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Community Problem Report

Derek Perez

The University Of Texas At El Paso

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Abstract
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Introduction

Cosmetic surgery among adolescents has become a problem for the patients and their

community because of different influences and the negative psychological effects that can be

caused after the procedure based on graphical evidence.

Mental effects on patients

Cosmetic surgery can have a negative psychological effect on patients that undergo the

procedure. Ericksen and Billick (2012) mention examples of different psychological effects of

cosmetic surgery patients, such as minimal defect/Body Dysmorphic Disorder, the patient in

crisis, the multiple revision patient, and loss of identity (p. 344). On the other hand, Kamburolu

and zgr (2007) discuss that cosmetic surgery serves patients whose major objective is to

improve their appearance and thus their psychological stability (pg. 739).

Many patients that have been through cosmetic surgery develop various mental

instabilities. For example, a handful of patients suffer from depression after going through the

procedure.

Even after the procedure, patients can experience feeling left out from their community

as a sense of underappreciation and being looked at differently.

Different influences

Adolescents desire cosmetic surgery procedures because of different outside influences.

Some cosmetic surgery patients are influenced by some of Hollywoods biggest and most

famous celebrities. Jung and Hwang (2016) mention media personnel and housewives in

metropolitan citiesfeaturing procedures that are used to enhance ones appearance to have a

more youthful and culturally idealized appearance (pg. 3). In their research, they discover that
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the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgerys statistics show that buttock

augmentations increased in 86% in 2014 (pg.3).

A large population of adolescents that desire to alter their appearance are mostly

influenced by either social media or face-to-face experiences. Through social media, other

teenagers can instigate other teenagers to alter their appearance. De Vries et al. (2014) refer that

social network sites form an appearance pressure because evaluating others and ones own

physical appearance is an important part of social network site use (p. 284). Also, Pitts-Taylor

(2007) mentions that the Internet is replete with consumer information about cosmetic surgery

(pg. 4).

Mathematical statistics of patients

Using ratios, pie charts, and line graphs are ways to implement mathematics when

figuring out the percentage and rate of patients that undergo cosmetic surgery.

A pie chart and/or a line graph can identify the number of patients that undergo cosmetic

surgery based on their race, gender, sexuality identification, etc.

Figure 1. These statistics that Koup-Larsen provided shows the different areas that are altered in
adolescent (Ages 13-19) bodies and the percentage of males that were teens when they had
they're breasts reduced (Koup-Larsen 2013)
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The Impact in El Paso

Conclusion

Adolescents are influenced into going through cosmetic surgery to feel appreciated, but it

only hurts them in their mental state of mind and the community that their a part of.
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