Teenage Girls New Addiction To Breast Implant Surgery

Teenage Girls New Addiction To Breast Implant Surgery

Unhappy with their breast size and how they look, more and more girls under the age of 18 are undergoing expensive and dangerous breast implant surgery. As reported by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 3,841 young women 18 or younger underwent breast augmentation, a 24 percent jump from 3,095, a 19 percent increase from 2002.
From coast to coast, and especially prevalent in Texas and California, breast implants are fast becoming the most popular new fad among teens looking to improve their looks and become more noticeable to the opposite sex."Breasts are a fashion item," says Dr. Garry Brody, professor of plastic surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. And unfortunately those risks far outweigh the advantages to having larger, fuller breasts, especially at such a young age, when most teen's bodies aren't even fully developed yet.
Most teens don't want sensible advice thrown at them, though, especially if they're flat-chested girls still in the process of developing. Unfortunately at that age, teen girls have the worst self and body image. When they look through magazines and see voluptuous models with large, full breasts on every page, they want to look just like that, the consequences be damned.
And there are always consequences to breast implant surgery, some serious, some not, but one thing is for sure, their bodies will be forever changed. And the saddest thing is that once the surgery is completed, it can't be undone. They're stuck with facing, what for some of these young girls, will end up being a lifetime of regret.
Everything from severe asymmetry to life threatening complications and illness can occur with implant surgery. Other risks include complications from anesthesia, excessive bleeding and infection, to name just a few.