Pros And Cons Of Plastic Surgery On Teenagers

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Teenagers 18 and under are taking advantage of their bodies every day. Plastic surgery advocates argue that it is astonishing how many girls want plastic surgery. Opponents and I against teenagers being to clueless point out the risk that teens are too young and their bodies are still growing. Psychiatrist argue that plastic surgery only fixes the outside appearance while most teenage girls swear that fixing the outer appearance will make them feel happy inside. Deciding whether to undergo surgery as a teenager has many pros and cons and must be taken very seriously.

Bullying is such a major issue in schools today that teenagers, girls and boys, are willing to go under the knife to fit in. For example many children suffer from a cleft lip or deformities and in this case plastic surgery would very much be appropriate. A major technique used in plastic surgery is grafting, the transplanting or implanting of living tissue from one part of the body to another, or from one person to another, with the expectation that the tissue will adhere and grow to replace a missing
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By allowing young girls to fix their weight this will decrease the way adolescents destroy their health.

Not only are there obesity and problems with deformities but also teenagers are all shaped differently. The most complaints come from having too big of breast, this can lead to back problems. Getting a reduction is another way of helping young girl’s health. In 2013 330,631 number of breast augmentations. While a bigger bust is the most commonly requested goal (and has been since 2006), breast lifts are popular too: About 128,000 women had sagging surgically corrected. At nearly 113,000, breast reductions weren 't far behind. Numbers keep decreasing every year more and more on breast reductions.

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