of the society is leaving no stone unturned in buying that flawless peaches and cream complexion of Snow White or tresses of Rapunzel! Be it Pam’s bosom or Cindy’s mole or Julia’s smile… just about everything can be made yours! And, it is not just women, as the perceived notion might lead you to believe, but men alike who are getting bought by this concept of enhancing such visuals.
Now here comes the trend analysis…
What this is amusingly leading to is a polarized society where the rich (and therefore good-looking) men and women are getting wed-locked to produce gorgeous children; creating an envious posterity. The left-over destitute (poor and therefore average-looking) unfortunately have no option but to inbreed and create a genetic pool of mediocre looks and worth. An interesting by-product of such a trend would be that over a couple of generations, the rich would get prettier… and the poor uglier!
So, very interestingly, where it all began as a Rich Vs Poor society, it has ultimately turned into a Pretty Vs Ugly battleground! The rich-poor divide that we are currently fighting against is not here for long to stay. The world shall soon move towards a different divide. Well, who could have imagined such a face of civilization!
Beauty is a rising business and India is a big market. Lots of SPA and Beauty saloon have mushroomed in residential areas these days , and people are spending on it.
ReplyDeleteA good sociological analysis on how economic disparity can increase the gap in the way people will look. hope to catch more from u.
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