Cosmetic breast surgery for girls – is it right?
There have been several reports in the media in recent weeks regarding breast surgery in female teenagers. Some of these reports have described deep unhappiness and dissatisfaction amongst some young women who had undergone such surgery. It is clear that they had requested the surgery in the first place but their subsequent reaction raises serious questions about the appropriateness of such surgery and their state of preparedness for that surgery. Teenagers are generally concerned about their physical appearance. This subjective view of themselves is intimately connected with their sense of self-esteem and confidence, particularly when it comes to relationships with the opposite sex. Teenagers have a different perspective to adults on body image. Adolescent fears For example, a parent may notice a small pimple on their adolescent daughter s nose and disregard it without comment, but to that same young person the pimple on the nose is a total disaster and makes them very unhappy. Imagin
