Otoplasty protect against bullying

Some parents are leading their children to the plastic surgeons, to protect against possible abuse in schools. Sometimes cosmetic surgery can save a teenager from suicide.

In the children's and adolescents baiting someone because of some flaws appearance can lead to the most tragic consequences, including suicide. Unfortunately, children are extremely brutal in this regard. Recently, the US media are paying special attention to such a tragic history that led some parents to radical actions.

According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the segment of Child and Adolescent Cosmetic Surgery   over the past 10 years has grown by as much as 30%. In 2000, surgeons performed 145,094 operations and procedures for patients younger than 18 years, and in 2009 this number had grown to 203,308.

"The methods of appearance correction adolescents are very diverse - said the representative of the Association Dr. Mary Brophy Marcus. - From Botox injections to more complex procedures such as laser hair removal, breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, and blepharoplasty. Babies who dryaznyat" Mickey Mouse "for protruding ears, we do   otoplasty ".

Otoplasty   can be performed at any age after the ears are fully formed (usually it takes five to six years). Doctors noticed that even moderate droopy ears in many children's groups becomes a cause for humiliation, so parents should be concerned about this in advance.

However, health insurance mothers and fathers, of course, it does not cover the costs. And for the procedure otoplasty   in most hospitals will have to pay from $ 5 000 to $ 10 000. However, the health and life of a child for the parents, of course, important.

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