Teen beauty trends: The ethics and impact of aesthetic medicine on adolescents
The increasing prevalence of aesthetic medicine among adolescents poses critical ethical, medical, and psychological questions. Social media-driven beauty standards compel young individuals to seek treatments for their beautification.1 The recent ISAP 2024 Survey highlighted the distribution of aesthetic procedures performed on individuals aged 17 or younger, revealing a notable prevalence of interventions at a stage of ongoing physical and psychological development. Rhinoplasty (i.e. non-surgical nose reshaping) emerges as the most common procedure, with 45,512 cases representing 4.2% of the total, followed by botulinum toxin injections (39,440 cases, 0.5%) and liposuction (22,959 cases, 1.1%).
Authors
- Marco Borin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1137-3761)
- Rebecca Susanna Degliuomini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-4969)
- Pietro G. di Summa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-4479)
- Giovanni Buzzaccarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-0178)
- Luigi Schiraldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9766-5185)
- Giulio Nittari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-8442)
Institutions
- Università di Camerino (IT)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Ospedale Maggiore (IT)
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda (IT)
- Ospedale San Giacomo Apostolo (IT)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JPRAS Open
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2025.10.014
- Primary Topic
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00