Would You Let Your Child Get Plastic Surgery In Order to Escape Bullying?
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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 Sanjay Gupta that the bullying “hurt so much,” and caused her to become withdrawn and antisocial.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 Sanjay Gupta that the bullying “hurt so much,” and caused her to become withdrawn and antisocial.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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I had surgery to correct defects in my appearance when I was an infant and as a teen.
My father worked many double shifts and extra weekends just to pay for the surgery both times.
Our family didn't publicize it and hope that someone would foot the bill, claiming they couldnt afford it.
The first one was because, I was born with a cleft lip and even though the repair was done when I was three months old.Later when I was 16 and the Surgeon had determined that I had "grown into my face". They did a Rhinoplasty to correct the internal malformation in my nose that was present because of the cleft. Never did any of this affect or stop or lessen the bullying.
Bullying is an act of ignorance and cowardess. With me it was that fact that kids didn't understand that the scar on my face was there because I was born differently than they were. It was done as an act by the bullies to make them selves feel more secure about themselves. It was hurtful and painful but it made me a stronger person, One who Is completely intolerant of bullies to this day. Would I have liked to have avoided it? Sure, but in the long run the surgeries didn't lessen it or stop it. What fixed it was ME LEA...
I had surgery to correct defects in my appearance when I was an infant and as a teen.
My father worked many double shifts and extra weekends just to pay for the surgery both times.
Our family didn't publicize it and hope that someone would foot the bill, claiming they couldnt afford it.
The first one was because, I was born with a cleft lip and even though the repair was done when I was three months old.Later when I was 16 and the Surgeon had determined that I had "grown into my face". They did a Rhinoplasty to correct the internal malformation in my nose that was present because of the cleft. Never did any of this affect or stop or lessen the bullying.
Bullying is an act of ignorance and cowardess. With me it was that fact that kids didn't understand that the scar on my face was there because I was born differently than they were. It was done as an act by the bullies to make them selves feel more secure about themselves. It was hurtful and painful but it made me a stronger person, One who Is completely intolerant of bullies to this day. Would I have liked to have avoided it? Sure, but in the long run the surgeries didn't lessen it or stop it. What fixed it was ME LEARNING TO STAND UP AND SAY THIS IS THE RESULT OF HOW I WAS BORN. I can't help it and if you don't like me because of something I had no control over, then I don't need you for a friend. As a side note It is amazing to me what time and Facebook has done.... I have had Men who were little boys when I was growing up, friend me just to apologize for bullying me.
I am far more concerned that an organization that is designed to aid families with the financial burden of repairing children with true facial deformities would spend $40,000.00 on a nose job and ear pinning. That same amount of money could have gone to Operation Smile and repaired 166 cleft lip/cleft palate children.
The mother should have worked the overtime and extra hours to cover the cost.
PLUS and this is the BIG one.....If it was So Incredibly Important To Do This WHY DIDN"T INSURANCE COVER IT.
Plus If you look closely at both pictures you will note that there are many inconsistencies with the pictures.
Before Shot: relatively Straight on Face forward,
No Make-up
Ruddy skin tone
Hair pulled back to accentuate the ears
different length, styling and coloring in hair
differently shaped eyebrows
After Shot
Angled Profile shot
Make-up that cools her skin tone WAY DOWN
Hair is significantly longer wavier and styled more to cover her ears than accentuate them.
Her eyebrows have been changed and shaped.
Her Nasal Orbital area on either side of and just above the tear ducts appears much deeper.
Just a wast of money if you ask me.
"It was hurtful and painful but it made me a stronger person, One who Is completely intolerant of bullies to this day."
don't you see the inconsistency in this sentiment?
But there has to be a real physical issue to deal with. And much of the time, to truly avoid the bullying, you'd have to switch schools/move, too - otherwise, the kids are so used to picking on another kid that they'll likely find some OTHER reason to pick.
And they do. But they're NOT being disciplined. And like it or not, when you can't change the aggressor in a situation, you have to find a way to deflate or distract them.
What does this surgery look like on you in 20 years? Can you "grow out" of your plastic parts?
These 30ish women with work done look like aliens.
Plastic surgery is creating a mutant species of humans----women for the most part.
News flash: boobs bounce and aren't round like a ball, faces don't normally look like they are in a wind tunnel----we can tell you were under the knife, and if your friends tell you otherwise they either had work done themselves or are lying---it's not attractive
Give me a confident woman with small boobs an/or some wrinkles before an insecure,appearance obsessed fake tit, pulled back face women any day.
Real always trumps fake
Any parent that would is just shallow and superficial.
Stand up to that bully.... Or just walk away from them. Either way, do that enough and they'll move on.