More and more, men are turning to plastic surgery and non-invasive cosmetic procedures to enhance their appearance, to bolster their self-esteem and increase their viability in job searches.
The chamber was packed, with the MEPs - including Robert Kilroy-Silk making a very rare appearance, sitting in the non-aligned section with Jean Marie le Pen et al - parked behind their computer screens in semi-circular rows.
Hape made his first England appearance in the non-cap, pre-tour game against the Barbarians and has been preferred at inside centre to Bath team-mate Olly Barkley, alongside Mike Tindall in midfield.
Some armchair strategists discern a ray of comfort in the exchange of non-conventional threats between Israel and Syria: it creates, they say, an appearance of deterrent balance.