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Leo Ariel's avatar

Last week a lady at the mall tried to sell me an exfoliator for $435 -- she had quite the nerve 😂

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Claire Taitte's avatar

Thank you for writing this! Botox has become ubiquitous, which is scary considering there is some research associating it with reduction in empathy.

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from psychologist and author Harriet Lerner:

"Our society doesn't promote self-acceptance and it never will. First of all, self-acceptance doesn't sell products. Capitalism would fall if we liked ourselves the way we are now."

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