Canadian Politics Today

Bella Hadid regrets getting a nose job at 14. How young is too young for plastic surgery?

And it’s not uncommon for teens to get cosmetic procedures. According to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, nearly 230,000 cosmetic surgeries were performed on teens ages 13-19 in 2017, and some as young as 15 are even documenting their plastic surgeries on social media.

That's almost twice as many teens getting cosmetic surgery in one year (and that number is almost certainly higher now) as kids aged 6 to 17 diagnosed with gender dysphoria from 2017 through 2021.