| 25% of Australian teenage girls want plastic surgery |
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| Monday, 13 August 2007 | |
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Almost 60 per cent wanted to weigh less, and 45 per cent knew someone with an eating disorder. Dr Jenny O'Dea, associate professor of child and adolescent health at the University of Sydney, said that the survey results are indicative of a wider psychological issue affecting teenage girls. “I think the whole trend towards plastic surgery is very worrying because there's a big myth that it can actually build true self-esteem. In the long term, what makes teenage girls really happy are their friends, their relationships and what they do with their lives - nothing to do with how they look.” She added that many of the girls who sought plastic surgery were likely to carry their negative self-image issues into adulthood, passing on the same messages to their own children. “That is why more needs to be done to try to break this cycle,” Dr O'Dea said. |
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