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Before I start, let’s watch a video on teen cosmetic surgery.

Shocking? Yes, this is what is happening to teenagers these days. In order to get the seemingly “perfect” bodies that they dream of, more and more teens are turning to cosmetic surgery (a.k.a plastic surgery). Even girls as young as 16 or 14.

But why, you may ask. To these girls, cosmetic surgery  is heaven-sent. They take it as a way to end all the misery that they have been going through, be it name-calling in school or low self-esteem. Like in the video, many girls are getting bullied in school, just because their bodies are not “perfect”, or they are not pretty enough. All these name-calling greatly affects the girls’ emotional well-being and how they view themselves. A girl who once thought that she was beautiful, might start resenting looking at herself in front of the mirror just because other people think that she is “fat“, “ugly” or have “small boobs“.

But not all teenagers turn to cosmetic surgery because of bullying. Teenagers face a lot of stress as they juggle school, peer pressure, and family while trying to  find their independence all at the same time.  And in the midst of it all, they may not like all the changes they see in their bodies and can become increasingly self-conscious about their bodies or certain facial features. And because of these, many teenagers opt for cosmetic surgery, hoping that it will be able to change how they look like, and that they would feel more comfortable after  modifying the undesirable body part(s).

Believe it or not, according to statistics, the average number of cosmetic surgery done on teenage girls is 11,000 per year! (watch the clip)

After watching that clip, I can’t help but agree that the media does play a major role on how teenagers view themselves. Look at Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba. Which girl wouldn’t kill to have a body/face like theirs?  I mean, seriously! All the TV shows(i.e America’s Next Top Model) we watch, all the magazines we read, even the YouTube videos, contain pretty and flawless people. By being exposed to all these for too long a period of time(which most teens are), teens are wired to think that “if I was that pretty/handsome/sexy/macho, I would be able to make it big like xxx star!”. But no. Because of teenagers starting to think that way, they’ll want to change a certain body part of theirs, and the whole vicious cycle starts again.

You know, I can’t help but question, does undergoing cosmetic surgery solve every single problem? In my opinion, I don’t think so. Having undergone cosmetic surgery might help boost one’s self-esteem but think of it in the long-run. Is it worth getting your body parts improved, just to have  more confidence, and in return, you get called “fake” or “plastic” in your face? Obviously the answer is no.

I myself is not perfect and I know it. I have been called names before and yes, I have contemplated whether I should get cosmetic surgery. But after thinking it through, it is really not worth it to get cosmetic surgery just because you don’t like a particular body part or feature. If you’re fat, why not opt for the natural way of exercising to slim down, rather than go for liposuction? If you’re not happy with your flat/big/skinny nose, why not try to accept you for who you are, what you are? It can’t be that hard as there are friends who have already accepted that. If they can, why can’t you?

A picture to end this off..

Cheers (: