A short panel discussion (YouTube video) on the appropriateness of cosmetic plastic surgery for children. Speakers distinguish repair of congenital abnormalities as widely accepted, express hesitation about elective altering procedures in minors (e.g., breast augmentation), and note rhinoplasty as the most common cosmetic request for adolescents.
They're talking about, they may be okay with their kids having plastic surgery. Ned, what's the deal?
Plastic surgery is a really broad topic, so I think that we can all agree that something fixing a congenital abnormality or something is certainly within the norm. I assume they're talking about cosmetic plastic surgery, fixing things that may not necessarily be a congenital deformity or abnormality either, whether that's breast or ears or something like that. But to truly do something that's altering, like a breast augmentation, I'm not sure that I can get on board with children per se.
Sure. I think the most common thing I've seen over the past decade is rhinoplasty. There's kind of just been a family history. There's a prominent nose. The male or female child is very uncomfortable with that. So that's been the most common reason I've seen a child for plastic surgery.
Botox or fillers, or certainly cosmetic breast augmentation. That's pretty much off limits for kids grown up, wouldn't you say?
