Lazy. Self-entitled. Narcissistic. These are just some of the negative traits Millennials are often labeled as. On the flipside, they’re also seen as an open-minded, liberal and tech-savvy generation. If there’s one thing that’s for sure, it’s that they’re open—much more than previous generations—about having cosmetic procedures done. They don’t see it as taboo or shy away from talking about their experiences online.
Hollywood has always been dubbed as the place where “everyone
gets plastic surgery” but nobody wants to talk about it. A lot of celebrities shy
away from admitting they had plastic surgery done. Whether it’s Botox and
fillers (ahem Kylie Kenner) or a major surgical procedure, celebrities tend to
deny rumors or stay quiet about the topic. This could be out of embarrassment
or fear of backlash.
But then there are the really open people who are candid
about their decisions on getting some work done. These 8 celebrities below talked about their plastic surgery experiences in interviews with the media. See what
they have to say below.
Source: zimbio.com. Ariel Winter had a breast reduction surgery this year.
1. “The feeling of not having so much there was such a relief! Once the surgery was completed, I can’t even explain the feeling. [A week later], I was buying clothes and crying as I put them on, I was so happy. You just feel so relieved and excited. You feel like a new person. You feel like this is how I was supposed to be.”-Ariel Winter on having breast reduction surgery
2. “I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag.
There's no fun in that.” - Scarlett
Johansson
3. “Why not? I mean, not
yet, but maybe my under-eye bags in my 50s. We’ll see what I need, but I’m not
saying no!” -Sofia Vergara
4. "It's
one of the best things I've ever done. I love them. I'm super happy. I would do
it again in a heart beat." - Kaley
Cuoco-Sweeting on having breast implants
Source: idolator.com. Iggy Azalea opens up about the plastic surgery procedures she's gotten.
5. “I love them so much I had to talk about them…I’d feel better not to have some secret. It’s much freer to say it and then you don’t have to worry someone will dig it up.” -Iggy azalea on having breast implants
6. “I had my nose done when I was 16 years old. And I’ll be
honest, it did change my life.” – Jillian
Michaels
7. “I did it the summer before going to a new school. That was
a good, good, good change.” – Lisa Kudrow
on having rhinoplasty
Source: hotnewhiphop.com. Kelly Rowland opens up about her breast augmentation.
8. “I wanted to get breast implants when I was 18, but my mom
and Beyonce’s mom told me to really think about it first. I took their advice
and waited 10 years.” -Kelly Rowland on
her decision to get breast implants
Plenty of folks tend to get judgmental about people who get
plastic surgery. Even though the cosmetic surgery industry is a billion dollar
industry in North America, it’s still a topic that divides many. Those who
are opposed to the concept of it see it as unnecessary or something that vain
or insecure people would do. That’s just the very tip of generalizations. We
all know we could go on and on about what some people say about plastic
surgery.
It’s not all negative though. A lot people
choose to keep the fact they had some work done to themselves, but there are other who are vocal about their own plastic surgery procedures. Take a look at Iggy Azalea. She’s been rather candid about her breast augmentation. In March, she told Vogue she got breast implants and it was
something she thought about her entire life. “I love them so much I had to talk
about them,” she then told E! Online.
In certain countries, the people are open about plastic surgery and embrace it. In fact, getting plastic surgery is seen as a status symbol or just
a completely normal thing to do. These are the countries where the attitude towards cosmetic enhancements is more accepting.
Brazil
Source: imagesgonerogue.com. Gisele Bundchen is a famous Brazilian fashion model
Brazil is often regarded as the country with insanely
beautiful women—and it’s true. It’s also a country with a very liberal attitude
towards plastic surgery. Even though Brazil makes up 3% of the world’s population, the country accounted for 13% of plastic surgeries performed in the world
in 2013.
Joao Carlos Sampaio Goés, a well known surgeon, says
Brazilian people have a very open mentality compared to Europeans. They have a
much greater ease in seeking plastic surgery. “It is a tropical country, where
people enjoy exposing their bodies. This helps stimulate people to have
surgery,” he said in this Guardian
article.
