Extended Response: Peter B. And Nate M

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Extended Response
By: Peter B. and Nate M.

The image that celebrities and models paint through the plastic surgeries they undergo is that of perfection. It is the ultimate ideal for what someone should look like. In the eyes of a teenager, this image simply cannot be achieved through natural means. So to become more akin to the models in the magazine, they feel they need to use things such as make-up and other such cosmetics. Some may even go to the point of receiving the same surgeries that the so called “perfect” celebrities have had done to themselves. But, these teenagers are not ready to make this decision, therefore should not be able to receive plastic surgery under a certain age. For teenagers, it’s definitely true that certain

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