Cosmetic Surgery...A bothering trend among Teenagers.

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I always think that I won't judge other parents or a person for the choices he/she makes in life. But it doesn't happen. Some of their choices affect us as a society and I am forced to express my opinion on it. Yes, forced by my conscious mind who just fails to comprehend some of the ways people live.

The Kardashian family is always in news. And honestly I DON'T like anything about them, each single of them. But they are known worldwide as glamorous beauties and so it's natural for many girls to look up to them and emulate them in many ways and unfortunately one of them is enhancing appearance by plastic surgery. Recently, I read that Kylie Jenner who is just 17 years old, got work done on her lips and that's something she wanted to do. Seriously? That's something one wants to do? To have a puffy pouted lips? And then create a trend of pouted lips among teenagers? According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 100,000 boys and girls, age 18 and under, underwent cosmetic procedures in 2014. It's really sad to know people can misuse technology to this extent. It's even more sad that teenagers don't have the maturity to understand the potential risks of such treatments.

From what I understand is that Cosmetic Surgery is appropriate for people who have something very specific bothering them. For eg, A girl with large breasts that's causing her chronic pain, or someone with crooked nose causing breathing difficulty. And not for someone who just tries to silence her inner voice that the lips she has is not good naturally, or her breasts are tiny or the ears are large.  Those reasons according to me are inappropriate.

We need to create awareness among teens that emulating beauty of celebrities is not always the right thing do and we can choose not to buy it. It’s important to widen our children’s concept of what beauty is and that ‘fixing’ the outside does not often change the insides. It's not a quick fix to a social problem.

You know what the problem is, People these days can't discover themselves anymore. Because we live in a world crazed by physical attraction. People can spend any amount on cosmetic surgeries that promise a perfect body/feature. We need to teach our kids, that we can be truly happy if we accept who we are, how lovely we are, rather than crave a different image.