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Now is the right time for Gen Z to ask: Is Botox worth it?
The financial risk of cosmetic injectables is even greater for young adults during a recession.
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Between 2019 and 2022, the number of people aged 18 and 19 receiving neuromodulator injections (such as Botox) increased 75 per cent.
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Erin Lowry
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Rumblings of a recession always lead to a panicked analysis of consumer spending patterns.
People taking fewer trips to cut and colour their hair, for example, means the beauty salon indicator is dinging – “recession hair” is already trending on TikTok. Some analyse the “beer index” to see if pricey craft IPAs are being swopped for their less hoppy mass-market counterparts. The unorthodox but historically effective “stripper index” is when exotic dancers anticipate a recession based on the decline in customers frequenting clubs.
