Teens & Plastic Surgery

[Nadiine]

I've heard quite a few tv plastic surgeons and news segments talking about the amount of teenagers getting plastic surgery now & that alot of it is just for cosmetic reasons, not corrective work for serious defects.

I can understand some plastic surgery & especially for aging related issues for folks who can't handle that scary aspect but for teens?

& where are they getting the $ for this, their parents??

What's up with parents letting them get this done? & what's going on that kids feel like they this?

[Svt4Him]

Not only that, but it's starting to be marketed towards teens and youth. That's the scary part.

[flicka]

Speaking as someone who had plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons as a teen (17 years old...32 years ago...it's nothing new) I can't say I'm totally against it. Sometimes alot of grief can be saved when something is "fixed" before causing too many years of emotional anguish. But like all things it can be taken too far. Oh yeah, my parents paid for it.

[JDIBe]

I guess it's the new "braces"....:sigh:

[flicka]

I guess it's the new "braces"....:sigh:
I had those too :)

[Nadiine]

Speaking as someone who had plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons as a teen (17 years old...32 years ago...it's nothing new) I can't say I'm totally against it. Sometimes alot of grief can be saved when something is "fixed" before causing too many years of emotional anguish. But like all things it can be taken too far. Oh yeah, my parents paid for it.
Well I won't ask what you had done, but when people that young are looking to have surgery to look a little better... there are some people that have real issues & some are just cosmetic - like boob jobs, etc. which they've said is often given to their kids as graduation presents. :doh: :eek:

I just have to wonder why this has hit people so young that they feel they have to go this far to look a certain way.
& I'm NOT against plastic surgery to correct things that really could use some help. But the reports I heard were girls that were just fine that wanted to look more like a certain singer or actriess, wanted the tip of their noise tweaked, boob jobs etc.

[Shiversblood]

Teens should not be getting this done at all they could end up destroying their face.

[MaidforHim]

I've heard quite a few tv plastic surgeons and news segments talking about the amount of teenagers getting plastic surgery now & that alot of it is just for cosmetic reasons, not corrective work for serious defects.

I can understand some plastic surgery & especially for aging related issues for folks who can't handle that scary aspect but for teens?

& where are they getting the $ for this, their parents??

What's up with parents letting them get this done? & what's going on that kids feel like they this?

This fits into a topic that is a real sore subject with me. We have several teen girls at our church who dress in clothes that some would call "soft porn" and they often go to church like that.

I have no doubt they get the money from their parents for their plastic surgery, just like they get the money from them to go by a thong and some low low low rise jeans.

The parents are to blame for allowing their daughters to engage in these types of behaviors. I don't think anyones daughter could get away with such a thing without parental permission, it would be too easy to sue the doctor.

Can you imagine what happens a few years down the road if they get married and have children. Some of those babies aren't going to look like their mothers! :swoon:

[BlazeLight]

I'm not against it if it's for something that causes actual problems, not just a slight bump on the nose or small boobs.....

I'm 18 and plastic-free--though I have no problem with tattoos and piercings, I have them.:)

[Nadiine]

This fits into a topic that is a real sore subject with me. We have several teen girls at our church who dress in clothes that some would call "soft porn" and they often go to church like that.

I have no doubt they get the money from their parents for their plastic surgery, just like they get the money from them to go by a thong and some low low low rise jeans.

The parents are to blame for allowing their daughters to engage in these types of behaviors. I don't think anyones daughter could get away with such a thing without parental permission, it would be too easy to sue the doctor.

Can you imagine what happens a few years down the road if they get married and have children. Some of those babies aren't going to look like their mothers! :swoon:
Ok, I have to be fair... some kids already don't look like their parents. LOL Me & my other brother don't look anything like my parents - & for some reason I resemble my Aunt the most.:confused:
:eek: :doh: (hmmmm):scratch: LOL

Anyhoo - I watched Laura Ingram (?) on Fox when she filled in for Bill OReilly, and she mentioned something I had never noticed, it was that in alot of the plastic surgery that the females are gravitating towards the Porn look to mimic the porn stars.

I just stopped & thought how right she was! One of the first things they do is shoving their cleavage out in plain sight w/ lowcut tops. PORN.
She was so right & I never saw it that way and here you just mentioned soft porn here.


And we wonder why kids are so immoral? LOOK AT THE PARENTS who are ok with it & promoting it.
:doh:

[Cabal]

(apologies for implicit sexism)

Is this mainly more girls than guys?

If so, has no-one pointed out the fact that the only kind of plastic guys like is a credit card and not fake boobs?

[Nadiine]

(apologies for implicit sexism)

Is this mainly more girls than guys?

If so, has no-one pointed out the fact that the only kind of plastic guys like is a credit card and not fake boobs?
that isn't sexist...:scratch:

But from the response the men give women with humongous fake boobs, it does give women the impression that they do like 'plastic bags'.
Personally, I think it's a little sick to have bags inserted in there like that unless I had a mastectomy and had no choice if I wanted to look "normal".

[flicka]

You should probably just say you are against fake boobs. Plastic surgery is much too broad a field to be "against" if you really just mean fake boobs. And seriously, that's what people usually mean.