Korea
Source: http://img.news.sina.com. An ad displaying before and after photos of jaw surgery in a metro station in Seoul, Korea.
Korea is the world capital of plastic surgery. It’s been
dubbed this title since they have the most cosmetically enhanced people in the world.
In fact, 1 in 5 women in Seoul have had at least one cosmetic procedure. When
strolling around the city, it’s not uncommon to see ads and billboards of before
and after photos of people who’ve had plastic surgery. With some of the best
plastic surgeons in the world in Korea, both Koreans and foreigners from
around the world are seeking treatments in Korea at high rates.
In this article, Kwon Seung-taik—a plastic surgeon in Korea—shares insight on the Korean mentality on beauty. He says Koreans believe beauty is
something that can be attained through hard work, just like anything else. “Koreans
see plastic surgery, and becoming prettier, as a challenge,” he says. He
believes Koreans don’t see beauty as something to be envied, it’s something they
can attain themselves if they truly want. With many Korean households with disposable incomes and districts that are
fluttered with endless plastic surgery clinics, there’s simply a lot of choice
and opportunity for plastic surgery.
The different perspectives and mentality on beauty and
plastic surgery is fascinating. Here in Canada and the U.S, the media is fixated on speculating whether or not a celebrity's done plastic surgery—and
they’re often met with backlash. That’s not to say that that doesn’t happen in
other countries, but it seems like in Korea and Brazil, getting plastic surgery is simply a part of life.
What do you think about the open attitude that Korea and
Brazil have about plastic surgery?
Dr. Mulholland makes many media appearances throughout the
year to talk about the latest trends and news on cosmetic plastic surgery. He recently
was live on air with Newstalk 1010 with Barb DiGiulio to answer callers’ questions
regarding plastic surgery.
The segment was nearly an hour long and was jammed with interesting
information—they talked about if a person can be too young for plastic surgery,
advice on how to pick the right surgeon, and provided answers to questions
about different surgical and non-surgical procedures. Dr. Mulholland also
shared that when he first opened SpaMedica in 1996, he only saw two men for
treatments that whole year. Now men make up 20% of the clientele. “Men are
extremely vein and we just don’t about it,” he says.
Below are just a few tidbits of what Dr. Mulholland, the host
and callers discussed that night. You can also listen to the full show here.
Kelly, the first caller of the night, mentioned she had been
researching on how to reduce the bags under her eyes. She says she’s aged
prematurely because of many difficult life events that have happened over the
years. Her main concern was how long recovery time would be after blepharoplasty.
Dr. Mulholland of SpaMedica in Toronto
Dr. Mulholland: Non-surgical options like soft tissue
fillers and some laser treatments can help reduce the appearance of eye bags.
Get these treatments done on a Friday afternoon and you can return back to work
on Monday looking much more rested.
For more permanent results, consider having a lower lid
blepharoplasty. It removes the fat pads under the eyes and tightens the skin
around it. Bruising will occur, so having 7 days off from work to
recover would be suggested.
Would I be okay to do
bending or lifting at work after surgery?
Dr. Mulholland: In the first 3-4 days, there are
some delicate blood vessels that are sealed. If you bend over and strain, it
raises the blood pressure around your eyes which could cause some bleeding.
Generally, as long as you’re not a world-class bodybuilding who deadlifts 180
pounds, you can carry office space boxes within a few days.
Source: SpaMedica. This patient had lower lid blepharoplasty to remove the fat pads under her eyes.
How much would lower
lid blepharoplasty cost?
Dr. Mulholland: There’s a range in the city and in
the country. In general, two lids—whether it’s two upper lids or two lower lids—is
going to start at about $2,500.00 and might go as high as $6,000.00 depending
on how aged that lower lid is and the practice in the city.
Let’s say you do the upper and lower lid combination, it’s
called a quad bleph or four lid blepharoplasty. That’s usually in the $4,000.00
to $8,000.00 range depending on the practice in the city.
Another caller asked about scarring after surgery as a person
of colour.
Are there usually any
scars that are seen after any kind of plastic surgery for people of colour?
