Increasingly, Teens Want Injectable Fillers, Peels, and Other Cosmetic Procedures—and a Surprising Number of Parents Approve

The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Yahoo.

Increasingly, teens aged 13 to 19 are getting non-surgical cosmetic procedures—over 260,000 in 2023, according to the most recent data of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That suggests lots of approval from parents—something confirmed recently through a national sampling of parents through the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, which released findings on Monday.

Through the survey of 989 parents of teens, researchers found that one in six believe teenagers should be allowed, with explicit parental approval and for any reason, to receive such aesthetic treatments—including derma fillers, chemical skin peels, laser hair removal, and teeth whitening.

Just over half of parents (51%), meanwhile, support teens getting non-surgical cosmetic procedures only if there’s a valid reason—though their beliefs differ about which reasons are valid. Getting a procedure to improve the teen’s mental health is something 37% view as a good reason, while 33% think that either a special occasion or feeling self-conscious is a valid reason. Being bullied is a valid reason according to 30% of parents polled.

Dr. Susan Woolford, Mott Poll co-director and pediatrician, said in a news release that the increased popularity of such procedures may be due to social media’s idealized images of faces and bodies. “Teens are susceptible to feeling insecure about their appearance when compared to digitally altered pictures depicting an appearance that is probably unattainable naturally,” she said. “This problem is exacerbated by the pressure to post pictures of themselves to garner validation.”

Source: Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/increasingly-teens-want-injectable-fillers-120000737.html