Comments on: Teen Plastic Surgery on the Rise. Why?

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Physical Perfection? « Donna Magazine — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:16:12 +0000

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Duke It Out: Plastic Surgery : College Candy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:01:26 +0000

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Duke It Out: Plastic Surgery : College Candy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:01:26 +0000

[...] some work done? Would you do it if you could? Would you hold it against someone if she did? And should age be a factor in the way we look at [...]

By: dana

dana — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:49:54 +0000

one of my old high shcool chums had plastic surgery to look like a creature from the neck up it was so gross to look at her she relized after it was done she commited suicide if you saw what she looked like anybody would she could not go out in public unless she was wearing a hood over her face she spent 90000.oo to have it done.well anyway 2 years later they found her hanging in her bathroom just think of your head being done in the shape of a light bulb and haveing your ears pointed and boils all over it to look like a suer sat and haveing your eyes enlarged to look like a space monster.she had it done in london at the age of 32 what a waste of a preet girl! untill this day i cant believe they would do it .

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:39:20 +0000

I think it's tough to make a call on whether or not someone needs cosmetic surgery without hearing their side of the story.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:13:19 +0000

I think if parents just told their children to pay for the surgeries themselves, the numbers would go down considerably. Plastic surgery is too expensive for a teen to earn money for. Can you imagine how many times a person would have to say "Would you like fries with that?" to earn a pair of perfect c-cup breasts? You know, I've wanted a nose job since I was 12, and it hasn't changed. My mom told me I could get one as long as I paid for the surgery myself. Needless to say, I'm 22, broke, and I still have my old nose.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:08:40 +0000

I just read the article from the New York Times and am appalled at the numbers displayed. The worst part is that parents feel it's alright to let their teenage daughters get plastic surgery at such an early age; "I didn’t want her to have to go through that anymore," says one mom. Are you kidding? If your child is having image issues at ELEVEN, then you need to start re-thinking what you're teaching your kid. You can't just blame it all on the media and kids at school. If my child had low self-esteem, I'd do my best to teach him or her that they're beautiful the way they are–not just give them an instant fix with plastic surgery. If they still had issues with it, I'd spend my medical bills on a fucking therapist, not a surgeon.

There's something seriously wrong with the way body image is being handled these days and it's beginning to make me sick. Kristen (the teen in the article) probably shares the mindset with many other teen girls that there's a "normal" way to look–and that look includes big boobs, a tiny tummy, and the perfect face. Preposterous. What do we need to do as a society to change this state of mind? Send our teens off to self-esteem boot camp at 16?

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:56:00 +0000

I think we need a campaign for real beauty again, Kudos to Dove and such, or maybe we just need people to credit real beauty where real beauty is especially in the youth, it's time to universalize beauty.

By: Lauren, University o

Lauren, University o — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:05 +0000

Unfortunately, women are being compared to these ideals in the media all the time. Even if they arent real, it makes sense that young girls want to look like them. It really is so sad.