Dr. Mulholland: Dark skin individuals are prone to
pigmentation disorder like brown discolouration and scars that are usually much
darker than their surrounding skin. Whether it’s breast augmentation, a
facelift, liposuction or a tummy tuck, things need to be hidden extremely well
when you have darker skin that you know is not going to heal favourably.
Caucasian skin is often prone to scars that are red and
raised. Attention to placement is one of the tricks of plastic surgery school. One
of the first steps to plastic surgery is deciding with your plastic surgeon what
procedure, approach and incision is going to work best for you.
Thinking
about surgery seriously? Dr. Mulholland shared advice on how to start research.
What is the process somebody goes
through if they want to do a consultation with you?
Dr. Mulholland: The first step is to start your research online.
Make some searches on Google on who you should see and then
pick three practices. Look on websites like RealSelf or Yelp and see what
people are saying about these physicians and practices.
Go on websites like The College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario and make sure there’s no complaints and the physician’s in good
standing.
Interview the doctors as much as you can since you’re going
to have a history and physical. You want to ask certain questions:
How long you been in practice?
How many of these procedures have you
done?
What complications have
happened?
If a complication happens to
me, how is it managed?
Make sure there are good before and after photos. Make sure you can talk to patients. At the
end of the day, you just got to feel right.
You should have a good sense that this is the right physician and team
for you.
Kylie Jenner
has made headlines for months because of her notably larger lips. She’s
recently admitted that she had lip injections to plump them up (after repeatedly
denying it). The host asked Dr. Mulholland what he thought about teenagers and
plastic surgery.
We’re seeing a lot of stuff happening
with teenagers, how young is too young?
Dr. Mulholland: Every plastic surgeon would have a
different answer to that, but as a father of six children, it’s tough enough to
be a teenager and come to terms with your sense of self without complicating it
with cosmetic surgery and without succumbing to peer pressure and paradigms of
beauty.
It can be quite unhealthy so I’m a big believer that you
should be a voting adult and that you should be at least 19 before considering
plastic surgery. You should have carefully thought these things out and it
shouldn't be a spontaneous decision.
Now, having said that, there are always exceptions to the rule. If you’re a young woman and you have a
pathological condition like Poland Syndrome (where you don’t form a breast on one
side and you do on the other) It’s really a hereditary congenital abnormality,
so that might be a situation of circumstance where you might consider it.
Or maybe you’ve had trauma and you broke your nose or you
were born with an extremely large bump and it is way outside the spectrum of
what would be considered normal variant, you might consider those extreme
circumstances. But I think as a rule, it’s a bad idea to mix teenagers and
cosmetic surgery.
Getting older is inevitable, but most people don’t want to look their age. The wrinkles, fine lines and drooping skin are all telltale signs of advanced age. It’s not unusual to hear that people feel really young and energetic inside but their physical appearance just doesn’t reflect that at all. That’s why anti-aging treatments are popular here at SpaMedica.
FotoFacial treatments use intense pulsed light (IPL), infrared (IR) and laser or radiofrequency energy all combined in the same pulse. This treatment improves facial spider veins, fine lines, blemishes, sun spots and acne. The pulses can be applied to both the face and neck. FotoFacials stimulate the production of your collagen, so after receiving five treatments, your fine lines are smoothened out.
On this episode of the Steven and Chris Show, Dr. Zel Krajden of SpaMedica talks about the different treatments people can do depending on their age. He says a common and good procedure for those who are in their 30s is the FotoFacial that improves irregular pigmentation and enlarged pores. The treatment takes about an hour and large improvements in the skin can be seen after five treatments. See before and after photos of patients who had FotoFacials.
When we talk about plastic surgery, there’s always
polarizing debates about it. Some people are for it, others are completely
against it. People who are for it would generally say if it’s your body, you
could do whatever you want with it.
As for those who are against plastic surgery, it’s not
unusual to hear accusations that people must be insecure to stoop so low to get
surgery. Without a doubt, plastic surgery—even though it’s commonly performed
on millions of people in North America—still remains a touchy issue to talk about.
Talking about it in everyday life may not be as easy for
most of us, but that’s not the case in Hollywood. The lifestyle and the
pressures of looking young and attractive are real in the entertainment world. Naturally,
Hollywood stars are often asked questions about plastic surgery.
