Teens and Plastic Surgery…when is it a problem?+�-� Last year in the US alone, over 12 billion dollars were+�-�spent on Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery or non-invasive treatments.+�-� Approximately 650,000 of these were done on teens!+�-� That’s 5% of the total that had Botox Injections, Liposuction, Breast Augmentation and much..much more.+�-� Could this signal a deeper problem?+�-� It might!

Our teens should be more interested in being teens than seeking quick-fixes like Liuposuction to get the desired body shape.+�-� What ever happened to good nutrition, proper eating habits and exercise.+�-� You know…turn off the TV or+�-�My Space and go outside for some physical activity.+�-� Parents…let’s put our foot down when our teens try to pressure us into allowing them to have Plastic Surgery at such an early age.+�-� If we succumb to 16 year-olds having Liposuction and Breast Augmentation today….will we come to accept 9 year-olds using Plastic Surgery to alter their body 10 years from now?+�-� If we don’t act now…..who knows?

Dr. Francis R Palmer, III