Could your career and income potential get a positive boost via cosmetic surgery? Jacksonville’s Garcia Institute remains busy even as the downturn in the economy has many struggling financially. In fact, plastic surgeons in Jacksonville and beyond report that even as patients look for ways to cut costs at home, they’re financing body and facial plastic surgery.

Research shows that beauty and confidence can help boost your career competitiveness and income potential.

Jacksonville women – and men – are landing financing rates as low as four percent and credit limits as high as $10,000 to fund cosmetic procedures that will improve their looks, thereby improving their career and earning potential. Why? Because as anyone in the advertisement or entertainment fields can tell you, youth and beauty sells – and not just on TV. The same adage goes for corporate offices across the country.

When it comes to competing for that new job, first impressions are important – and bankable, according to multiple recent studies. The 2009 Harvard Study of Health and Life Quality concluded that attractive and confident job seekers stood better chances of getting hired than did less attractive, less confident competitors. Another study in the Journal of Economic Psychology suggests the benefits of a beautiful face and physique continue after the hire. It concludes that employees deemed more attractive make 12 percent more money annually than their less comely coworkers. In these tight economic times, that statistical tidbit alone is enough to prompt an investment in cosmetic surgery.

Jacksonville’s Garcia Institute is seeing this trend at play in older patients as well. Many people who had planned to retire instead are opting to remain at their jobs and vying for raises or promotions, or looking for new jobs. An AARP study shows this to be the case for a full 25 percent of respondents to a study on the issue, and many feel they’re at a competitive disadvantage when younger job seekers are going for the same positions. And it’s not just women. A recent NBC poll revealed that more men than ever before are undergoing cosmetic procedures, including dermal fillers (wrinkle fillers) and plastic surgery. Of them a full 95 percent are working professionals looking to extend the life of their careers and boost their income potential.

Of course, without confidence and ability, you’ll never get a great job, promotion or raise solely based on a cosmetic surgery. But Jacksonville’s Garcia Institute can help you address any facial issues negatively affecting your competitive spirit. If you’re ready to get your best look, contact us at 800-803-0082 or via our online email form.

Curious about Sculptura? Jacksonville area patients of the Garcia Institute are raving about Sculptura Aesthetic, hailed as “the new age of anti-age.” It’s the first injectable filler that offers you noticeable but gradual results and last up to two years. And it was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show, wherein anchor Ann Curry interviewed Dr. Roshini Raj, Medical Editor for Health Magazine. Take a look:

Sculptura works by prompting your body to actually grow its own collagen and increase skin thickness, beautifully filling in those smile lines, marionette lines (the smaller wrinkles that frame your lips) and chin lines. Poly-L-lactic acid, the active ingredient, is known throughout the medical industry for successfully helping HIV patients restore facial fat loss. It’s been used in Europe since 1999 to help keep both women and men looking their natural best. And here in the United States, the FDA last year approved Sculptura for the correction of shallow to deep nasolabial fold (smile lines) contour deficiencies and other facial wrinkles.

New patients typically undergo three injections over the course of a few months. Noticeable results appear gradually, so your friends won’t know you’ve “had some work done.” But chances are they’ll wonder what’s got you so looking so great – a new love, perhaps? The best thing is that Sculptura lasts up to two years and, as mentioned in the Today Show feature, some patients have reported results lasting nearly three years.

Want to learn more about Sculptura, Jacksonville? Watch the Today Show feature, then call us at (904) 247-8522 to make an appointment with Garcia Facial Plastic Surgery today. We’re located in The Atrium at Neptune Beach. We aim to help you restore and maintain a natural, youthful look.