Certain celebrities are rather open about their approval of plastic
surgery, like the late Joan Rivers or Scarlett Johansson. Some stars are
strongly opposed to it and have made sure their stance is well-known.
Kristen Stewart recently made headlines for some critical comments she had on plastic surgery and women who choose to have it. She’s not
the first celebrity to share her opposition to it, either. She’s probably the bluntest
about her opinion though. Find out which other celebrities are also opposed to plastic
surgery.
Kristen Stewart
Photo source: blogs.indiewire.com
Kristen Stewart let her strong opinion against plastic
surgery be known in an interview with Harper’s
Bazaar. When asked if she would consider getting work done she said: “No,
never. Never. I am so freaked out by the idea of doing anything. And maybe that’s
completely arrogant but I don’t want to change anything about myself. I think
the women who do are losing their minds. It’s vandalism.”
Julianne Moore
Photo source: nme.com
When asked in an interview with Allure magazine, Julianne
said she isn’t a fan of cosmetic surgery.
“I don’t believe it makes people look better. I think it
just makes them look like they had something done to their face, and I don’t
think we find that instinctually appealing,” she said. Julianne’s been asked about
the topic many times over the years. She’s also said that “with few exceptions,
people always look like they've had plastic surgery. They don’t look any
younger. Age is about lifespan, about the journey we take.”
Jennifer
Aniston
Photo source: blogcdn.com
Jennifer Aniston had
rhinoplasty in the 90s to correct a deviated septum—she says she hasn't done any
other surgical work though. Jennifer says she has to stop herself from begging
her friends to quit visiting their plastic surgeons.
'I am grateful to learn from their mistakes,
because I am not injecting s— into my face. I see them and my heart breaks. I
think, ‘Oh God, if you only know how much older you look.’ They are trying to
stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won’t let
themselves just age. I also have a fiancé who will put a gun to my head if I
touch my face in any way.'
Julia
Roberts
Photo source: knote.com
In Elle Magazine, Julia Roberts talked about women’s
fears of ageing and looking older. 'It's unfortunate that we live in such a
panicked, dysmorphic society where women don't even give themselves a chance to
see what they'll look like as older persons. I want to have some idea of what
I'll look like before I start cleaning the slates. I want my kids to know when
I'm pissed, when I'm happy and when I'm confounded. Your face tells a story...
and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.'
What’s your take
on plastic surgery? How do feel about people who choose to change their looks
surgically or non-surgically?
If you’ve been keeping up with celebrity news, then you’ve
definitely heard about Bruce Jenner’s confirmation that he’s transitioning to life as a
woman. Coming out and talking about his personal life is a huge deal,
especially considering that trans issues and voices are often under-addressed
in the media and public sphere. Jenner’s candidness has put the common
struggles transgender people face on a daily basis in the spotlight—it also draws
attention to what the process of transitioning and plastic surgery can look like
for some transgender people.
The Process of Transitioning
In order to be eligible for gender reassignment surgery, a
person has to first be diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder (GID) by a
mental health professional. After diagnosis, the person can begin hormone
therapy. Biological females transitioning to male are given androgens. Biological
males transitioning to female take estrogen, progesterone and testosterone-blocking
agents. These hormones can be taken orally, by injections or through a patch.
The individual must live their life as their preferred
gender for a period of time. This is called the Real-Life Experience. One of
the purposes of the RLE is to confirm that the person wants to live the rest of
their life as their preferred gender.
After one year of hormone therapy, Real-Life Experience and
two letters of recommendation from health professionals, the individual is
eligible for genital surgery. Not everyone decides to have surgery though; some
people are content with the results they get from hormone therapy. For those
who do want to pursue surgery, they can have procedures like liposuction,
rhinoplasty or vocal cord surgery as part of their transition.
Source: Jezebel.com. A photograph of Bruce Jenner
During Jenner’s widely watched interview with Diane Sawyer, he
said he plans to get cosmetic surgery to his face and breasts. He also said
that he had been taking hormones for a year and a half. Wondering what other plastic
surgery procedures transwomen can do? Below are just some of them.
