Ugly people die younger than the beautiful.
A new study has found that less attractive individuals pass away sooner than better-looking counterparts with differences noted in both sexes.
Ugly men died, on average, a year earlier while this figure doubled to two years for aesthetically challenged women.
The experts behind the results say they are a product of discrimination that often goes unnoticed against the ugly.
Daniel Hamermesh, from the University of Texas at Austin, said: “If you’re not attractive, it’s a disadvantage in almost every activity you undertake.
“Promotion, wages, dating – they come off worse in every activity.”
Hamermesh thinks that life expectancy for the ugly could be increased with a shift in societal attitudes.
He said: “Over time, if people didn’t pay as much attention to looks in daily life, I’m quite sure that 100 years from now we wouldn’t see these differences in longevity.”
