I don't really see why this is a good thing... the obsession with external appearance inevitably leads to negligance of what's more important.. your internal state... people are making more money...and then they go off and spend it on useless products that not only tampers with their natural state/appearance but make them yet another "slave" to the retail industry...who by the way fork up billions of dollars by firstly convincing people they are not good enough the way they are and then presents them with a "lotion" or "solution" promising to make them feel better. Today we live in the age of idolising the human body...we never actually stop and think...hey this piece of flesh will decay NO MATTER what I do to it!!!