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As in North America, plastic surgery is booming overseas, especially in wealthier Asian countries like Korea, where it is seen as a way to improve career prospects and self-confidence. In China, women and some men are paying thousands of dollars to have a brutal surgical procedure performed that lengthens their legs so they can fulfill height requirements often used to narrow down the number of job applicants.
Although reasons for cosmetic surgery range from getting a better look to improving job prospects, often the common factor among patients is more than skin deep. "Teenagers who are thinking about having plastic surgery to change the way they look are often addressing issues of self-esteem," says psychotherapist Dorothy Ratusny. "Between the ages of 13 and 19, there's a lot of emphasis on peers and what others think of you. It's also a time when things such as not being part of the popular crowd, changes in financial situation and divorce can negatively affect a teenager's selfesteem. "
Cosmetic surgery may have a positive impact if your body image is consistently tied to a negative focus on a particular facial feature or body part. Dr. Antell says, "The classic case is a teenage patient of mine who had reconstructive surgery to correct a significant discrepancy ( 差异, 不一致) between her upper and lower jaws. When she came into my office for the initial consultation she was constantly looking at the floor. After the surgery, she was looking up and smiling. Now she's singing in her local school group. " Dr. Antell is careful to point out that there are murky areas. "Liposuction (抽脂术) is one of those areas. So is breast augmentation because you're not really sure that the teenager has stopped growing yet. But there are exceptions, for example, if a patient has breast asymmetry. "Dr. Mitchell Brown, a plastic surgeon at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto says, " Correcting breast asymmetry, when women develop breasts that are different in terms of shape and size, can be appropriate for teenage girls because it eauses a very significant psychological impact on them during their developmental years.
