FOR NOW WE ARE LIVE IN JOHNSTON
COUNTY, AMY CUTLER, CBS 17 NEWS.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A TEENAGE
DAUGHTER OR SON ITS LIKELY YOUR
CHILD USES SOCIAL MEDIA.
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS APPS LIKE
SNAPCHAT ARE CHANGING THE WAY
TEENS SEE THEMSELVES.
SOME DOCTORS BELIEVE THEY ARE
CAUSING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET
PLASTIC SURGERY.
FELICIA IS TAKING A DEEPER
LOOK AT THE ISSUE.
THE PRESSURE TO FIT IN
GOES FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
FOR MANY MILLENNIALS.
IN FACT PEER PRESSURE LIES RIGHT
IN THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS.
WE ARE BASICALLY LIKE FORCED
TO TRY TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY.
TO THE MEET SOCIETY'S STANDARDS.
HE IS AN ASPIRING
PROFESSIONAL MAKE UP ARTIST.
SHE ALSO FOUGHT TO BECOME THE
FIRST TRANS GENDER HOMECOMING
QUEEN AT HER HIGH SCHOOL.
IT MADE ME FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO RUN AS
QUEEN INSTEAD OF KING.
WHILES SHE FINALLY
COMFORTABLE WITH HERSELF SHE
SAID SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN'T HELP.
IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT.
ITS LIKES HARD TO TRY TO LIKE --
TRY TO FIT IN.
14-YEAR-OLD YANSY
MITCHELL LOVES CROSS COUNTRY,
MODELING AND PAGEANTS.
SHE SAID THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL
MEDIA CAN WEIGH HEAVY ON A TEEN.
EVEN CAUSING SOME TO UNDERGO
PLASTIC SURGERY TO LOOK LIKE
THEIR FAVORITE CELEBRITY.
I THINK THAT -- WHEN YOU KNOW
A BIG ROLE MOD THAT HE WILL THEY
ARE LOOKING UP TO -- MODEL THAT
THEY ARE LOOKING UP TO HAS HAD
PLASTIC SURGERY OR YOU KNOW THEY
HAVE HAD IT, I FEEL LIKE TEENS
ARE LIKE I WANT THE LOOK LIKE
THEM OR YOU WANT TO BE LIKE THEM
AND YOU WANT TO ACT JUST LIKE
THEM.
THE DIRECTOR HAS STUDIED A
PHENOMENON SHE CALLS SNAPCHAT
DYSMORPHIA.
IT OCCURS WHEN PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING FOR A COSMETIC PROCEDURE
TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE THEIR LOOKS
IN SELFIES BUT TO ALSO LOOK LIKE
FILTERED ALTERED VERSIONS OF
THEMSELVES.
WHILE IT MAY BE A FACTOR,
TEENAGERS HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT
PLASTIC SURGERY.
THIS MAY BE FOR REASONS OF
MEDICAL NECESSITY.
THEY CAN'T BREATH THROUGH THEIR
NOSE.
UNC PLASTIC SURGEON MICHELLE
SAYS THE DESIRE FOR TEENS TO
HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY EXISTED
LONG BEFORE SNAPCHAT.
THE OTHER REASON THAT --
PEOPLE PURSUE PLASTIC SURGERY
MAY EVEN BE FOR SELF CONFIDENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE
PROMINENT EARS, IT MAY MAKE YOU
MORE SELF CONFIDENT TO HAVE YOUR
EARS LESS PROJECTING.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
PLASTIC SURGEONS REPORTS 229,000
COSMETIC PROCEDURES PERFORMED
LAST YEAR WERE ON PATIENTS AGES
13-19.
HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG?
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL
FOR PLASTIC SURGERY.
ITS IMPORTANT WE THINK ABOUT THE
BODY PART THAT IS CAUSING THE
PATIENT A PROBLEM AND WHEN IT
FINISHES ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT.
ACCORDING TO NEW GUIDELINES
PROCEDURES LIKE A NOSE JOB OR
EAR SURGERY ARE IN MANY CASES
APPROPRIATE FOR AN ADOLESCENT
WHILE OTHER PROCEDURES ARE NOT
RECOMMENDED FOR MINORS.
SHE SAID THE DECISION TO GO
UNDER THE KNIFE SHOULD ALWAYS BE
DONE WITH A MEDICALLY TRAINED
PROFESSIONAL AND INCLUDE A
MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TO SEE
IF A PATIENT IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY
READY.
IT SIM -- IS IMER TO TANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT -- IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHILE ITS JUST NOW BEING
RECOGNIZED AS A PSYCHIATRIC
DISORDER, NOT EVERYONE WHO WANTS
