From The Daily:

Madison Landis got a boob job for graduation – and she’s not the only high school senior going off to college with a different set.

New statistics show more teens, girls and boys, are going under the knife to change their looks. In the last decade, for example, the number of breast surgeries – augmentations and reductions – has skyrocketed 200 percent, to more than 23,000 in 2011, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Last year alone, about 250,000 junior high and high schoolers opted for plastic surgery. The most common procedure was rhinoplasty, or a nose job, with 33,000 operations. Boob jobs came in second, and nearly two out of three who had work done – about 14,400 – were boys with enlarged breasts, a condition called gynecomastia.

Enlarged breasts on a man can shrink in time, but the years of waiting might be so psychologically damaging for a boy that a reduction is the best option, said Dr. Malcolm Z. Roth, the society’s president.  “It’s certainly true that not every teenager is well suited, but if they have the emotional maturity and an understanding of the risks, it’s certainly logical for some teens to have work done,” Roth said.

Dr. Frederick Lukash has done his share of breast reductions on boys in his 33 years in practice.

On his website, Lukash features the testimonial of one of his patients, a 15-year-old boy with gynecomastia. “I want to share my feelings about my ‘breasts.’ I wasn’t confident at all. I felt that people were staring at me. All I would wear was black to hide this ‘horrible defect’. When I found out that something could be done I was very excited. I can go around not feeling like everyone is staring at me. I can live my life!”

Landis, 18, graduates from high school at the end of the week and is headed off this fall to study nursing at Texas State University in San Marcos. She had a breast augmentation earlier this month and already she has a confidence she hasn’t had in years.

“Before I had the surgery, I used to wear normal-sized T-shirts every day. Nothing too tight and hoodies so people couldn’t see how underdeveloped I was,” Landis told The Daily. “I went prom dress shopping, nothing would fit me in that area and it was just really upsetting.”

Landis is cautious, though, about encouraging other girls to go under the knife without giving themselves time to mature.

“I hadn’t developed in a long time so I was very much stuck where I was,” she said.

Landis’ plastic surgeon, Dr. Franklin Rose of Houston, estimates he operates on two or three teens a month except around graduation time, when the number quadruples.

“For many of these teens it really helps them emotionally, psychologically, in what is usually a difficult time anyhow,” Rose told The Daily.

Roth’s group has no formal position on plastic surgery for teenagers, and parental consent is required for all procedures performed on anyone younger than 18. And members screen all patients, but especially teens, for any sign of emotional problems.

Source: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Gardner patient: A graduating high school senior who had gynecomastia repair. 

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Well it’s true, a lot can be revealed about how you’ll age by looking at your mother. A new study presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2009 conference, examined 10 sets of similar looking mother-daughter pairs to measure changes in the aging female face. Using facial imaging and 3D computer modeling, the authors found a consistent pattern of sagging and volume loss specifically around the inner corners of the eye and lower eyelids in the mothers. Interestingly, volume loss in the lower eyelid ranged from 0.3 to 1cc, beginning in the mid 30s and continuing to progress steadily through life. The amount of volume loss was greater than previously estimated. To measure the full spectrum of aging, ages of the mother-daughter pairs ranged from 15 to 90 years old. These findings may act as a further guideline for cosmetic rejuvenation of the entire eye region.

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