In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, The Brazilian Society of Esthetic Medicine has just begun their annual program that provides free cosmetic and aesthetics procedures to low-income residents of the region. The program, which started on November 10, 2008 and will run for a week and a half, is making Botox, chemical peels, varicose vein treatments, and hair removal procedures available to those who make less than $250 per month. So far 10,000 people have taken them up on their offer for these cosmetic and aesthetics procedures.
Keeping in mind that people who make $250 per month quite often live in places like this, you’d think they’d have far greater concerns on their mind (like staying alive and feeding their families). Is this a useful program because it makes people feel better about themselves, or is just some expertly-applied slap to a much bigger problem?
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