Teens tend to be impulsive and deserve extra pre-operative counseling so that they won't have something done today that they will regret in a few months. A good candidate for liposuction is a teen who is fully grown and has localized fat deposits that can't be eliminated through diet or exercise, Bolton says. He cites a recent patient who was anorexic. When her hips were reduced by liposuction, she gained a different image of her body and was no longer anorexic. For that teen, he'd recommend dieting and exercising and would refuse to perform liposuction.
Parents can play an important role in influencing their children when it comes to plastic surgery.
If a child demands a nose job by pointing to her mother and saying, 'You did it, why not me,' parents have to resist the temptation to give in, Silvan says. To date, doctors say, most parents are pretty sensible about whether their children really need cosmetic surgery. Zubowski isn't so sure. It is a small part of my practice. But awareness of cosmetic surgery is on the rise on the part of the public.