True or false: Are today's teenagers bullied for their flaws and imperfections? REAL. True or False: Are teenagers very insecure about their personalities and their true selves? REAL. Ultimate True or False: Do Teenagers Want to Change Themselves and Become Someone Better? REAL. Teen cosmetic surgery is a topic that some people usually consider to have a positive effect in their life. Most teenagers don't realize it, but cosmetic surgery, first and foremost, can have a really big impact on your life, whether it's a problem or an outcome. Secondly, people do not understand the real facts about cosmetic surgery, I mean the effects and causes it can entail, and then there are the solutions and alternatives that can be adopted during the process. What's the problem: Teens who want the opportunity to undergo cosmetic/plastic surgery. Personally, in my opinion, it is not worth having this possibility. Why do I say this? Well Katie Everswick, a woman who underwent tummy tuck plastic surgery after the birth of her son, wanted to seize the opportunity and gave it a try. “My incision started to open up. In the beginning everything started with a tiny hole, to which another hole joined. Then another hole. Then the holes started to get bigger, until some of them became one big hole. (It happened to me) The incisions can open up and cause some pretty traumatic effects on your health and emotions and “cause some false complications like death, infections, and scarring” Plastic Surgery for Teens: The Pros and Cons)” According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 210,000 cosmetic plastic surgeries were performed on people ages 13 to 19 in 2009 (ABC News Nightline) With this number, there could be half of those people who are not…. .. middle of paper......cosmetic surgery? True or false: will there be positive or negative effects on the person performing the procedure? ups and downs? TRUE. Changing your physical appearance may help you a little in your life, but it will never change your emotional appearance. Works Cited Everswick, Katie. “XoJane.” plastic that went horribly wrong. XoJane, February 27, 2012. Web. December 11, 2013. Up, Jennifer. “Plastic Surgery for Teens: The Pros and Cons.” Np, August 31, 2012. Web. December 11, 2013. THOMPSON, VICTORIA. “Teens Choose Plastic Surgery to Boost Self-Esteem.” ABC News. ABC News Network, November 24, 2010. Web. December 10, 2013. Wallace, Robert. “Is Cosmetic Surgery Necessary for Teens?” Is cosmetic surgery necessary for teenagers? Creators.com, 2012. Web. 11 December. 2013.