Is Cosmetic Surgery OK For Children?
How Do You Qualify Your Child's Needs? One of the more
complex and challenging issues for a family is the decision to pursue cosmetic
surgery for their child. The child is undeveloped emotionally, has limited life
experience to act as a buffer to the situation, yet is likely surrounded by
adolescent peers who can be brutal, simplistic and cruel in their treatment of
an age-peer. Meanwhile, the child's parents anguish not only at the physical
characteristic that's drawing attention and criticism, but they naturally feel
protective and concerned when the consider that their child is facing social
pressure once they leave home and attend school or outside functions.
Teenager Grappling With Self Image Similar to the adult
profile, some teenagers who exhibit sufficiently strong self-image and
confidence can become good candidates for cosmetic surgery procedures. They'll
respond off their positive base with solid psychological response to the
procedure, provided that they remain strong socially and emotionally. Development
for children is a changing field of variable related to their self-view and
sense of personal esteem. Therefore, cosmetic surgery for an adolescent who is
in a state of developmental flux is significantly different to an adult, who is
relatively static and set in their views of the world. Overall, parents need to
be highly attuned to the maturing process and not impose or force cosmetic
surgery on their child, nor encourage their child to argue for such procedure
with the plastic surgeon.
Advantages Of Early Reconstructive Surgery On the other
hand, reconstructive surgery for cleft lip and palate repair or infant skull
surgery produces generally great and immediate benefits. In many instance the
child is so young - perhaps arguably in a state or pre consciousness - that the
surgery and the resulting changes occur before any serious self-image has even
formed, thus permitting the child to truly lead a normal and adjusted existence
without stigma or concern. In order to enhance this outcome, the plastic
surgeon will engage the counsel of trained psychologists to work with both
parents and child so as to establish the optimal home environment for the
child.
No Social Stigma No Surgery Since "beauty is in the eye
of the beholder" it may not be clear whether certain procedures such as
ear pinning (otoplasty) warrant a commitment to surgery. If the child doesn't
"know" or is not being ridiculed by peers, then there may be nor
valid reason to draw attention to the child's protruding ears. Again the guidelines
for the plastic surgeon will reflect inputs from the family's pediatrician.
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