Topic: We should ban cosmetic surgery for minors
Allowing cosmetic surgery for minors makes it easy for minors to pressure well-intentioned parents even if it is objectively a bad decision. A ban prevents parents from being put in this situation.
allowing cosmetic surgery for minors would simply sweep the real problem under the rug: the effect of toxic appearance standards.
Allowing minors to access cosmetic surgery would put even more pressure on them to conform to certain unrealistic aesthetic standards.
allowing minors to get plastic surgery will only serve to damage the self-esteem of those who can't afford to get it even more so.
an outright ban would make necessary procedures unavailable to young people.
any cosmetic surgery should be banned because violate natural looks individuals specially with minors.
any individual, irrespective of age, has the right to decide what to do with their body.
anyone, regardless of their age, should be able to take the decision to alter their body by means of cosmetic surgery if they think they will look or feel better as a result of it.
as long as the surgery has a specific aim, a realistic chance of success and parental consent there is no valid reason for a ban
as long as they have parental permission, children should be allowed to improve their physical appearance
at that age people should not be deciding whether or not they need cosmetic surgery
banning all cosmetic surgery for minors is not the way we need to go.  there are too many reasons a minor might need it done, such as injury or deformity.
Banning cosmetic surgery for minors doesn't prevent them from every getting surgery, it just makes sure that they still want it when they are adults which is a good risk-balancer.
banning cosmetic surgery for minors is inhuman. laying unneeded psychological burden on children that need to undergo surgery, making their struggle much harder.
banning cosmetic surgery for minors protects them from potential risks of unnecessary surgery.
Banning cosmetic surgery for minors will create an unregulated black market that will be more physically dangerous.
banning cosmetic surgery for minors will only aggravate doctor's work load, since they will now have to find creative ways to bypass this ban and preform these needed surgeries.
because they have not reached a maturity where they can balance the arguments of the short term and long term risks of surgery against the immediate benefits that they expect.
Broad stroke policies like banning cosmetic surgery harm people in special circumstances who really need cosmetic surgery.
bullying and insecurities are rampant in a teenagers world. it has very serious effects. if a little bit of plastic surgery would solve this, it should be allowed. it's worth it to prevent major emotional pain.
burn victims, even minors, can benefit from cosmetic surgery.
children also right to modify their appearance
Children are literally incapable of making well-informed decisions because the prefrontal cortex is not developed enough to fully consider and internalize the dangers that come with plastic surgery.