COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY FOR YOUTH

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COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY FOR YOUTH

• Ms. McKinlay

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INTRODUCTION

• Elective surgery
• To improve appearance the pursuit of
  beauty
• Vanity
• Severe defects
• Most common face (nose, chin, ears), breasts,
  fat reduction (liposuction)
• For youth nose, chin, ears, breasts
• Not without risks
• Careful research

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RHINOPLASTY

• Reduce size, remove bump(s), shorten, tilt
• Procedure done inside no scars
• Bones may be altered
• 90 growth
• 13/14 girls, 15/16 boys
• Chin often done at same time
• 6,000.00 Canadian (Van Sun)

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RHINOPLASTY (cont)

• ? BEFORE ? AFTER
• The Asian nose is naturally wide. Just how wide
  the nose should be is a personal choice. Notice
  how the nose was narrowed to fit her face.
• The bones, cartilage, and nostrils widths were
  reduced.
• (Bermant)

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OTOPLASTY

• Protruding or overlarge ears
• Build up or replace
• Pre-school children
• More common in males
• 4,000.00 Canadian (Van Sun)

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FACIAL PROCEDURES

• Botox
• Botulinum toxin
• injected into muscles to paralyze them
• 4 - 12 months
• 375 US
• Chemical Peel
• liquid mixture of alpha-hydroxy acids
• exfoliates and unclog pores
• 600 US per treatment

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FACIAL PROCEDURES (cont)

• Photofacial
• intense pulsed light
• repairs sun damage
• reduces redness, dark spots
• no harm to skin
• Captique Injections for lips
• soft tissue filler
• gives fuller plumper appearance
• lasts 6 mos.

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BREAST SURGERY

• Augmentation mammoplasty
• Gel-filled silicone rubber-bag implant
• Not done before 18
• 2 procedure for Canadian women (Van Sun)
• 6,600.00 7,400.00 Canadian (Van Sun)

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BREAST SURGERY (cont)

• Reduction mammoplasty
• Back/shoulder pain
• Restrict activity
• After development finished
• 5,000.00 Canadian (Van Sun)

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LIPOSUCTION

• Vacuum out fat hips, buttocks, knees, upper
  arms, chin, cheeks, neck, etc.
• Most common areas
• Females ? outer thighs/abdomen
• Males ? flank/love handles
• Serious procedure, painful recovery
• Serious complications
• 1 Canadian procedure men women (Van Sun)
• 3,000.00 - 9,000.00 Canadian (Van Sun)
• Appropriate for youth only very select cases

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IT ISNT JUST WOMEN

• Increasingly popular for men
• Cope with age
• Workforce competition
• Increased sense body image
• Very fashionable in Korea
• Between 1999 2004 Can. male clients doubled
  (Van Sun 2004)
• 2003 14,000 spent 70 million (Van Sun 2004)

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TEEN USE INCREASING

• 2005 170,000 procedures in U.S.
• Acne scars
• Extra hair removal
• Plus nose, face and body shape
• very few studies conducted to examine the risks

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EVALUATING TEENAGERS FOR COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY

• Assess physical maturity
• Explore emotional maturity and expectations
• Check credentials
• Explore risks and recovery times

• From
• Teenagers and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
• (ASAPS)

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SOME STATS CANADA

• Botox Montreal Westmount Cosmetic Surgery
  Clinic
• 2000 no men
• 2004 30 men
• Dr. Peter Adamson, Toronto
• 1/3 clients for plastic surgery consults. men
• (Van Sun 2004)

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SOME STATS U.S.

• ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic
  Surgery)
• 2003 Would consider cosmetic plastic surgery
• 18 24 yr olds 17
• 45 54 yr olds 31
• ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• 2000 60,000 surgical procedures on 18 and
  younger
• 2004 80,000 20 increase (Hainer)
• Public confidence consistently growing

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REALITY SHOWS

• The Swan, Extreme Makeover,
• I Want a Famous Face
• Promote
• unhealthy, unrealistic expectations
• no risks, complications
• easy fix to life problems
• circus environment
• the extreme
• picture thailand.blogs.com/.../michael_jack
  son.jpg

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THE RISKS

• As with any surgery
• Infection
• Bleeding or blood clots
• Reaction to anesthesia
• Scarring
• Disfigurement, paralysis, death
• Carefully choose surgeon

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CONCLUSION

• Risks involved
• May enhance self-esteem
• Positive impact on emotional/physical dev.
• Some procedures inappropriate for adol.

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WORKS CITED

• About face. Know Your World Extra 2 Feb. 2007
  6-7.
• ASAPS. Teenagers and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery.
  Cosmetic Surgery News.
• 2000 -2006. 9 Apr. 2006 lthttp//www.cosmeticsurge
  ry-news.com/
• article2198.htmlgt.
• Bermant, Michael. Bermant Plastic Surgery and
  Cosmetic Surgery. 1996 2006. 4
• Apr. 2006 lthttp//www.plasticsurgery4u.com/index.
  htmlgt.
• Hainer, Michelle. This Teens had Botox! Teen
  People. 31 Dec. 2005. CPI.Q.
• Thomson Gale. Churchill Library, Vancouver, BC.
  4 April 2006
• lthttp//web6.infotrac.galegroup.comgt.
• Herman, Burt. Snips, tucks fashionable for Korean
  men. Vancouver Sun 24 April 2006 C3.
• Shaw, Gillian. Treatments can go wrong.
  Vancouver Sun 3 February 2007 F11.
• Travers, Eileen. Men clamour for facelifts.
  Vancouver Sun 30 August 2004 C4.
• Zuckerman, Diana. Teenagers and Cosmetic
  Surgery. Virtual Monitor March 2005.
  breastplantinfo.org.
• 14 Feb.2007 National Research Centre for Women
  Families. lthttp//www.breastimplantinfo.org/what_k
  now/teencosurgery.htmlgt.