The most common plastic surgeries for teenagers include:
- Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping or a nose job). The nose must have reached its adult, which usually happens to girls by age 15 or 16, and in boys by age 16 or 17.
- Otoplasty (ear pinback) may be done after the age of about 5 or 6 years.
- Chin augmentation or reshaping the chin may be done during the teenage years.
- Breast asymmetry correction may be done when one breast is different from the other in size or shape.
- Breast reduction can benefit teen girls as young as age 15 who are embarrassed by very large breasts, or who are having shoulder pain, back pain, or breathing trouble.
- Gynecomastia to treat excessive breast growth in male teens that doesn’t go away on its own.
- Laser treatment or dermabrasion may be used to smooth skin scarring caused by acne. Collagen or other filler injections are also sometimes used to repair skin defects.