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Adolescent plastic surgery - craze, crazy or credible?

Teenage plastic surgery has been on the rise since 2003. While the trend was noted, the traditional medical dogma of not operating on patients younger than 18 remained the unofficial position of many surgical societies and their members.

Mirroring the scientific literature, writers of the Baby Boomer and Gen X generations often present a negative view of teenage plastic surgery. Gen Z, on the other hand, generally expresses

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