You're Never Too Young to Stop Smiling

According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, women in their 20’s and early 30’s now account for a fifth of all Botox and chemical peel procedures. A quarter of 18-to-24-year-old women are contemplating cosmetic surgery in the near future. Afraid to age, they urge plastic surgeons to treat them like they treat their […]

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According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, women in their 20's and early 30's now account for a fifth of all Botox and chemical peel procedures. A quarter of 18-to-24-year-old women are contemplating cosmetic surgery in the near future.

Afraid to age, they urge plastic surgeons to treat them like they treat their decades-older counterparts.

Ashley Lavanty, 22, started getting Botox injections at 21.

"I don't have any wrinkles but the reason I want to do it is toprevent them from forming to avoid later surgery," she said. "Myplastic surgeon said I really didn't need it. He didn't see the pointin doing it, but … he did it because I insisted." [...]

"There's more pressure than ever to, to look young, to lookperfect," said Evelyn Crowley, assistant editor of W magazine, whichrecently covered the issue of younger women getting plastic surgery.

"The accessibility of treatments like Botox and Restylane. … You can goto a day spa and get it. It's like going into a Starbucks or something.
… It's just everywhere," Crowley said.

Afraid of Aging: 20-Somethings Flock to Plastic Surgeons [ABC News]
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