Would you buy your teen breast implants?

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Permalink Reply by Tonya on May 16, 2009 at 6:05pm

Heck no. As a person who has breast implants and did want them right from the teenage years, I am glad that I waited until I was 30. Until my body had finished developing, until after I had a child and I knew all too well the complications that could (but thankfully didn't) occur and until I could afford to use a reputable plastic surgeon.

I fully understand the need for teenagers to 'fit in'. Let's face it, growing up, most of my friends had developed and were wearing bras well before I was. I felt embarrassed to get changed in front of them and at sleepovers. But I can't think of a single time that I was teased for being so 'small'. That's not to say that there aren't nasty people out there who would tease girls for this, as I'm sure there are. These days I'm sure there is also the added peer pressure from affluent neighborhoods and celebrities where plastic surgery is more prevalent and girls know of their teenage friends having procedures done. I think though that if you are going to have plastic surgery you should wait until you are 100% positive that this is what you want for the rest of your life. Once you get implants, they need to be replaced. They don't last forever. What if you decide when you are 30 that you don't want them anymore? That you would have been happier with your body as it would have been. It's difficult to have this reversed.

I made the decision at 30 to have mine done. For 15 years I had wanted to be just a little larger. At that age I knew that I wasn't comfortable in my own skin and I most likely never would be. I knew that having this procedure done would make me feel better about myself. Most people do not even realize I have had them done. Now I'm just an average size. I look normal and feel like my body is in proportion. But, I waited until I was 100% sure that this is what I wanted for me and that this was something I could live with for the rest of my life. I did it for me. Not for my friends, not to attract boys, not to look like the latest teen celebrity and not because my body hadn't developed as quickly as my friends.

Food for thought. I remember one of the first questions my plastic surgeon asked me. "Are you in a serious relationship?". At the time I was and am still happily married to the same man. I wondered why he asked that though. Apparently there are different options as to where your scar may show. Some girls can become very self conscious of this because being naked may show others the 'evidence' of having had plastic surgery. Also, prospective boyfriends/husbands may not agree with plastic surgery. They may want a woman who is completely natural ... yes I'm well aware that people should accept you for who you are, but just giving you a little something to think about when making this decision.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Brewer on May 16, 2009 at 10:57pm

No way..... I would just try to make her feel better about herself. I hope that my kids never have to feel that way about their bodies. I know they will because everyone does (even me) but I would just tell them it is major surgery and any thing could go wrong.

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