<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 September 2012 02:38, Mike Dougherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com" target="_blank">msd001@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What is the _practical_ benefit of cosmetics? I'm not even talking<br>
about looking like a lizard, I mean that billion-dollar industry of<br>
facepaint and fakery. <br></blockquote></div><br>I think we may have a definiton problem. <br><br>When we say: "the reform of corporate governance was purely cosmetic in nature" we mean that it was just pretended and/or apparent and/or fake.<br>
<br>If we are speaking of cosmetic industry or cosmetic surgery we are in altogether different area. <br><br>To keep one's skin hydrated and tonic, to fight unwanted bacterial populations and to guarantee one's hygiene, to remove ten kilos of extra fat through liposuction or to lengthen a dwarf's limb by ten centimers or protecting/replacing functional hair we are doing something which is very real, and "practical" enough.<br>
<br>--<br>Stefano Vaj<br>