Cosmetic Surgery on Teenagers: A Discussion

1)In Text 1 we hear about Cosmetic Surgery on teenagers and they are discussing if teenagers should be allowed to get cosmetic surgery or not.

A lady named Valerie Ulene who has a 14-year-old daughter thinks that it is wrong to let young people get cosmetic surgery, but still remembers that she was unhappy with her nose as a teenager. Today she has not regret, that she didn’t get it done and says that it’s no longer her biggest problem of her face.

In the text a doctor named Canedy says that for some teens it can be a good thing to get a cosmetic surgery, but also that it is important they are committed to it and take the decision by themselves and not pressured from a girlfriend or some parents.They discussed a lot about if it will benefit the teenagers and whether it will make their lives better or not.

In Text 2 we hear about a girl named Kristen, she got a breast augmentation surgery when she was 16-years-old of her parents as a gift and she says that she just wanted to look "normal". Ann Kearney Cooke believes that to use “look normal” is the problem. Many young people have an idea of the ideal girl has to have big breasts and a small waist, but many of those things are unnatural and impossible to live up to many young people have bad self esteem because of all the requirements they must meet with their appearance.