Is it just me, or is there a freakish resemblance between this article and the previous one?

I know a bit about the owners of that chain of medspa's, it was nothing more than a well crafted marketing ploy, not really to help people.

Although, every drug has it's side effects, Botox isn't as bad as so many make it out to be. It also is a great cure for migraine sufferers and people that suffer from excessive sweating, among other things.

Don't know how many people can afford Botox these days so I'm guessing a free injection, if it seems to help, would help bring in business that's been otherwise drying up.

@courtarro: Not just you. I thought the same thing.

Looks definately play a big role in getting a job. That's why taller people make more money, and dangerously unqualified yet attractive people enjoy lucrative jobs.

How often do you see a really hot person working at McDonalds that isn't a teenager?

@courtarro: Haha... love it.

Could I get my shots in the pits, to cut down on the sweating during the interview?

@PinkBox: Wow, that's just crazy man!

in cleveland they beat these botox tv-spots into viewers heads.

The before after shots are funny "i looked like hell". Now I look so much better!!!"

Less wrinkles ma' but...you still look 70.

@thegirls:

Great! My feet and back sweat too much for comfort. Can I get the botox in my spine and toes?

@Saboth:

Oh, where i live all the food service is spanish people, so yeah lots of those girls are hotttt.

I think the real reasons employers choose young people over older are these:

1. Cheaper. Nobody cares anymore how well you can do the job, they just want the cheapest workers they can get. This, along with the complete absence of training for workers, is why so many services are so low quality.

2. Expendable. Employers realize that older workers have obligations (families and such) and that their capricious hiring and firing decisions will affect young workers' wallets and lives less.

3. (lack of) Assertiveness. Despite all the ethical shenanigans that have gone on, and all the trouble they've brought, employers aren't done with them. They want employees who will not speak out against improper practices, or barring that, they want employees who are too inexperienced to comprehend what's going on.

And no amount of botox will turn back the clock enough to accomplish these things.

I'd recommend whitening toothpaste and a weekly baking soda touch-up to the model, above.

@ChuckECheese:

I totally agree.

I realize it's a bit of a luxury to be able to say this, but I'm not particularly interested in working somewhere that is so shallow it cares about my wrinkles.

I have to agree with Eyebrows, and with ChuckECheese. Anyone who could possibly care about my age isn't going to have my best interests as an employee in mind anyway. They aren't going to care if I do a good job, and they aren't going to compensate me fairly or adequately anyway, more than likely.

@thegirls: I'm not worried about a furrowed brow, but do get migraines...

Ummm - some people may benefit from looking older. Not feeble, but older. Who do you want to represet you in court, or perform surgery on you, a 30 year old or a 50 year old?

@ChuckECheese: Expendable.

If you are attempting to fill a job where your role (regardless of your age) is expendable you need to invest in developing skills. Being easliy replaced has nothing to do with age - it has to do with skill level. A 50 year old grocery checker can be replaced by anyone who can read and count given a half days training. A 20 year old software engineer may not be impossible to replace - but it would be a much more difficult and costly process than hanging a help wanted sign in the window.

@greenunicorns: Oh, where i live all the food service is spanish people, so yeah lots of those girls are hotttt.

More like SuperHOTTTTT

Well I'm not sure what I was supposed to answer...I'm 25, I don't really have wrinkles.

@pupu: Your response is naive, because you think that skills and experience automatically make you more employable. It is a commonplace that mid-career, middle-aged, middle managers get laid off, because they cost more than young workers, and they pose some sort of vague threat to those above them in the food chain. By "expendable," I mean expendable in that employers are able and willing to get rid of you.

The internets are full of stories about people who are highly skilled being replaced by people who are barely competent. Workers who were forced to train their replacements before being let go. They aren't being let go because their skills are lacking or anachronistic; they are let go because their market value is more than the employer is willing to pay, so long as cheaper alternatives are available.

Many employers don't want to hire older workers because they cost more in health benefits, expect higher wages because of greater education, experience and family obligations, and are less able to be psychologically manipulated by management.

The current unemployment rate, and the widespread nature of said unemployment, shows that no career path is immune from downsizing, skills sets notwithstanding.

@ChuckECheese: So true especially number 3: they do not want employees who speak out against improper practices .

And as sad as it is there re employers/HR types that PROFILE you based on appearance . Try going to a job fair in an immigrant saturated part of the country where alot of new citizens openly practice discrimination . I've seen South Americans in particular : not Cuban or Mexican HR types openly show prejudice against age and sex at job fairs in Florida .

Even many US born HR types also profile/discriminate against age simply because they are out of shape and/or out dated resume wise . They base all their decisions using their low level of fitness and resume filler as a baseline .

Hate to say it but in this job market loose the gut , those grandma wings/arms and make sure those clothes fit properly if not loosely .