Pros And Cons Of Cosmetic Surgery
Although cosmetic surgery may seem like a good decision for a young teen seeking confidence, teens do not make the necessary educated decision for their surgery. Teens are very indecisive and change their ideas of what they want very quickly, day to day, or even hour to hour. (Ulene, par.8) Teens do not take the time to find out what they are dealing with and may walk in to the situation with an ignorant mindset. There should be extensive research as well as consultations with a surgeon before committing to undergo surgery. Most teens consider surgery without understanding what actually goes with it. They tend to overlook the cons of the situation or even ignore it because of the obsession of the idea. Surgery is a very serious issue and should
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Some of the complications that may occur after surgery is scarring. Scarring after a surgery procedure may affect ones decision to go through with the surgery. If a teen already feels uncomfortable with the natural look of her body, after scarring that will not change or worst case scenario, she may feel worse about her body and feel like she has to cover it up to camouflage it. Another con to surgery is obsession. After the satisfaction of having a successful surgery, a teen may feel like she must continue on with surgeries to begin a process of changing, altering or fixing any minor flaws in order to gain full satisfaction. Having multiple surgeries increases the risk or serious complications. It is possible to for someone to undergo too much surgery where they will eventually experience long term effects. In some cases, depending on the surgery being done, there are various complications for each procedure. For example, when it comes to surgeries like breast augmentations, most women have at least one serious complication within the first three years with complications including infection, painful hardening of the breast , scarring, loss of nipple sensation, etc. (Zuckerman, par.4) Death is one of the most severe outcomes of plastic surgery. It can be due to actual complications from the procedure or from the patient committing suicide. According to Randy and Lori Sansone, “In the past seven
Some of the complications that may occur after surgery is scarring. Scarring after a surgery procedure may affect ones decision to go through with the surgery. If a teen already feels uncomfortable with the natural look of her body, after scarring that will not change or worst case scenario, she may feel worse about her body and feel like she has to cover it up to camouflage it. Another con to surgery is obsession. After the satisfaction of having a successful surgery, a teen may feel like she must continue on with surgeries to begin a process of changing, altering or fixing any minor flaws in order to gain full satisfaction. Having multiple surgeries increases the risk or serious complications. It is possible to for someone to undergo too much surgery where they will eventually experience long term effects. In some cases, depending on the surgery being done, there are various complications for each procedure. For example, when it comes to surgeries like breast augmentations, most women have at least one serious complication within the first three years with complications including infection, painful hardening of the breast , scarring, loss of nipple sensation, etc. (Zuckerman, par.4) Death is one of the most severe outcomes of plastic surgery. It can be due to actual complications from the procedure or from the patient committing suicide. According to Randy and Lori Sansone, “In the past seven