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Cosmetic surgeries as conspicuous consumption: Disclosing information about having undergone cosmetic surgery signals social status

2020-12-17

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<p>Do patients incur cosmetic surgery risks solely for aesthetic reasons, or do they draw additional, status-related benefits? Like other species, humans strive to attain high status in hierarchies as it helps them solve challenges linked to survival and reproduction. Cosmetic surgeries are costly, both bodily and financially. Organisms employ such seemingly self-handicapping actions to signal status. Across a ser...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/n4p37

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