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Actually not really, I mean if you're ugly and rich you're just ugly with money. You may get benefits just because you've money. But if you don't show off then there's no way to influence your "perception of beauty"

Beauty has more to do with culture (what do we consider good looking and what not) but there's also an objective beauty that has to do with body proportion for example

https://www.nature.com/articles/526S16a.pdf

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> if you're ugly and rich you're just ugly with money

Spending money on the right things can make a large difference. Teeth, skincare, diet, haircut, clothes, time in the gym, quitting a job that would keep you in the sun too long, ...

I think these are actually pretty accessible things that everybody can spend money on (skincare, haircut, clothes, gym)

Elon Musk before and after hair transplant surgery is a perfect counterexample showing money absolutely can enhance beauty

As an example, check pictures before and after being millionaire of some rock stars, actors, sportsmen, etc and you will see how money can really change the looks.

Take this picture before after of Cristiano Ronaldo, for example:

https://elbocon.pe/resizer/0hZVESd2S5BEAOwYYdT6_FUcIEE=/980x...

This is laughable. Using a picture as argument to say "you can be handsome with money" is pretty much pointless

https://www.besoccer.com/new/the-20-ugliest-footballers-in-t...

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/has-cristiano-ronaldo-had-pl...

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confi...

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls054789830/

>Take this picture before after of Cristiano Ronaldo, for example:

That's not really fair. He was like 16/17 on that first picture.

You have no idea what aesthetic surgery can achieve. They can crush your skull to shambles and give it a completely new shape. If you think trashy when thinking about aesthetic surgery, you've only identified the cheap stuff and seen the addicts and failures.

Ugly rich people either don't care or don't consider the risks worth it.

Not really, because your beauty strongly depends on hair cut, skin care, clothes you wear, the way you move and so on. How fit you are and how healthy you are. In case of women, the exactly right make up.

The same person can look beautiful and ugly depending on all of that.

Well, then we can but also plastic surgery on the mix if that matter.

I thought it was implicit that we're talking about natural beauty without make up perhaps.

And no, beauty does not depends the clothes you wear for example (makeup, yes I second that if is very thick can change the way a person look)

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