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Cosmetic procedures are of increasing interest to millennial men, a new industry report found.
Thirty one percent of men said they were extremely likely to consider a cosmetic procedure, either surgical or noninvasive, according to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Among that 31 percent, 58 percent were from 25 to 34 years old and 34 percent were aged 18 to 24 years. Both age ranges are members of the millennial generation.
The top reason cited by respondents pursuing cosmetic procedures to appear younger was wanting to feel better about themselves, followed by the desire to appear less tired or stressed, and then to please their partners. In the 25- to 34-year-old range, 42 percent cited wanting to remain competitive in their career as a reason to go under the knife.
The most common procedures for men are rhinoplasty (nose jobs), otoplasty (pinning back the ears), and treatment for gynecomastia (a surgery that reduces male breast size), according to Clyde H. Ishii, a surgeon and president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Part of the reason young men are increasingly interested in cosmetic procedures derives from social media, said Dr. Fred G. Fedok, president of the academy that conducted the survey. "People are more aware of their looks from different angles," he said. A growing interest in health and self-care also plays a part. "It's sort of like exercise," Fedok said about cosmetic procedures.
Apparently man boobs have gone out of fashion.
(Score: 2) by Soylentbob on Sunday June 25 2017, @08:37PM (1 child)
I think you got me wrong. I *know* (and also confirmed in my post) there is no choice of being gay or not.
1. I asked you about your opinion, what you think what makes a man. You seem to have an opinion, because you wrote that if there was a hypothetical choice, women would chose to be gay rather than putting up with men. This implies to me that men are, all things considered, the worse companions and therefore must have some distinct negative traits in your view.
2. I tried to answer, why it might be difficult for some men to define their own manhood. Society is changing fast. Expectations are changing fast. And for some reason we are not able to simply decide what we are attracted to, but have some attractions that cannot be by current needs and context. The type of women I'm attracted to is not necessarily the type of women which would be best for me or even the type of women I want to be attracted to. And the same holds true vice-versa.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday June 26 2017, @03:33AM
In response to point 1) please let us NOT kid ourselves here about how much it has sucked to be a woman in a relationship with a man throughout virtually all the world and all history. And in a lot of places it hasn't improved that much. Even here in the first world you'd be surprised how long it took, for example, for courts to admit that marital rape is a thing. Straight relationships are *dangerous* for women, and I'm saying this with full knowledge that it's f/f couples who have the highest REPORTED rate of DV incidents (reported is not the same thing as actual, mind; I would guess the numbers for straight DV are a lot higher).
Do you know why so many of us, yes, even gigantic looming six-foot me, cross the street if it's late at night and we're alone and we see men? Why so many of us carry pepper spray?
Why some of us (granted, only one data point here, me) carry knives? Because enough men are the kind of person that would commit rape. Enough men are the type that would injure or kill a woman for rejecting his advances. I don't even want to think about how bad all the tiny skinny women I know must be frightened of stuff like this.
Yes, it's true, Not All Men. Not Even Close To All Men. Only A Very Few Men. But *we* only need to get unlucky once. You can think of this as "Schroedinger's Rapist." There is simply no way to know. My sister was violently raped at 14--guess what, she's still straight.
And despite all this, the vast majority of women still pursue men and only men. And why? Because this is how the vast majority of women are wired. I have had straight friends tell me to my face they wish they were gay, had at least two I can remember say I'm *lucky* to be a lesbian, and you know, I've been agreeing with them for the last several years.
Regarding 2): Society poisons our boys and men. It tells them impossible things about what being manly means. It tells them never to ask for help, never to have (or at least show) emotions, not to bond to people, not even other men, except in shallow, ritualized ways lest they be perceived as homosexual (i.e., woman-like...). We still mutilate our baby boys' perfectly healthy sex organs at a hideous rate. It must sound really weird hearing this coming from a gay woman, especially since society paints us as violent misandrists, but I really, really hate what society does to our men and boys.
This is also what gets me in trouble with a lot of...er...less self-aware feminists, even to the point of being called traitor: because I recognize that plenty of this is more about class than sex or gender, and that the elite are pushing this toxic trash on non-elite men to turn them into disposable cannon fodder. This is what is meant by "the patriarchy hurts men too."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...