This isn't just individual dumb, it's like an epidemic of young women whose body image issues have been funneled into a more extreme direction, and their parents should be beaten for feeding into it. I bet these parents would freak if their girls went and got a (perfectly reversible) body piercing of some sort (beyond the ubiquitous nostril studs, or "belly rings," that is). I suppose the trend in the alternaporn aesthetic toward more mainstream porn body types (implants, skinny otherwise), the general lolita thing (in and out of porn) and antifeminist backlash giving young women the impression they can only be validated through sexual display rather than respect for their minds (I'm pro-porn, but I'm not gonna ignore facts) feed way into this.
I'd be more likely to cry than laugh when the health consequences come to visit on these girls. Ethical plastic surgeons turn away young women from doing this until their bodies have finished developing, at least. It's not like a piercing or a tattoo, there are SERIOUS risks they should weigh before undergoing such a radical procedure. It's also preying on the most insecure and vulnerable population to take teens as patients and do something that drastic to their bodies.
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I'd be more likely to cry than laugh when the health consequences come to visit on these girls. Ethical plastic surgeons turn away young women from doing this until their bodies have finished developing, at least. It's not like a piercing or a tattoo, there are SERIOUS risks they should weigh before undergoing such a radical procedure. It's also preying on the most insecure and vulnerable population to take teens as patients and do something that drastic to their bodies.