124 Unit 08 | The next chapter Read the text about the increasing demand for plastic surgery among US teenagers. First decide whether the statements (1–7) are true (T) or false (F) and put a cross ( ) in the correct box. Then identify the sentence in the text which supports your decision. Write the first 4 words of this sentence in the space provided. There may be more than one correct answer; write down only one. The first one (0) has been done for you. READING 8 More than 200,000 teens had plastic surgery last year, and social media had a lot to do with it The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has released new guidelines for cosmetic procedures on teens. Many teenagers today are seeking plastic surgery, according to guidelines published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Doctors say this phenomenon is one of many plastic surgery trends fueled by social media. Some 229,000 cosmetic procedures were performed on patients aged 13 to 19 in 2017. Cosmetic surgery procedures as a whole jumped by 11% in 2017, with patients spending more than $6.5 billion. Teens are also showing an increased interest in Botox and other injectables. Again, doctors attribute this to young people scrolling through the Instagram and Twitter feeds of celebrities with augmented cheeks and lips. The guidelines surrounding invasive surgery on people younger than 19 years mark the first time the ASPS has weighed in on how to safely treat teenage patients. The guidelines approve some forms of plastic surgery for adolescents, including rhinoplasty (nose reconstruction), operations for cleft lips5, breast reductions for young women with uncomfortably large breasts and otoplasty (surgery to minimize the appearance of prominent ears on younger children and teens). Other operations require closer consideration, the paper said. It recommends deferring cosmetic rhinoplasty, or nose jobs, until after ages 15 to 17 for girls and 16- to 18-years-old for boys, when the nose stops growing. The average rhinoplasty costs $5,125, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The doctors recommend teens wait until after age 18 for any breast surgery. Breast reductions cost an average of $3,779 for men and $5,634 for women. “As the saying goes, ‘Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,’ – this reflects the current dilemma presented to plastic surgeons,” the guidelines said. “The demand for plastic surgery in adolescents has increased dramatically.” “The average millennial takes over 25,000 selfies in his or her lifetime, which is astronomical and one of the major reasons for the self-esteem issues in this age group,” the report said. “Moreover, due to the perspective and distance from which they are taken, standard selfies have exaggerated lower facial features, such as nasal, lip or chin problems. This has led to increased interest in this age group for cosmetic medicine and cosmetic surgery.” More than 40% of surgeons in a recent survey said looking better in selfies on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook was an incentive for patients of all ages getting surgery. This issue may be magnified for teens, who use social media more often. When children younger than 18 come to see Debra Johnson, a plastic surgeon with a private practice in Sacramento, California, she considers many factors before accepting them as patients. She makes sure the parents are supportive, discusses what kind of surgery they want, and has an honest discussion about how their bodies, and the results, will change 5 cleft lip: Lippenspalte Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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