Liposuction
Liposuction can help define areas such as the waist and
abdomen. The targeted fat is removed to create a slimmer and more refined
hourglass appearance. Non-surgical and surgical liposuction techniques are
available.
Rhinoplasty
Cosmetic concerns like bumps, bulbous tips or crooked noses
can be addressed through a nose job—this procedure can enhance a person’s
overall appearance and facial features. Depending on the case, certain
characteristics of the nose can be changed to look more feminine by narrowing
the nasal bones and nostrils.
Hair transplants
Hairlines can be moved forward or have a rounded shape
through a hair transplantation. If there are areas of thin hair, a hair
transplant can be performed to add more density.
Cheek implants
Females tend to have fuller cheeks than males. To achieve
this look, cheek implants can be inserted. Fat grafting is another way to
enhance cheeks. Fat grafting involves removing fat from an area of the body
which is then transferred to the cheeks.
Lip fillers
Fuller, pouty lips are typically considered feminine and attractive.
Soft tissue fillers such as Juvederm or Restylane are injected to plump up
lips. Fat grafting to the lips is another method of lip enhancement.
We’re glad to hear that Bruce says he’s never been as happy
as he is now. It took a lot of courage to be open about his life, especially in
front of millions of people and his family. Hopefully Bruce’s story will
continue to encourage more conversation about transgender people and issues. Not
everyone will support Bruce, but his honesty and voice at the very least puts
these issues on the table to get people thinking. Sometimes just talking about
issues is what’s needed to start change.
We’ve all got our vices. Maybe you like to unwind after work
with a glass of wine or a pint of cold, crisp beer. Or you sneak in a cigarette
here and there (there’s no judgment here at all!) But if you’re fresh out of a plastic
surgery procedure like a rhinoplasty or tummy tuck, you’re going to have to cut
out these habits for at least a few weeks. That’s because these habits can
prolong your recovery and increase your chances of complications which is
something you and your plastic surgeon don’t want.
It might be tempting to cave in and enjoy a drink after surgery, but you'll have to wait a few weeks.
Drinking
After a successful procedure, perhaps you want to celebrate
with a glass of bubbly but unfortunately, you really shouldn’t. Drinking
alcohol is known to cause problems when you’re recovering after a procedure.
First off, you’ll be dehydrated after surgery. Alcohol is known to cause
dehydration, and if you drink, you’ll just lose more fluid from organs that
need it.
Drinking alcohol also increases your risks of swelling because
your blood vessels widen. If your cheeks or nose tend to get red and flushed
after drinking—and you just had rhinoplasty—you could be susceptible to swelling
if you drink after your operation. You might be seeking a buzz or craving to
let loose, but drinking after rhinoplasty will only cause pain and prolong your
recovery time.
So when can you drink again? That all depends on what
procedure you had, your medical history and what your plastic surgeon recommends.
Plastic surgeons often tell their patients to stop smoking several weeks before and after surgery.
Smoking
Many plastic surgeons will tell their patients to quit
smoking at least a month before and after certain procedures. These common but
complex procedures where surgeons would tell you to stop smoking beforehand
include: breast lifts, breast reductions, tummy tucks and facelifts. This is
because skin and tissue is moved around, thus changing the blood supply of the
tissues. When performing these procedures, surgeons have to ensure there’s enough
blood flow through blood vessels—cigarette smoke negatively affects blood flow.
The nicotine in cigarettes causes blood vessels to
constrict, which affects your blood flow. Nicotine can also cause blood clots
which all factors into a decrease of blood supply to tissues, poorly healed
wounds and serious complications.
Smoking before your surgery has many known side effects like
dealing with a longer recovery time and worsened scars.
Avoid vigorous exercising like running and heavy weight lifting after surgery.
Exercising
You probably didn’t expect to see this habit after reading
the first two. Even a “good” habit could be a hindrance to your procedure results
and recovery period. You might be anxious to start hitting the gym, but that
will have to wait for a few weeks. Intense exercise soon after surgery can
cause serious complications like swelling, inflammation, infection or
post-operative scarring.
