Teen daughter wants her rhinoplasty soon. How young is too young?

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Anonymous wrote:Question for those who did get rhinoplasty, or had friends who did, in HS-

Was it not weird coming back to school obviously having had plastic surgery? I don't know anyone who did this (that I'm aware of) and I feel like it would have been obvious.

It was obvious. But that's okay.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Question for those who did get rhinoplasty, or had friends who did, in HS-

Was it not weird coming back to school obviously having had plastic surgery? I don't know anyone who did this (that I'm aware of) and I feel like it would have been obvious.

It was obvious. But that's okay.

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Lots of kids (girls and boys) had it done in my HS.
I remember them being really open about it. After each winter or spring break, it was fun to see how everybody looked who had it done after break. No big deal.

I had it done at 25 when I could pay for it myself. Unlike my HS classmates, I didn't tell ANYONE at work. Just took a week off and showed back up, never said a word. So weird, not sure why I was so secretive and odd about it.

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Embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight but I'll say this: I like my nose. My husband literally said to me this morning "you have the perfect nose." That feels good.

My nose is unaltered, but who cares. Who the hell am I, or you, or someone else, to tell another girl/women she can't feel the same way about her nose? If that's her goal and its within her means, who cares.

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You didn't pick your nose and they didn't pick theirs. No pun intended of course.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Over 18 is fine

She claims two peers got it done this summer heading into 9th grade.

no way too young, face can still change

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If my parents had let me make a major decision like that when I was a teenager I would be unhappy now.

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I used to be in the "wait until 18" camp but I'm watching my really well endowed daughter struggle with how well endowed she is, and I'm finding myself thinking that if she asked for a reduction at 16 or so, I'd probably take her to talk to a doctor.

Find a doctor you trust. Talk to the doctor.

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OP. The right age is the age after which her face has matured enough, and when you are sure she just doesn't like her nose (versus thinking her life will be that different post surgery).

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be in the "wait until 18" camp but I'm watching my really well endowed daughter struggle with how well endowed she is, and I'm finding myself thinking that if she asked for a reduction at 16 or so, I'd probably take her to talk to a doctor.

Find a doctor you trust. Talk to the doctor.

Punky Brewster had a reduction as a teenager.

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Why is she altering her face? I think that's very sad. All noses are beautiful.

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My daughter has a severely deviated septum, can only breathe out of one nostril and hates her nose. We are making her wait until the summer before senior year.

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Anonymous wrote:If my parents had let me make a major decision like that when I was a teenager I would be unhappy now.

+1

[Anonymous]

Unless it's for a medical reason (which would leave her looks unaltered if done right), that is a very depressing thing to do. Your daughter is beautiful as is.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be in the "wait until 18" camp but I'm watching my really well endowed daughter struggle with how well endowed she is, and I'm finding myself thinking that if she asked for a reduction at 16 or so, I'd probably take her to talk to a doctor.

Find a doctor you trust. Talk to the doctor.

Off topic, but I have two friends who had breast reductions in their late teens/early 20s who were not able to breastfeed after they had children. They claim no-one ever told them about that side effect. I think they were told but didn't pay attention.