Laurie Essig Asks: Why are fewer and fewer Americans getting nose jobs?
Essig, author of “American Plastic: Boobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection,” says there could be several reasons for the decline. “Popular media is increasingly depicting beautiful characters of all races,” writes Essig, who also points to data from the Pew Research Center that states that everyone in the U.S. will be a racial or ethnic minority by 2055.
Essig’s story in The Conversation, an independent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics, appeared in MarketWatch.com and other media outlets.
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