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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is it different than braces?  People have no problems altering teeth for cosmetic reasons.  As far as I know, no one in our family has ever had cosmetic surgery, so I don't care personally but I can see there are some things, like the breast reduction (or a nose job for a nose that is far, far outside the mainstream) that I could agree to for under 18.[/quote]

My DD is 14 and has braces.  She has them because without them her adult teeth will fall out in her early 20's.  I do not want that for her.[/quote]

Some people who have braces need them. Many people who have braces have them for entirely cosmetic reasons. My children are among those - their teeth were slightly out of alignment, and if we were poorer, or lived in another part of the country, they wouldn't have had braces. Here? Braces. [/quote]

There is a big difference between gently moving teeth into alignment which can have health implications if untreated and having a surgical procedure to look more white which is what it really is. Would you feel the same if a black child wanted to lighten their skin? [/quote]

I have freckles and I've never really thought about them. My daughter inherited my freckles and she has all sorts of creams and stuff to cover them up or lighten them. Girls and women are taught from birth that they are physically defective and in need of fixing.[/quote]

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