Minors should not have plastic surgery

Exchanging surgery for beauty, exchanging beauty for confidence, this is the common wish of many school students who are in their prime. Since the beginning of this century, the phenomenon of school students undergoing cosmetic surgery has been heating up, especially during the summer and winter vacations is more concentrated. Cosmetic surgery has quietly become a new fashion for students in their prime. Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Associate Professor Xiao Mu Zhang, Department of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: With the popularity of Korean dramas and Korean drama actors and actresses of plastic surgery driven by the domestic youth of plastic surgery and cosmetic wind, is now more common a student plastic surgery time, more than in the junior high school into the summer of the first year of high school, or college entrance exams into the university before these two very common choice of a time period. The characteristics of student plastic surgery show a gradual trend of lower age. So I have come across some very young, requesting plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery of these patients, the youngest for double eyelid surgery is only 14 years old. There are two other changes that have occurred along with the “underage” trend in cosmetic surgery among school children. One is the increasing difficulty of surgery, the type of surgery gradually from “cut double eyelids”, “pad the bridge of the nose”, “make dimples” and other small surgery to “face “, “breast augmentation” and other difficult, high risk surgery transition; another change is the gradual increase in male students cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgery has not only created young girls, but also young boys. Most of them hold the following view: under the same conditions, looks will bring more opportunities for employment and education. In the survey, it was found that although students and parents gave different answers to the question of “why do you choose cosmetic surgery”, the two most common reasons were “to enhance self-confidence” and “the need to find a job”. are the two most common reasons. Prof. Xiao Mu Zhang believes that there are three main reasons for this phenomenon. The first is psychological, because teenagers are constantly maturing and developing. So in their development, they have a kind of self-identification, role identification. They want to imitate. The second aspect is the social influence, social factors, for example, job hunting. In order to get an ideal job, they choose cosmetic surgery to improve their chances of getting a job. The third aspect is the prevalence of the “beauty economy” in the new social environment, the propaganda of a large number of beauty advertisements, and the guidance of the mass media intentionally or unintentionally, all of which inevitably influence the formation of the “plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery craze among school students”. The advertisements play a role in promoting the formation of plastic surgery fever, but in fact, the advertisements used in the ads are as beautiful as poetry, but the reality of plastic surgery it involves a very serious connotation. It is definitely not the case that if you see a good advertisement, you will be able to get a good result 70%, 80% or 90% of the time. It is surgery, there must be risk, plastic surgery is no exception. Hospital outpatient clinic a “surgical risk notification book” constantly coming forward to receive surgery to send out a reminder: careful choice of surgical treatment! For school students in the growth and development period, this caution is particularly important. Professor Xiao also said: the plastic surgery industry generally advocate cosmetic surgery at the age of eighteen or more appropriate, eighteen years old after the craniofacial, chest bone, tissue and organ development are basically more mature, at this time to the surgery is relatively more adaptable. For minors under the age of eighteen, the development is not yet fully mature, its aesthetic has not been stereotyped. Generally, we clinically do not advocate to do this kind of surgery, especially for minors do not advocate breast augmentation, liposuction. Facial liposuction will appear loose skin, cheek subsidence; breast augmentation will affect breast development and breastfeeding. Cosmetic surgery for minors will not only affect future growth and development, but the postoperative results may also deviate from the expected requirements. It is precisely for this reason that cosmetic surgery for students is receiving more attention from society. The many different opinions and voices are the reflection of people’s keen concern. We should be more rational to look at medical cosmetic surgery. Especially for minors under the age of 18, it is best to seek parental consent and go to a major hospital for cosmetic surgery accompanied by their parents.