It can be the most exciting, and the most nerve-wracking, period of our lives. The teen years often find us in the most self-conscious stage of our development as peer pressure and security with how we look can dictate how we view ourselves on the whole. Many of us experience a number of aesthetic issues that lower our self-esteem, such as protruding ears, unhappiness with the size or shape of our nose, breasts that are too large, and skin conditions such as acne. These issues can lead to the development of a poor self-image that can affect us later in life.

A variety of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic enhancement procedures can address these problems and re-focus our brains away from self-consciousness about our appearance and on to the traditional experiences of being a teenager, school, socializing, sports, and fun. Procedures such as rhinoplasty (nose surgery) and otoplasty (ear surgery) can do wonders for the facial aesthetic; less invasive procedures such as medical skin rejuvenation and laser hair removal can address common skin conditions in adolescents; and breast reduction surgery can eliminate excess skin and fat in the breasts to provide young women with a bustline that’s more proportionate to their body frame.