Sagging Butt in a Sagging Economy

Oh. Lordy. You mean men and women will have to look their age?

"There comes a point when you are putting too much time and money into your vanity," said Peri Basel, a practice consultant in Chappaqua, N.Y., who advises cosmetic doctors on marketing strategies. "For me, the vanity issue is: Where does it stop? If you are going for buttock implants, do you really need that?"

Or as this OC columnist says, "The gravity of the shift from youth to reality in our culture could be enormous. Women might have to look like themselves. Men, who were increasingly turning to cosmetic procedures to eradicate years, will still have Viagra but the blue pill won't erase silver threads among the gold or a deeply furrowed brow."