"Doctor, can you make me look like this?"

Our healthcare system at work! Stuffing bags of silicone into the breasts of the vainglorious. Another perfect reason for the continuance of the allopathic oligopoloy.

It’s a far bigger problem in Korea.

The doctor says some teens are very mature at 17 and can consent–but the mature ones have enough personality development that they don’t feel a strong need to look like someone else.

Except in the case of actualy deformity, this is bad medicine. And the idea that he can screen the patients psychologically is as ridiculous as a psychiatrist doing liposuction. For one thing, his has a strong financial bias to find them all suitable. Any adolescent considering plastic surgery needs some indepth time with a psychiatrist who doesn’t have dog in the hunt.

I am a teen (male, non-ugly, non-fat, non-smoker) and I’d do it, provided there was minimal risk involved.

It’s not because I am shallow or lack self-esteem; I am and I do, but that’s not the reason I’d get cosmetic surgery. It’s not to look like some celebrity or to pander to my vanity.

The reason’s quite simple: all else being equal, the more attractive people go further in life. The trade-off is small in comparison with the edge you’d get.