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Derrick et al. Teen aesthetic surgery may eliminate bullying

outpatient. She is now back in school, has been living to meet with her family. In the process of discussing
a normal life, is engaged, and will soon be married. different liposuction methods, the family explained that
She and her family were delighted with the results and their daughter was unable to exercise because after an
she is now a normal, happy person. attempt to run or do strenuous calisthenics, she would
become plethoric and dyspnic. She confided that she
Patient 2 had no friends and was bullied for being overweight.
Our second patient [Figure 2] was a 12-year-old She mentioned how she had gone to a birthday party
grossly overweight girl, at an astonishing 230 pounds. in which the whole class was invited. Later that night,
She had tried every method of dieting possible, but the parents of the birthday child called for her mother
nothing had worked [32] . Her father called in asking if to come take her home, but she had noticed that all
we would consider doing liposuction for a 12-year-old the other girls had sleeping bags hidden. She felt
girl. Our initial impulse was to decline, but we decided that they sent her home because they did not like her

A B A B

C D C D

E F E F

Figure 1: A: Patient 1 at age 15 holding her birth certificate; B: Figure 2: A: Patient 2 at 12-year-old and 230 pounds; B: patient 2 at
patient 1 at 6 months later, post brow lift, face lift, rhinoplasty, 5 months post liposuction (3 times), abdominalplasty, brachioplasty,
autologous fat transplantation to lips (3 mL upper lip, 1 mL lower lip) and medial thigh lift. Total weight loss of 58 pounds and weight of
and cheeks (3 mL each), and chin augmentation; C: side view of 185 pounds; C: rear view of patient 2 at 219 pounds, prior to all
patient 1 prior to surgical procedures; D: side view of patient 1 at 6 surgical procedures; D: rear view of patient 2 at 5 months post-
months post-op; E: profile view of patient 1 prior to any procedures; op at a weight of 160 pounds; E: front view of patient 2 prior to any
F: profile view of patient 1 at 6 months post all procedures surgical intervention; F: front view of patient 2 at 5 months post-op
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