Plastic Surgery for Teenagers

Plastic Surgery is a controversial topic nowadays. Some men and women believe that plastic surgery is a great chance to have finally the body, face, and even romantic life always dreamed about. In the U.S. the plastic surgery television shows have made these ideas more popular and common than ever. Some men and women have other reasons for want plastic surgery Such as people who want plastic surgery have disfigurements to the face or body because of birth defects or genetic problems. The rise in plastic surgery in U.S. is a bad sign for future. Plastic surgery is not always a good thing for everyone. Cosmetic surgery should be prohibited for teenagers and people having psychological problems.

Plastic surgery can be bad for teenagers because teenagers can't think about long term risk. For example, breast implants have risk including infection, chronic pain, numbness and future problems with breastfeeding. Some surgeons have a discussion with patients or give psychological test to be sure teen patients have a maturity level to make the decision for implants. Teens are often reckless people and the futures seem very far away to a young girl who wants model looks. This is also true for teens and other kinds of surgeries.

Beside teenagers, plastic surgery is bad for some people with psychological problems. For instance, the women who receive first face transplant had the problem psychology. Some medical specialists had more moderate view like Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. the chairman of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, says that he is not against face transplants. He thinks that people with things like the oral cancer, burns absolutely are a good candidate, but also he thinks that experimental treatments are ...

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...en seen parents paid for cosmetic surgeries for their children as holiday gifts.

It is important to consider the risk for teenagers of these procedures are increasingly common, such as breast implants and liposuction. Some cosmetic surgery can be dangerous because a foreign substance, such as planting, is inserted into the body, and can be rejected. Plastic surgery has increased risks for teens because teen's bodies are still growing and developing. It’s not always clear how a surgery will affect them later in life.

In conclusion, we must avoid teenagers getting these surgeries and also we must avoid people having psychological problems getting these surgeries. In other situations, plastic surgery’s benefits can be given to the people who want them. For me, I would never want plastic surgery. I would prefer always to improve myself in other ways not surgery.