Plastic Surgery To Stop Childhood Bullying
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If a child has large ears, there is more reason than ever to pony up for the ear pinning procedure, technically known as otoplasty.
Writing in the February, 2009, issue of the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, a professional magazine for cosmetic plastic surgeons in the British Isles, two plastic surgeon staffers at University Hospital of North Staffordshire in England studied 101 ear pinning patients.
The subjects ranged in age from 5 to 16 and were asked how otoplasty affected their lives.
Results?
- 100 percent reported no more bullying
- 97 percent said they were happier
- 92 percent had more self-confidence
The study was important for plastic surgery patients and surgeons, parents and other taxpayers because the National Health Service (NHS) in England sometimes pays for cosmetic plastic surgery to stop childhood bullying . (Read more about the otoplasty for children study.)
But, cosmetic plastic surgery to stop bullying in the United Kingdom (U.K.) is nothing new where teasing, taunting and bullying are taken very seriously.
Recently, the Mr. Douglas McGeorge, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) told how child bullying victims have also been given rhinoplasty and breast augmentation to stop teasing and bullying about appearance.
Usually, U.K. plastic surgery clinics don’t perform surgery on anyone under 18, but the exceptions are made for children who have changed schools several times and are pummeled due to some physical mar. (Read more from a British newspaper about anti-bully plastic surgery.)
When a girl as young as 14 has breast augmentation, according to Mr. McGeorge, they are given expandable breast implants. (English physicians are called “Mr.”)
Expandable breast implants can grow with a maturing lass because more saline can be added to the implants without another operation to remove them. (More about expandable breast implants.)
Yet another case of a nine-year-old with a huge mole on his face gained nationwide news coverage in 2007. The child was often beaten up, taunted about his appearance and had changed schools three times to get away from the torment.
Statistics from BAAPS reveals that teens having breast enlargement in the U.K. increased by about 150 percent in the past year.
Do you think the United States should take bullying as seriously as they do in the UK?
admin @ March 23, 2009