Depending on the procedure you had, most plastic surgeons
will recommend that patients wait at least six weeks before getting back into
their regular exercise routines. You don’t have to quit exercising altogether
though; light exercise such as short walks during the day is fine. Over the
weeks, you can ease into your regular routine and increase the intensity of
your workouts once you’ve hit the sixth week after surgery.
It might be hard to resist that drink or cigarette when
there are different parties and occasions happening, but it’s just not worth
risking your health or results.
What do you do to fix a failing relationship? You know when
you start fighting more often—even about the littlest things—and when you’re
just not happy with your partner anymore, there’s something wrong. So do you
start wearing sexy lingerie? Take a vacation? Break the usual routines and go
out for actual dates that don’t involve watching TV and eating on the couch?
Why You Shouldn’t Get
Plastic Surgery
Some people would go as far as getting plastic surgery to
improve their looks to make their partners happier. Yes, getting plastic surgery is incredibly common now but it’s still a decision that should be
carefully considered. Getting a rhinoplasty or breast augmentation to look more
attractive to please your partner shouldn’t be the main reason of surgery.
Plastic surgeons do see people who come and request for
procedures because their partner said they should get some work done. In these
situations, plastic surgeons aren’t just doctors; they’re like therapists who
listen to this person’s situation and thoughts. Surgeons usually say patients
should be doing procedures for themselves and not for others. If a surgeon
feels the client is seeking surgery for reasons like repairing a relationship
or winning back an ex-lover, they can refuse to perform procedures on them.
Women Seek Surgery on
Their Own
Of course, not everyone gets a little cosmetic work done to
please their partners. Dr. Mulholland, a plastic surgeon from Toronto, has had many
female patients in their 40s and 50s come in for treatments for themselves. “These
women aren’t looking to be on the cover of magazines or to support a failing
marriage. They want to look and feel their best, and they do so with the help
of these relatively safe procedures and dieting. They have to go into it with
realistic expectations and full disclosure of information,” he says.
A Quarter of Men Want
Their Partners to Get Surgery
Lots of women will get some work done out of their own
choices and desires to improve their looks. But what happens when your partner thinks
that you should get plastic surgery? In this survey,
24% of British men admitted they wanted their partners to have cosmetic surgery
to improve their looks.
The top 5 treatments men said they wanted their partner to
have included:
24% of surveyed British men said they wanted their partners to get plastic surgery to improve their looks. Rhinoplasty was the 4th most popular choice.
Only 10% of these men said they would actually tell their
partners. You would think the main reason men wouldn’t admit their opinions are
to avoid hurting their partners’ feelings, but that’s not the case. The main
reason 76% of the men wouldn’t say anything is because “they don’t think their
looks could be improved” even after surgery.
Do It for Yourself
We think these results are quite revealing. It wouldn’t be
true to say a romantic partner’s opinions of your looks don’t matter at all.
But someone else’s desires to change your appearance for their own needs
shouldn’t be your main reason to seek surgery. Changing something on your body
or face should stem from your personal choices to feel more confident and happy
overall. Afterall, there’s risk, recovery time and it can be expensive if you
haven’t budgeted for plastic surgery.
We’d hate to sound cynical, but here it is. You don’t want
to breakup with your partner but still live with a nose or super large implants
that you didn’t want in the first place. You are the one who will live with and
see yourself everyday—make sure it’s your decision and not somebody’s else’s.
Like with any other plastic surgery procedure, you should be
well-prepared and know what to expect in your rhinoplasty
procedure. It can be very overwhelming deciding who to see what you should
know with such a big decision. We wanted to make this process a little
simpler—here are a few recommendations to help you decide on which plastic
surgeon to choose for your surgery.
1.Research several plastic
surgeons
It’s always a good idea to
research a few plastic surgeons that perform rhinoplasty
in your area. This way you’re not limiting yourself to one surgeon. Plastic
surgeons will all have a different level of experience and approaches to
rhinoplasty.
Speaking to different
surgeons allows you to understand a few things. You’ll know what to expect in
your procedure and how your surgeon will approach your surgery. You’ll also see
if they understand what your needs are and if you feel comfortable with them.
There are cases where people rush into their procedures without doing much
research. It often ends with regret and trips to other surgeons for revision
surgery.
