Girls want plastic surgery

Quarter of girls 'want plastic surgery': "Quarter of girls 'want plastic surgery'
9.34AM, Wed Mar 29 2006


A quarter of 16-year-old girls are considering plastic surgery because they are unhappy with their body image, a survey has found.
The research also discovered that 74 per cent of eight to 12-year-old girls wanted to change something about their appearance.
Nine out of ten teachers believe girls are not taking part in class activities because they are unhappy with the way they look.
By the age of 16, 27 per cent of girls were considering plastic surgery, with 92 per cent wanting to change the way they look."