Should teenagers use cosmetic surgery to enhance their body image?
Should teenagers use cosmetic surgery to enhance their body image?
Plastic surgery holds a critical place in cultures all over the world, tribes back then would disc their lips, stretch their earlobes, bind their feet, file their teeth, and tattoo and scare their skin. Today we have a wide range of surgical procedures, plastic surgery has not always readily available. It is said that the first recorded account of reconstructive plastic surgery on the living was found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts. Teens started to seek plastic surgery for many reasons. Most teens seek plastic surgery to improve their appearance or to increase self-esteem, some because young people can be cruel. Cruel comments many time about their image make teenagers to take surgical action. Although teenagers may be taking a huge risk to make their self image appear better, according to the ASPS they advises parents to evaluate the teenager’s physical and emotional maturity and believes that individual cases merit careful evaluation under the guidance of a plastic surgeon certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery. When the teenager is mature the teenager must be able to tolerate the discomfort and temporary disfigurement of a surgical procedure. The A SPS also state that plastic surgery is not recommended for teens who are prone to mood swings or erratic behavior, who are abusing drugs and/or alcohol, or who are being treated for clinical depression or other mental illness.
In 2012 there was no national uniform laws to prevent under-18s from going under the knife for aesthetic purposes, very few places were banding plastic surgery for minors. More that 236,000 cosmetic procedures were preformed on patients between 13 and 19, 75,000 surgical procedures such as nose reshaping, breast lifts, breast augmentation, liposuction, and tummy tucks took place that year. Now in todays days plastic surgery has grown very popular among the youth. Our Bodies
Plastic surgery holds a critical place in cultures all over the world, tribes back then would disc their lips, stretch their earlobes, bind their feet, file their teeth, and tattoo and scare their skin. Today we have a wide range of surgical procedures, plastic surgery has not always readily available. It is said that the first recorded account of reconstructive plastic surgery on the living was found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts. Teens started to seek plastic surgery for many reasons. Most teens seek plastic surgery to improve their appearance or to increase self-esteem, some because young people can be cruel. Cruel comments many time about their image make teenagers to take surgical action. Although teenagers may be taking a huge risk to make their self image appear better, according to the ASPS they advises parents to evaluate the teenager’s physical and emotional maturity and believes that individual cases merit careful evaluation under the guidance of a plastic surgeon certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery. When the teenager is mature the teenager must be able to tolerate the discomfort and temporary disfigurement of a surgical procedure. The A SPS also state that plastic surgery is not recommended for teens who are prone to mood swings or erratic behavior, who are abusing drugs and/or alcohol, or who are being treated for clinical depression or other mental illness.
In 2012 there was no national uniform laws to prevent under-18s from going under the knife for aesthetic purposes, very few places were banding plastic surgery for minors. More that 236,000 cosmetic procedures were preformed on patients between 13 and 19, 75,000 surgical procedures such as nose reshaping, breast lifts, breast augmentation, liposuction, and tummy tucks took place that year. Now in todays days plastic surgery has grown very popular among the youth. Our Bodies