The predictability of Beauty

Curiously enough there is an article in the New Scientist about how there is a direct correlation between hormone levels in women and their perceived facial attractiveness by others. In particular they found that women with a higher level of this hormone are actually considered "more beautiful" and all women, at some point in the month, will be perceived as "more beautiful" than at other times in the month. Very interesting! They even speculate slightly that young 13 year olds could be given hormone therapy to become more attractive as they go through puberty, making them more beautiful as adults. They don't however, know what the side effects might be.

Working in an industry such as mine, where beauty is judged quite frequently, and with little or no variation in the discernible "quantity" of beauty of a model- it's interesting to learn that beauty is actually hormonally controlled. The study also points out however, that makeup completely masks the differences that one woman experiences in the course of one month.

Here's the link