Plastic Surgery is on the rise!?

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Dish - Plastic surgery is on the rise!? Studies show the better looking you are the more successful you are. Which usually equates to having me money, and well, more of everything. The more successful and better looking you are, also starts people lining up to be your friend.

Don't believe me, take a "look" in the friend dept. Take yourself for example; when was the last time you spotted an unattractive person and said "now they should be my friend!" Didn't think so.

Actor and rapper Mos Def's had this to say:"When I saw [Obama] on the cover of Men's Vogue, I said, 'This guy's gonna win because he looks good,’" the rapper recently told Rolling Stone. "America's too vain, and [Obama] appeals to America's sense of vanity. People also want a rock-star quality to the president, which he has."

Gordon Patzer, author of the book: "LOOKS: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined", offers this: “Physically attractive people are perceived to be more likable, more intelligent, more trustworthy, and more of an expert in their field,” says Patzers.

And while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are objective determinants on which physical attractiveness can be judged; height, hair and weight. America has not elected a president who is under the national height average of 5 feet 9 inches, since Benjamin Harrison in 1888, and has not elected a bald president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1953. So far so good for Obama. He is 6 feet 1½ inches, has a full head of hair, and he loves playing basketball. Physical attractiveness can also be a boon in the business world. “People who are tall are literally looked up to, and more likely to be influential,” says Patzers, who adds that the average CEO is 6 feet tall. Meanwhile, a recent University of Pittsburgh survey reports that their tallest student’s average starting salary was 12% higher than that of their shorter colleagues.

And we wonder why plastic surgery is on the rise? Is it any wonder?

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