Comments on: More on Teens and Plastic Surgery http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: bethtaylor http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2422 bethtaylor Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:55:12 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2422 A woman on my forum just posted about a class that was being offered in her church. It was to reinforce self esteem in young girls. The kids were cutting out pictures of models in magazines and they were being told that all those photo's were airbrushed and these models really don't look like that. Their bodies have been altered through surgery in most cases and that this is just not what the average woman looks like. I thought this is a good start and what our kids need and should be something that is regularly taught in all schools. I'm almost ashamed to tell you how old I was when I found out that all these pictures of models are air brushed! When young woman or adults looks at these pictures, they often want to look just like that person and in turn have cosmetic surgery in hopes of achieving it. I've also seen some celebrities that have had too much PS and look like freaks. Some of these people just go overboard with all of this! A woman on my forum just posted about a class that was being offered in her church. It was to reinforce self esteem in young girls. The kids were cutting out pictures of models in magazines and they were being told that all those photo’s were airbrushed and these models really don’t look like that. Their bodies have been altered through surgery in most cases and that this is just not what the average woman looks like.

I thought this is a good start and what our kids need and should be something that is regularly taught in all schools. I’m almost ashamed to tell you how old I was when I found out that all these pictures of models are air brushed!

When young woman or adults looks at these pictures, they often want to look just like that person and in turn have cosmetic surgery in hopes of achieving it.

I’ve also seen some celebrities that have had too much PS and look like freaks. Some of these people just go overboard with all of this!

]]> By: Dennis http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2415 Dennis Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:40:06 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2415 a) doesnt anyone realize or 'admit' that after gastric surgery you have to eat the way youshouldve been eating all along!!?? a few small meals throughout the day to keep everything 'even' and healthy. Not fast food for lunch and frozen, telephone or restaurant food for dinner? And who wants to talk about snacks? And many gain it back as their will power drains.... b) kids with plastic surgery should only exist from accidents, physical deformitites from birth and MAYBE certain odd looks in nose or ear size shape etc.. But boobs? botox!!?? How sexual we have made our children.. I know theyre developing earlier and seeing way too much everywhere, but we arent updating our parent/child relationships and talks to address parts and their proper usage. c) 4 yrs makes a difference in implant choice? is that because the hidden meaning is maybe you'll know how bad they are when you get a little older/informed? a) doesnt anyone realize or ‘admit’ that after gastric surgery you have to eat the way youshouldve been eating all along!!?? a few small meals throughout the day to keep everything ‘even’ and healthy. Not fast food for lunch and frozen, telephone or restaurant food for dinner? And who wants to talk about snacks? And many gain it back as their will power drains….
b) kids with plastic surgery should only exist from accidents, physical deformitites from birth and MAYBE certain odd looks in nose or ear size shape etc.. But boobs? botox!!?? How sexual we have made our children.. I know theyre developing earlier and seeing way too much everywhere, but we arent updating our parent/child relationships and talks to address parts and their proper usage.
c) 4 yrs makes a difference in implant choice? is that because the hidden meaning is maybe you’ll know how bad they are when you get a little older/informed?

]]> By: kerry silicone2000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2385 kerry silicone2000 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:49:54 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2385 just a point to ponder, my self esteem is much lower after surviving breast implants.as an adult how i aged not so gracefully.i look into the mirror with a face with wrinkles, from the stress of fighting from breast implants and all the prednisone,and other pills and tears... i know two young females that want botox..18 and 20. the 20 year old mother wanted implants, of course i ralked her out of it!thank god!and she wants botox around her eyes...20!WOW. the 18 year old, in college, high honers,and does have slight wrinkles in her forhead....but botox,so early in life to get needles in your face.this girl has a great self esteem,one of those one in a few thousand kids, very popular and outgoing, loving life.at 16 i heard her say she wanted breast implants.16! a large b if not a c. perfect shaped.(relative)another one i talked out of it. but its such a big wide world out there, how any 16 18 and 20 year olds think this way???i guess alot!the 20 year old mom looks 20, and wants liposuction on her flat stomache, i said do some ab work outs, your baby is just 8 months old.its very very sad... i understand also if you are in the appropriate hospital, not some back door clinic, a hospital, and you and your parents go talk about getting your overly super large nose fixed, in the same sentence i dont agree. cosmetic surgery carries alot of risk.thats a hard one. i agree that its diet and excersise and it starts at home. getting your child involved in sports, comunity activities,and a healthy life style. today to any parents strive to achieve, its a rat race out there, never to slow down and cook a meal and all to eat together at the dinning room table,instead of a can of this or a frozen that,let alone in front of a tv or their xbox. the gastro bypass , is should be considered if the persons health is failing from the excess weight, or they have a disorder. the 18 or 22 does not make any sense! god bless just a point to ponder, my self esteem is much lower after surviving breast implants.as an adult how i aged not so gracefully.i look into the mirror with a face with wrinkles, from the stress of fighting from breast implants and all the prednisone,and other pills and tears…
i know two young females that want botox..18 and 20. the 20 year old mother wanted implants, of course i ralked her out of it!thank god!and she wants botox around her eyes…20!WOW. the 18 year old, in college, high honers,and does have slight wrinkles in her forhead….but botox,so early in life to get needles in your face.this girl has a great self esteem,one of those one in a few thousand kids, very popular and outgoing, loving life.at 16 i heard her say she wanted breast implants.16! a large b if not a c. perfect shaped.(relative)another one i talked out of it. but its such a big wide world out there, how any 16 18 and 20 year olds think this way???i guess alot!the 20 year old mom looks 20, and wants liposuction on her flat stomache, i said do some ab work outs, your baby is just 8 months old.its very very sad…
i understand also if you are in the appropriate hospital, not some back door clinic, a hospital, and you and your parents go talk about getting your overly super large nose fixed, in the same sentence i dont agree. cosmetic surgery carries alot of risk.thats a hard one.
i agree that its diet and excersise and it starts at home. getting your child involved in sports, comunity activities,and a healthy life style. today to any parents strive to achieve, its a rat race out there, never to slow down and cook a meal and all to eat together at the dinning room table,instead of a can of this or a frozen that,let alone in front of a tv or their xbox.
the gastro bypass , is should be considered if the persons health is failing from the excess weight, or they have a disorder.
the 18 or 22 does not make any sense!
god bless

