Warren B. Seiler III, MD
John Di Saia, MD
Beatriz H. Porras, MD
Shervin Naderi, MD, FACS
Edward Zimmerman MD
Paula Di Marco Young, BS RN
Seth A. Yellin, MD FACS
Dr. Kevin D. Light
Stephen Weber MD PhD
Brian K. Sidella
Sabine Zenker, MD
Daniel Kaufman MD
Brian Howard MD FACS
Mickey A. Couvertier
Lila Bratani MD
Alex Denes MD FACP
Post a CommentPlastic Surgery & Teens.
From Australia: Teens want bigger boobs.
Darryl Hodgkinson, a cosmetic surgeon for 26 years, says he is treating more teenagers now than he did a decade ago — between 3 and 5 per cent of his patients are teenagers.
There are "psychological consequences of having a real physical deformity like a really big, fat bottom". Surgery such as liposuction to remove fat that won't budge with exercise and diet can help adolescents with a negative self-image suffering extreme social distress, he says. His price starts at $5000 and his youngest liposuction patient was 15.
Dr Bruce Fox, a Melbourne cosmetic surgeon of 25 years, operates on about six adolescents a year. Last year he had a patient who was 17. This year he has performed liposuction on an 18-year-old. He says it is not a weight loss technique, but a procedure to correct a body shape that might be "size eight up top and 10 or 12 downstairs".
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