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Now’s 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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Rumblings of a recession always lead to a panicked analysis of consumer spending patterns.
People taking fewer trips to cut and color their hair, for example, means the beauty salon indicator is dinging — “recession hair” is already trending on TikTok. Some analyze the “beer index” to see if pricey craft IPAs are being swapped 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 of customers frequenting clubs.