Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery

This article covers multiple benefits and downsides to teens have plastic surgery. It covers everything from anti- bullying technique to long term problems and infections. The main topics that it covers include plastic surgery in a developing teen, understanding the risks of surgery, and screening. Teens bodies are constantly changing and from the age of 18 through 21 the average girl will gain weight which may change their desire to get breast augmentation. A major concern for plastic surgery is if the outcome is worth the risk. Plastic surgery is not risk free, studies have shown that women have had at least one serous complication within the first three years of surgery. A mistake in a liposuction could cause huge problems from damaging nerves to affecting ones vital organs. People have died during liposuction and many people do not know the true risk of a lot these operations. Lastly, this article talks about whether a teen needs to be screened for a certain level of maturity before the operation. The main problem with this is who determines whether the teen is old enough the parent of the physician?
 This article has both pro and con sides to my topic along with a lot of other references.

Zuckerman, D. (n.d.). A New Edition for a New Era - Our Bodies Ourselves. A New Edition for a New Era - Our Bodies Ourselves. Retrieved January 28, 2014, from http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=1&compID=102