Is it Good Looking?

Is it Good Looking?

            Some people believe that altering the appearance of a young teenager through surgery or other cosmetics is a promising idea. Adeena Babbit says, “[Nose Reshaping] is recommended for 14 to 15 year old children because it is best to do it when the nose in 90 percent grown. It also helps the patient feel more comfortable and accepted in their life.” Many agree with Adeena Babbit because they think that if a teenager is mature enough and is doing it for the right reasons, it is the perfect thing to do. The problem, however, is teenagers are usually doing it for the wrong reasons, which ends up hurting them in some way.

            In Lifestyle, a magazine about lifestyles, Holly C. Corbett wrote an article on Erica, an 18-year-old girl in high school who was being bullied for her nose. People would call her “big nose” or “Pinocchio” so she talked with her family and friends she decided to get a nose job thinking that it would stop the bullying, but it didn’t. When she returned to school she was bullied more than before and it ended up really traumatizing her. Erica was changing her appearance for all of the wrong reasons and not for herself, which lead to more suffering. This proves that teenagers should not go through surgery to change their appearance if they are not ready. Children and teenagers should not go through a change of appearance because it will most likely not be for themselves and it will lead to problems that a young adolescent can’t endure.