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Banning Non-Essential, Elective Cosmetic

Surgery for Teens under the Age of 18

A Persuasive Essay by :

Teresa Nadia 07120110050

Michelle Hendrayanta 07120110086

Stefanie Karina 07120110100

Faculty of Medicine

Universitas Pelita Harapan

2014

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Adolescents minds andbodies are not fully developed.. As we know, adolescents minds

and bodies are still growing and it usually happens in fast pace. This development stage will lead

the teenagers to and inconsistent body and mind. From the mind perspective, teenagers will

easily feel uncomfortable yet in seconds they can feel the other way around. In conclusion they

are not stable mentally yet. Their mind will continue growing until they reach middle 20s. In the

other hand, skeletal maturity can be reached at the age of 14-15. The adolescents bodies will

continue to settle and mature beyond that age. Specifically, average teenage girls bodies will

gain weight in the age between 18- 21. In this stage, they will feel it is the right time to undergo

plastic surgery, while in fact, their bodies are not stable yet to undergo liposuction. Teenagers

cannot permanently alter their body shape before they are fully matured, that is why initiating

plastic surgery during teenager stage is not a worth it action.

Teenagers do several common plastic surgeries that are done by their surroundings and

they only see the good outcome within the society without considering the further impact or

damaged that can be occurred from the surgery. This is the trigger of them doing such action.

They can easily think that if their surroundings can get the best outcome from the surgery, they

can achieve the same outcome as their surroundings have. This can happen because of the

immaturity of their mind. They will not consider the treatment and the effect that is encountered

by the other people within the society.

The most common plastic surgery for teenagers are nose job and liposuction. From those

surgeries, teenagers with undeveloped mind will think the surgeries are worth to be done, yet

when they encounter the side effects or not satisfied with the result of the surgery, they will feel

regretful on what they did. This will cause another pressure for them and will impact the

teenagers extremely. If they are mentally ready to accept whatever the outcome will be, they will

feel regretful and wish they did not do the surgery, while if they are not mentally ready to accept

the result, in extreme case, these teenagers can initiate suicide. The cause of this extreme

activity is that there is no turning back in plastic surgery. It is true that they can have correction

on the particular part that undergone the procedure, yet if the outcome is still not satisfying

enough for them, the correction will be done over and over again which will cause a lot of

money. That is why the worst case scenario of the undesired outcome of plastic surgery can

result in suicide action.

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Naturally, teenagers will feel comfortable about their bodies as they get older. This can

be seen from the real life example. People in the age beyond 30 will not try as hard as teenagers

do to get their body in shape, because their bodies are settled and hard to be shaped. Another

factor is that they have come to maturity level that their bodies are the best they can have and

nothing needs to be changed because of their achievement in life such as in their career, family,

or love life. The thought of undergoing plastic surgery will be reduced during this stage because

they will not think about it as much as they did when they were young, that is why teenagers

should not undergo plastic surgery.

-It is not yet proven that cosmetic surgery can improve teens psychological well -being.

Many bad cases at school or other public places, or even at home, encourage teenagers to

improve themselves physically and mentally. The example of the case is bullying. This is a verycommon action at school, even many students got their own nick name from their seniors, this

action can damage them mentally and they will find ways to boost their self-esteem. One of the

most favorite ways that comes to their mind these days is through plastic surgery. This

phenomenon happens because it is the most simple and efficient way to achieve more self esteem

through having a well- shaped body or look. Another cause of this phenomenon is that the

number of young executives is rising in which they have the funding to undergo plastic surgery

which is not only occurring to women , but also to men.

In improving the self- esteem, parents will have to involve and provide more information

to their children about the side effects and the harm of plastic surgery both mentally and

physically to their children. They( parents) can offer other options instead of undergoing plastic

surgery. The main reason that parents have to play a role in assisting their children not to do

plastic surgery is the long- term effects of the surgery itself. If the surgery goes well, yes, they

will get maximum outcome for themselves from it, but if the surgery does not go as they

expected it will cause a bigger problem than before. Many parents also encouraging their

children to do such surgery, that is wrong based on some research because it will cause another

problem in the future, if the surgery goes well, the children might want to do more and not only

in one or two specific parts. In extreme case, the children may demand on the entire body

surgery from top to toe.

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It is hard to stop the action when it comes to the stage where the teenagers want to do

more and more correction for their body because it causes addiction. They will think that the

more they got improved in more body parts they will gain more self- esteem, more confidence,

and more respect from their surroundings. This is fatal because not everybody will think that

way, even there are some people who against this action that will judge them terribly in the

society, even this community or group of people will damage the teenager and provoke the

society not to mingle with the ones who undergo this action. This will make the situation more

complicated because on one side the teenager think that it is acceptable and will be beneficial for

them but in real life not every person is supporting this action because it is considered harmful

and not acceptable for some religion.

Many research display that cosmetic surgery is not proven to improve teens

psychological well- being. So, it is not the best way out for teenagers to gain more confidence or

self- esteem. It is found in another study that self esteem and body image will improve along age.

This is why teens must think over again before they do the plastic surgery because it is not a

necessary action to be done because they will gain more confidence and self-esteem more after

their mind is well- developed. Therefore, parents will have to prevent their children to do

cosmetic surgery even only a small part of their body.