Americans are looking forward to seeing a fresh face for 2009 — in the White House, and also, apparently, in the mirror. “We have been absolutely swamped since the election with people desiring rejuvenation procedures for the upcoming inauguration,” a D.C. dermatologist tells USA Today. We’d like to think this trendlet is not a signifier of vanity but of patriotism: What better way to celebrate the president-elect’s message of hope and change than by sloughing off a layer of your own dead skin? Yes we can! [USAT]
