Nowadays both men and women spend a lot of money on beauty care. This was not so in the past. What may be the root cause of this behaviour? Discuss the reasons and possible results.

In recent times,

skincare

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is no longer limited to one gender, as both genders have been noticed to splurge on

this

. Many are of the opinion that it never used to be

this

way. I will be addressing why I believe more people are spending more money on

skincare

because of awareness, and

also

what the effects of

this

could be. In the past, beautifying oneself

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something that was attributed to just one gender, the female gender.

Men

who took the time to care about appearances were seen as weak or not masculine enough. Think about it, if you saw a man applying sunscreen on the train 5 years ago, what would your reaction be?

However

,

that is

no longer the situation. A study done in 2015 showed that more and more

men

were coming down with different skin problems.

Hence

, dermatologist around the world has made it their

lives

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goal to not just create

skincare

products that enhance

the

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beauty, but

also

heal

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ailments even before they occur.

As a result

of

this

enlightenment, the percentage of

men

having dermatologic problems drastically reduced. Because of

this

, we see more

men

spending on their bodies

like

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never

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ever

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before.

As a result

of both genders being interested in

skincare

like never before, there's now a huge economic boom in the

skincare

industry. In Nigeria, in the year 2020, it was shown that over a million dollars were spent on the importation of beauty products (the return

of

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investment was over 28%). With

this

level of profits studied, there are more jobs created in the industry,

thus

reducing the level of unemployment. In conclusion, looking beautiful is no longer gender-based but now universal. Regardless of your biological configuration, you can

also

spend as much more as you want on looking beautiful.

Skincare

has proven to be very versatile; beautifying the human race

while

enhancing the economy.