Paradox and Inspiration 116: Nothing else Matters at 16?

News reported that in the UK and US, it has become common for mothers to give their teenage daughters breast implants as a birthday or graduation present.

Despite being warned by plastic surgeon and child psychologists that such moves were unwise as even at age of 16 or 17, the breasts had not matured enough and that there would be a lot of psychological repercussions, and cosmetic surgery was a dangerous way to resolve teenage anxieties, many mothers and daughters still believed that girls got to have breasts to be successful, as every other person seen on television had implants, and the best way to prevent any “hang-ups" about looks and boost one’s self confidence and esteem was to get a boob job.