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I think there are a few factors at play. Clearly society is more accepting of teens getting cosmetic surgery, but that is only the first part. Surgeries are becoming easier and cheaper to do. I know of some plastic surgeons who even let you pay a monthly fee instead of everything at once (I can’t believe someone gets breast implants and then pays $100 a month for like 24 months or whatever it is). So I think yes, our culture has influenced it because we have become more accepting but the procedures are so routine and can be done for less money so it enables many people to have access to plastic surgery that wouldn’t have had access say 15 years ago.
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How has our culture impacted the number of teen cosmetic surgeries?
Posted at July 4th, 2009 by admin
I think there are a few factors at play. Clearly society is more accepting of teens getting cosmetic surgery, but that is only the first part. Surgeries are becoming easier and cheaper to do. I know of some plastic surgeons who even let you pay a monthly fee instead of everything at once (I can’t believe someone gets breast implants and then pays $100 a month for like 24 months or whatever it is). So I think yes, our culture has influenced it because we have become more accepting but the procedures are so routine and can be done for less money so it enables many people to have access to plastic surgery that wouldn’t have had access say 15 years ago.
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Do you mean culture in the US? That is where I am, so that will influence this answer.
The above answerer has a good idea of some factors. In addition, I think it has something to do with this generation of young people, which I think gets called "generation ME" sometimes. There are a million different ways this gets expressed, be it an instant gratification type thing (I want it NOW, not next year, not ten years from now) and a sense that they are entitled to such things–an idea of ‘my decision has been made, you have no right to stop me, why shouldn’t i have this?’.
[side note, interestingly, this incredibly individualistic reasoning is leading to more and more people going under the knife to look more like the same certain beauty ideal]
So, there’s my 2 cents. Teenagers have a sense of entitlement and often parents who can finance their whims and can’t say "i forbid it" or "wait until your older".
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