The pressure to embody youthfulness — particularly when it comes to our appearances — is an increasingly prominent part of our everyday lives. Whether it’s your mother coloring her grays away or a reality star getting Botox, everyone seems to be trying harder and harder to turn back the clock.
So how far are we willing to go? Allure took a good, hard look at Americans’ attitudes towards aging in a new study, published in the April 2013 issue in partnership with Penn Schoen Berland. The magazine’s first-ever anti-aging survey collected information from 2,000 men and women, asking questions about beauty, sex appeal and celebrities.
Some of the findings come as no shock, such as: Both men and women agree there’s more pressure on women to look young than on men. But there are some responses that did suprise us:
- 63 percent of men color their hair to look younger, versus 36 percent of women.
- 1 percent of men and women have actually gotten cosmetic surgery, injections and/or laser treatments… but 30 percent who haven’t yet say they’d consider doing so in the future.
- 42 percent of women would consider anti-aging injections or surgery, versus only 18 percent of men.
(To read the full article, click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/anti-aging-survey-allure_n_2908946.html?utm_hp_ref=plastic-surgery)