]]> By: bethtaylor http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2379 bethtaylor Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:06:21 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2379 Good point Gloria but it also sends a message that saline implants are safe and silicone gel isn't as safe. Now I'm not saying that but those restrictions are more or less implying just that. My point is that I read too much about how safe saline implants are and this restriction, in my opinion just reinforces that. I believe they are equally dangerous. Good point Gloria but it also sends a message that saline implants are safe and silicone gel isn’t as safe. Now I’m not saying that but those restrictions are more or less implying just that.

My point is that I read too much about how safe saline implants are and this restriction, in my opinion just reinforces that.

I believe they are equally dangerous.

]]> By: Gloria http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2378 Gloria Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:28:25 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2378 Beth, that age limit may be arbitrary, but I think goes a long way in preventing more teens from getting implants. When asking "Why is there an age-limit," it forces girls and parents to take a closer look at the issue. Beth, that age limit may be arbitrary, but I think goes a long way in preventing more teens from getting implants. When asking “Why is there an age-limit,” it forces girls and parents to take a closer look at the issue.

]]> By: Krista http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2375 Krista Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:03 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2375 I was going to say the exact same things as Dennis did. I completely agree!!!! These days, everything is quick fix. Instead of Mom's going back to the gym and starting a healthy eating diet after having children, more and more are turning to the knife as a means of fixing what they don't like. A boob job here, lipo here, some even going so far as the gastric bypass procedure. Now, don't get me wrong, I realize that sometimes people are "too far gone," or have major health problems that inhibit them from exercising, so the gastric bypass is their only option. But, FAR TOO MANY people are turning to this procedure as a "quick fix." I've watched some of the make-over shows, where now TEENS are getting the gastric bypass. In my opinion, if Mom and Dad would have taught them the importance of eating healthy and exercising, they wouldn't need the surgery. I also think it is unnecessary for teens to get the gastric bypass, we are giving them the easy way out instead of teaching them the good habits and them having to work hard to lose the weight. What are we, as the adults teaching our children....that you don't have to work hard, and that there is an easy way out? For me, it is more important to teach my children the importance of working hard (exercising and eating right as a means of gaining self-esteem,) not throwing money at a problem and giving them the easy way out....what does THAT teach them? I was going to say the exact same things as Dennis did. I completely agree!!!! These days, everything is quick fix. Instead of Mom’s going back to the gym and starting a healthy eating diet after having children, more and more are turning to the knife as a means of fixing what they don’t like. A boob job here, lipo here, some even going so far as the gastric bypass procedure. Now, don’t get me wrong, I realize that sometimes people are “too far gone,” or have major health problems that inhibit them from exercising, so the gastric bypass is their only option. But, FAR TOO MANY people are turning to this procedure as a “quick fix.”
I’ve watched some of the make-over shows, where now TEENS are getting the gastric bypass. In my opinion, if Mom and Dad would have taught them the importance of eating healthy and exercising, they wouldn’t need the surgery. I also think it is unnecessary for teens to get the gastric bypass, we are giving them the easy way out instead of teaching them the good habits and them having to work hard to lose the weight.
What are we, as the adults teaching our children….that you don’t have to work hard, and that there is an easy way out? For me, it is more important to teach my children the importance of working hard (exercising and eating right as a means of gaining self-esteem,) not throwing money at a problem and giving them the easy way out….what does THAT teach them?

]]> By: Dennis http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2358 Dennis Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:27:57 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/02/more-on-teens-and-plastic-surgery/391#comment-2358 If you look around at yor neighbors, friends, co-workers or anyone you can have a peek at their home lives this is what you'll see too much: SHORTCUTS. Too many kids are being fed from a telephone, a drive thru or a microwave. They are getting some of their book reports from the internet. They get cheat codes for their videogames. So now its easier to get a physical tune-up from a doc and actually pick the part from a catalog of noses, cheeks, ears, boobs etc.. Do exercise? Eat better? Are you kidding!!?? Where would they get ideas like that? From parents who are worried about what they look like and what people 'see' of them? Moms in inapproriate clothing? Dad flirting or getting caught with someone else (the new younger model). And of course we all now see why its called the boob tube... If you look around at yor neighbors, friends, co-workers or anyone you can have a peek at their home lives this is what you’ll see too much: SHORTCUTS. Too many kids are being fed from a telephone, a drive thru or a microwave. They are getting some of their book reports from the internet. They get cheat codes for their videogames. So now its easier to get a physical tune-up from a doc and actually pick the part from a catalog of noses, cheeks, ears, boobs etc.. Do exercise? Eat better? Are you kidding!!?? Where would they get ideas like that? From parents who are worried about what they look like and what people ’see’ of them? Moms in inapproriate clothing? Dad flirting or getting caught with someone else (the new younger model). And of course we all now see why its called the boob tube…

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