From the same student, this story on HuffPost about a 7-year-old girl who underwent cosmetic surgery to prevent being bullied about her ears. The story indicates that the child hadn't been bullied by other kids, but that adults had made inappropriate comments in front of her.
This story is similar those told on Extreme Makeover when that show was still on. The culture obviously has embraced a postfeminist perspective on cosmetic surgery, but does this go too far? Will the trend reverse itself?
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In this type of situation I believe that a post feminist approach is the best to take. If I had a child that was being bullied because of something on their bodies such as there ears I would let my child do the same thing. I don't believe that this is taking it to far because most likely that child is afraid to go to school because of her ears and if this is the best to help cure that then I believe that plastic surgery is a good thing.
I think that society has push plastic surgery a little too far. Especially for a child, first of all its very expensive which I think ludicrous. But in the defense, kids are crazy these days and I agree with logan in the sense that she probably is scared to go to school. As for the trend reversing itself, I think it will just remain the same. Even possibly that in years to come we will see an increase in plastic surgery for children, just because the demand for idealism is going to stay on the uprise.
As it turns out, the doctor who performed the surgery also pointed out that this victim of bullying needed a rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), in this case a reduction) and a mentoplasty (reshaping of the chin to make it more or less prominent) as well, ostensibly because these two features would look “bigger” once the size of her ears were reduced. The ethics of performing certain facial surgery on teens concerns me, because as a teenager one’s face has not fully matured. For instance, the jaw bone is the last bone to mature in the face. I will generally only perform cosmetic surgery on the ears and the nose for a teenager under the age of 18, and only after a thorough consultation with the teen and his or her parents. I believe that informed and thoughtful guidelines must be observed during a consultation.
Dr. Branman at The Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center
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