The Plastic Surgery Fashion Trend

There have been many debates and arguments about getting cosmetic or plastic surgery, especially if you are just a teenager. When a fifteen year old girl from the UK asked for breast implants as her sixteenth birthday present, the media flew off the band wagon evoking debates on teenagers stepping on to the new craze for going under the knife to improve their looks. What was once associated with the rich and wealthy women of high class and power, now appears to be a common 'phase' for many young girls in their teens - is it an issue?

Most people should in fact take caution in calling it a trend, because that would denote a behaviour sparked purely of an interest or fashion following. However, the growing number of women opting for plastic surgery is appearing younger than what they were fifteen years ago. The reasons for this increased number of teen procedures is partly due to them growing with parents who have undergone cosmetic surgery and how the procedure has become more readily available to the public.

For many centuries women and men have always been conscious of the way they look, finding new approaches to bring out their key features and help make them look more presentable. Queen Elizabeth I was famously noted to have worn plenty of rouge in a bid to change her image into the virgin queen. The effects of rouge on her skin however, were tell-tale signs of pure overload and much adornment causing her skin to sag and lose its elasticity prematurely.

Plastic surgery has also been in practise since Ancient India, whereby the procedure was done to criminals and convicts as a form of punishment, by cutting off their noses or ears. These were readily attached and much corrective surgery was completed for medicinal purposes. This was not introduced to the west until the late 1700's whereby surgical procedures were performed purely for correctional reasons and not for cosmetic purposes.

The first known surgery to have been successful was conducted on a former British soldier named Walter Yeo, by Sir Harold Gillies. Yeo had received a skin graft over his eyes, where during his service he endured damage to his eyelids and as a result had lost the ability to move his eyelids. The procedure had given him the chance to lead a relatively normal life with the use of eyelids. The successful procedure kick-started many more procedures to have followed on, with more surgeons taking on board much more challenging surgical procedures.

In terms of our modern day plastic surgery, young people are more open to them because of the mass media recognition and public discussions. The more young people are exposed to this the more likely they are to focus on the process. Whilst the media should not be blamed for this rise in numbers, how serious is it that young women, as young as sixteen, are undergoing surgical enhancements? The results are usually positive, with each of the individuals being guided and consulted prior to the procedure. Where one may believe that they do not know what they are doing is somewhat of an oversight for the process leading to the procedure, because all patients must qualify in order to gain successful placement to have surgery performed on them.

Yet surgery of this kind is constantly on the rise, especially in the more wealthier parts of Asia. More people are seeing that this becoming the norm and seeing how it can change people's confidence dramatically once they see the results.

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