Would You Let Your Child Get Plastic Surgery In Order to Escape Bullying?
SodaHead Living
2012/07/30 00:47:24
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14-year-old Nadia Ilse is the latest teen to turn to plastic surgery in order to ward off bullies. Since the first grade, school bullies had taunted Nadia about the size of her ears, calling her “Dumbo” and “elephant ears.” At the age of ten, Nadia began begging her mom for otoplasty—an operation to pin her ears back—but her mother couldn’t afford the surgery.
Recently, however, the Little Baby Face Foundation stepped in to help. LBFF is a charity that provides free corrective surgery to children born with facial deformities. The foundation brought Nadia to New York City from Georgia and paid $40,000 for her to undergo otoplasty, as well as rhinoplasty (reducing the size of her nose) and mentoplasty (altering her chin.)
Nadia told CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta that the bullying “hurt so much,” and caused her to become withdrawn and antisocial. After the surgery she said, "I look beautiful, this is exactly what I wanted, I love it."
We’re certainly glad that Nadia feels more confident in her appearance. But is getting plastic surgery really the answer? Is it empowering for the victim? Or does giving in just let the bullies win? It may be a bit both. Regardless, it seems like this trend is here to stay.
What do you think SodaHeads? Would you let your child get plastic surgery in order to escape bullying?
Recently, however, the Little Baby Face Foundation stepped in to help. LBFF is a charity that provides free corrective surgery to children born with facial deformities. The foundation brought Nadia to New York City from Georgia and paid $40,000 for her to undergo otoplasty, as well as rhinoplasty (reducing the size of her nose) and mentoplasty (altering her chin.)
Nadia told CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta that the bullying “hurt so much,” and caused her to become withdrawn and antisocial. After the surgery she said, "I look beautiful, this is exactly what I wanted, I love it."
We’re certainly glad that Nadia feels more confident in her appearance. But is getting plastic surgery really the answer? Is it empowering for the victim? Or does giving in just let the bullies win? It may be a bit both. Regardless, it seems like this trend is here to stay.
What do you think SodaHeads? Would you let your child get plastic surgery in order to escape bullying?
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*edit*and I'm not bashing the parents... I'm Canadian, our heath care system makes such things much more affordable here than most anywhere else
I'd make it contingent on her taking self defense courses, though.
If you are overweight or not "hot/attractive" then people respond VERY differently to you.
So I could understand surger, within reason, to feel more attractive...to be percived that way.
Like the girl in the story. She will benifit from that surgery for the rest of her life. Like braces for your kids because you want them to have the best start you can give them. Not boob jobs or leg lextentions...they can take care of that later but a few things to balance out ones looks...OK.
I'd teach my child to actually stand up for their selves. despite the bullying. Theres nothing wrong with the way this girl looked originally.
Instead, I would help my kids to embrace their differences. My daughter has an hour-glass figure, with a small pooch. She is very normal looking, but I know that some people will call her fat, because they suck, and the fatter kids are easier targets. So, her whole life, I have been making her know that her body is her own, and that no one can tell her otherwise. She is very comfortable in her skin, and that is all I can hope for (my son has quite a few mental and emotional issues, so we are teaching him to embrace himself, as no one else can do it properly. He is also very comfortable in his body, but he does have explosive reactions when bullied, so there is still some work to be done, but that is what his therapist is for).