2.Ask a lot of questions
before committing to surgery
When speaking to surgeons, ask them how often they perform rhinoplasty yearly.
Ask them how long they’ve been performing nose
jobs. Don’t be afraid to ask “tougher” questions either. Ask if they’ve
experienced any complications and what they did to resolve them.
3.Look at before and after
photos
It’d be strange if a surgeon didn’t have a website
or photos to show their work on previous patients. Make sure to go through the
surgeon’s galleries of before
and after rhinoplasty photos. This will give you a clearer, visual idea of
what kind of results they’re capable of. If possible, you can reach out to the
surgeon’s past rhinoplasty patients and ask them about their experiences.
4.Read online reviews
Several online communities and rating websites can
show you what other patients are saying about plastic surgeons and their work.
Some of these websites include RateMD,
RealSelf
and Yelp.
Of course, there’s always a chance that the review is biased, exaggerated or
fabricated. In general, you can still get a sense of what to expect after
reading everyone’s opinions about the surgeon, their experience and their professionalism.
5. Get 3D imaging of your
nose before the procedure
If you want to see what your nose can look like
after surgery, get your photos taken with the Vectra
3D imaging system. This computer imaging system takes pictures of your nose
and face at different angles. This way, there won’t be any surprises. Seek a
plastic surgeon that has this technology and can perform it during your
consultation.
You’ll be more confident and prepared after
doing extensive research. Having rhinoplasty is a major decision, so don’t be
afraid to take your time during this process.
Plastic surgery is already a controversial issue for some
people. But, what do you think about teenagers getting cosmetic work done? It’s
happening, and the numbers are increasing. In 2013, the total cosmetic
procedures performed on teens from 13-19
years old were 219,564 according
to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Large portions of the cosmetic procedures were ear surgery
and breast reduction in males. Other notable procedures were breast augmentation and eyelid surgery. As for minimally invasive procedures, popular
treatments were Botox injections and laser hair removal.
Why Teens Want
Plastic Surgery
Teens are deciding on plastic surgery based on their desire
to “look normal”. Issues like bullying and low self-esteem influences young
people to consider cosmetic procedures to fit in with their peers. Some teens
also feel the need to conform to what is perceived as attractive by the media
and in most cases these days, social media. In our world of image filters and
extreme Photoshop editing of pictures, it’s easy to see why teens compare
themselves to pictures of people who look so flawless with their wrinkles,
curves, blemishes and whatever imperfections edited.
Ears that stick out too far, crooked features or breasts
that are too small are all concerns of teenagers. In fact, ear surgery is
performed on children as young as five years old. The Ontario medicare system
covers the surgery for people under the age of 18. Parents initiate these
procedures for their kids at young ages so the kids don’t have to endure
teasing. As for teens that have surgeries before heading to university, it’s a
perfect time to “start fresh” with a new look in a different environment. Considering that teens need parental consent for plastic surgery, their parents
have to approve of this drastic decision before it happens.
Parents Would Allow
Their Teens to Have Plastic Surgery
Many people say they would approve their kids having plastic
surgery. RealSelf, a large online community for sharing and learning about
cosmetic surgeries and treatments, conducted a survey of more than 650 people.
The poll asked if they would allow their child to undergo a procedure to
decrease or prevent bullying. The results showed that 68% of those surveyed
said yes, while 32% said no.
Still, when it comes to teens and plastic surgery, plastic
surgeons are on the fence with this topic. “Performing cosmetic procedures in
teenagers is something I try to avoid. I find it is difficult to come to terms
with a confident sense of self during teenage years without complicating it
with cosmetic plastic surgery, either surgical or non-surgical,” says Dr.
Mulholland, a Toronto plastic surgeon.
Going about this subject is really tricky when teens are
still mentally and physically developing. It’s incredibly common, and perhaps
expected, that teens would feel insecure about certain aspects of themselves.
It’s a phase that can pass, and that’s why some doctors would rather not
perform surgery until the patient is older and has a better sense of self. But
the reality is that although one doctor could refuse to perform surgery on
teens, it’s not difficult to move on and find a doctor who will.
