Experts warn: Beware of the trend of younger people having plastic surgery! But the sooner you do this kind of surgery, the better.

In recent years, students flock to get plastic surgery during summer and winter vacations and during graduation seasons. People born after 2000 have even become the main force of medical beauty consumption. Is it true that "the sooner you get plastic surgery, the more beautiful you will be"? Minimally invasive plastic surgery is less traumatic, so can we try it without any worries?

There is a clear trend of younger people having plastic surgery. Can you really “get beautiful earlier if you do it earlier”?

Recently, the number of plastic surgery appointments at some hospitals has doubled, with the most inquiries being for eye surgery, followed by nose surgery. Experts say that for reasons of safety and the extent of physical harm, cosmetic surgeries with greater trauma, such as double eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty, are not recommended for teenagers under the age of 18.

Wang Yongqian, director of the Medical Affairs Department of the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and chief physician of the Cleft Lip and Palate Center, said that in terms of physical and psychological aspects, adolescents are not in a particularly mature state, so it is recommended to postpone the surgery until at least 18 years old, preferably around 22 years old.

As for minimally invasive plastic surgery projects such as face-slimming injections and fat filling, experts say that the bone development of adolescents has not yet reached a stable state, and it is recommended to wait until adulthood and physical development stops before considering such projects.

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Are Thermage and hyaluronic acid injection anti-aging beauty treatments more effective the earlier they are done?

In recent years, some medical beauty commercial institutions have been targeting young people in order to expand their profits, and have been promoting the so-called "anti-aging as early as possible". As a result, many young people have been exposed to beauty treatments such as Thermage and hydrating injections at a young age.

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In this regard, experts say that there is no benefit in doing these projects before the age of 30, and it is easy to perform them improperly and may cause some complications.

"Innocent Eyes" and "Gorilla Ears"

Is such personalized plastic surgery desirable? Some teenagers are very susceptible to non-mainstream aesthetics, and some even ask doctors to give them plastic surgery to look like characters in comic books. "Innocent eyes" and "gorilla ears", is such personalized plastic surgery really desirable?

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Wang Yongqian: "This is a deformed beauty. It often does not last long. It may be a temporary trend and will pass easily. What is beauty? In fact, young people are all beautiful. Natural beauty is beautiful. Healthy beauty is beautiful. Do not undergo surgeries that are detrimental to your health. This is the basic understanding of beauty."

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Plastic surgery is becoming more common at a younger age

As the acceptance of micro-plastic surgery increases, many high school and college students undergo plastic surgery during the summer vacation, and many parents also give plastic surgery as a back-to-school gift.

Professor Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas once wrote in his paper "A Study on Appearance and the Labor Market": "As long as it involves an interview, even if it is the resume screening stage with photos attached, the applicant's appearance will affect the application results every second. The more tragic truth is that the interviewer usually makes a decision in the first minute of the interview. Therefore, appearance is sometimes counted as part of "ability". At least a person with high appearance will leave an impression of strong self-control. Some people worship beauty and even shout out the slogan "Appearance is justice", as if having a good-looking appearance will put life into an easy mode: finding a job, finding a partner, etc. are not a problem. So people with beautiful appearance are complacent, and people without beauty are panicked.

College students and even students who haven't graduated from high school have entered plastic surgery hospitals. It is understood that more than 8 million people in my country have undergone plastic surgery, and about 80% of them are under 30 years old, among which students are the majority. The "younger" plastic surgery group is related to the fact that students have too high expectations for the functions of plastic surgery and give it more "added value".

Which cosmetic surgeries will have better results the sooner they are done?

Doctors have repeatedly stressed that it is best not to undergo cosmetic surgery before adolescents have completed their physical development and their aesthetics have not matured and stabilized. However, some cosmetic surgeries have better results the earlier they are performed.

Cleft lip and palate need to be treated at an early stage. For unilateral cleft lip and palate, the baby should be repaired at 3 months old; for bilateral cleft lip and palate, the baby should be repaired at 6 months old.

External ear loss is usually repaired by ear reconstruction when the skull or ear shape has developed to about 90% of that of an adult at the age of five or six.

Ptosis of the eyelid may make one eye unable to open or difficult to open, which may affect vision and should be treated as soon as possible.

Traumatic deformities, such as complex injuries, burns, and cuts that easily leave scars on the face, can be repaired 6 to 8 months after the occurrence when the original trauma is relatively stable.

Birth defects and deformities can often be better repaired between the ages of 12 to 16.

In addition, some teenagers have severe acne or large birthmarks on their faces. Doctors also recommend that they go to a specialist hospital for consultation and treatment as soon as possible, without having to wait until adulthood.

Source: CCTV News, compiled from People's Daily, Guangming Daily and other media

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