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Breast Augmentation and Your Job Prospects: An Interview

The ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) recently conducted a telephone survey of 756 women between the ages of 18 and 64, to reveal the following statistics:

3 percent — nearly 3.5-million working women — say they’ve already had a cosmetic procedure to increase their perceived value in the workplace.
13 percent say they would consider having a cosmetic medical procedure specifically to make them more confident and more competitive in the job market.
73 percent believe, particularly in these challenging economic times, appearance and youthful looks play a part in getting hired, getting a promotion, or getting new clients.
80 percent think having cosmetic medical procedures can boost a person’s confidence.

So what does this say about women in the workforce today? to find answers to these questions, Breast Implants USA News looks in-house to our own Alexandra Collum.

Felicia Ng, Breast Implants USA News: Having recently undergone Breast Augmentation yourself, can you comment on how you feel Plastic Surgery has affected your role in the workforce?
Alexandra Collum: Well, I may be considered an unusual case study. I do write for a Breast Augmentation news site, so having a plastic surgery procedure led to my current job in a very direct way.

FN: Fair enough. In the bigger picture, what do you take away from these numbers the ASPS has provided?
AC: What I see right now is that — well, we’re in a recession. Maybe we’re actually in a recovery now, but it’s a recovery that’s not shown a large increase in job offerings yet, outside of manufacturing. So people are looking for every advantage they can get. If that leads people to a cosmetic procedure… I mean, usually it’s something they were wanting to do anyway, this just gives them the push. At least that’s my opinion on that.

FN: Any other message in these numbers?
AC: I have heard some opinions that [commentators think] this says something negative about either women or work culture, but I don’t think it’s as big a deal as it’s being made out to be in that regard. I mean, hair transplants are also up, you know? And men have been doing their own version of improving their looks to improve their job standing — comb-overs, toupees — for eternity. Not to mention what we spend on makeup, clothes, expensive suits… I think those cultural critics just feast on stuff like this, but never in context.

Women are more empowered now than ever to control their own destinies. That’s cool!

FN: Final word?
AC: More a final thought. This confidence stuff is both external, yes, but also internal. The same person can look a lot better when she is solid in the knowledge of who she is. And that goes both ways — a beautiful woman can go unnoticed if she doesn’t believe in herself. So I say if, like me, you get surgery, do it for yourself, and then be your own top supporter, your own #1 fan. The results you get will be many times more positive than just what the surgery itself provides.

Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Filed under Confidence, Recession, Women at Work.

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