For and against essay: SHOULD PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE COSMETICS SURGERY BEFORE THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN?

Between the years of 2000 thought 2008 cosmetic surgery has become one of the latest trends all around the world, nowadays cosmetics surgeries are so common in teenagers, some men are having this but it’s not that popular than it is in women. Actually there are a variety of cosmetics surgeries from bosom’s surgery to face’s reconstruction surgery. Some people have them just because vain, look better, participate in a beauty’s reign, but others have them not just for vain, instead because they must, maybe because they have an illness, problems in their faces, bodies, etc. It is certainly true that the press now has glorified the profession of being a model, consequently over the last few years, many young girls dream of becoming professional models even just like boys want to be soccer players.

One point in favour of having an early cosmetic surgery is that it can help young people feel and develop better when they have a terrible complex about certain parts of their body or they have suffered an accident. Another reason that people choose to have cosmetic surgery is that they feel that they are not in proportion with their body. Some women for example feel like their breasts are not in proportion with their bodies either too small or too big. Some men and women feel that their nose is too big, ears stick out too much, lips are too small and the list goes on. Feeling that one or more parts of your body is not quite right can be very uncomfortable and this is why many people have cosmetic surgery in order to feel right within themselves.

A point against having a cosmetic surgery before the age of eighteen it’s basically that a teenager's body is still undergoing development, and for any teenager to decide that something is not correct, even if it has not finished its growing, maybe an incorrect way to do things. Too many teenagers have chosen cosmetic surgery and in most cases like anything else associated with teenage life it comes down to socialized patterns. A teen who has plastic surgery done to look like a movie star, is only doing it in order to fit into a crowd that they would not have fit into to begin with. This may also lead to further emotional scars as that teenager grows older and wonders if the operation was a good choice. Teenagers are obsessed with how they look and how others perceive them. No matter how much they change, they will never be perfect in their own mind's eye. So what it really comes down to is that teenagers just may not be emotionally able to decide appropriately as to whether or not a procedure should take place. Also, deaths in cosmetic surgery have reached an all time high; for instance, complications in liposuction have recently taken the lives of different women around the world.

Cosmetic surgery has come a long way in this society and it has become a part of the American lifestyle. If it continues, not only will the deaths of innocent patients increase but also the money problems, infections and need for the surgeries. From my point of view, people shouldn’t be allowed to have cosmetic surgery before the age of eighteen, firstly at this age people are not mature enough to know what they really want to be and which the surgery consequences could be. Secondly aesthetics standards are created by fashion industry, for this reason, tens of girls die every year from anorexia or related causes. On the other hand pretending to be physically perfect according to fashionable standards, is really a goal for making people unhappy.

On the other hand, in my opinion cosmetic surgery on people underage who have an illness or have something wrong on their body should be allowed, should be a way to help people live or feel better, nevertheless it shouldn’t be a way to provide physical changes according to fashionable standards.

In conclusion people must take a decision about having cosmetic surgery after being eighteen. Getting a phycological balance and a mature personality are really more important things.