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Do you watch the CBS show, The Doctors? Well, this morning I saw something on it worth passing along. The topic was "Kids and Plastic Surgery" (an idea that at first most adults think is nuts), and the Dr. Drew Ordon said something I'd never known. Kids' ears are almost fully grown by the time they are 5 or 6 years old!
Consequently, parents of children who are emotionally tortured about the fact that their large ears protrude ("Big ears, Dumbo, Mickey Mouse!") might want to look into plastic surgery as an option. According to The Doctors, what's known as ear pinning is one of the few procedures that plastic surgeons generally agree is safe, even optimal, for kids between 8 and 10 years old. It's done under local or light general anesthesia.
Of course, no child should be forced to do something like this; IMO, this should really be a last resort. But after what I saw today, if my child was truly bothered by his ears--and he complained about them for years--then I think I just might look into this surgery as an option.
Would you? Do you think that plastic surgery is okay for a young child with big ears?
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i don't think i would. i'd wait until he was 18, then he could decide for himself.
all I can say is what next....seriously wait until the child is 18 then they can decide if that's still something that should be done or needs to be done. If someone says your child has big ears, tell them they have a big fat mouth maybe they should get plastic surgery I mean really come on, would you really cut your kid because they have big ears as a child? seems sick to me. JMO though.
NO! I had big ears until about 5th grade.. I grew into them.. I actually wouldnt wear my hair up until highschool. I think its insane to cut on a child for such a small cosmetic reason! Look up real cosmetic problems in children & then maybe you will be thankful.
My dd has big ears now too.. Thats OK. She is still my beautiful little girl & Im sure she wont have any problems as she gets older.. (Now my own mom has told me her outtie should be considered for cosmetic surgery! UGH!)
As an adult who was 24 at the time. I had my ears done.
My mom and dad wanted to get it done when I was a child. But I was to scared.
I did regret it. Because at 24 I had to get it done twice. My cartilage was thick and did not stay. I was teased in school very bad.
I am so happy with my ears! No one even knows that I have had the surgery done.
When my daughter was born. I had told myself if she did come out with my ears, I would definitely get hers done, as a child.
Pinning the ears is not a horrible procedure, same as having your tongue clipped. Both are fairly inane things. If their ears truely stick out, then pinning would not be an issue, I would get it done.
NO! What is wrong with people! If you fix their ears the kids will just make fun of something else, and get satisfaction out of knowing they made the poor kid so miserable he had surgery. Which will lead to more teasing. What happens if you fix his ears and he needs braces? Or he ends up being the shortest/tallest kid in the class, or has to wear glasses, or gets too fat/skinny, or has freckles etc? How is mommy going to fix that? It may also lead to an obsession with looks. That leads to all sorts of problems from eating disorders to depression. I think all of that is a lot worse than being called Dumbo. Quit pampering kids and teach them how to love who they are, how they are, and to stick up for themselves!
Omg what a shallow place the world has become " Well Johnny your ears are too bib according to Billy the Bully , so I lets mutilate your head !" it is insane !!!!
What kind of parent does not teach their kid that your value is your character and not some standard set up by idiots .
Better write anothe check for therapy , GRRR
It is worth considering! Friends of ours had it done for their daughter in 5th grade, during winter vacation. It was painful but by the time she went back to school, mostly healed. We took her brother on vacation with us so it worked out well - little trauma and good results. I don't see it as being any worse than getting braces on teeth!!
Sad to say, she wasn't blessed with great looks, and her ears were certainly going to cause her alot of pain in the tween/teen years - kids can be so mean. She is so much cuter now - and at least she has avoided alot of unnecessary teasing.
That's absurd. When they're adults they can do whatever they want, but for a child? NUTS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!!! If the childs mom thinks they need plastic surgery POOR KID!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf is wrong with ppl????????????????????????????????