Germany to Ban Teen Cosmetic Surgery
Deputies from Germany's dominant Social Democratic Party (SDP) laid the groundwork for a legislative ban on cosmetic surgery for teens, Wednesday. Rising numbers of medically unnecessary procedures for minors is cited as the reason to introduce the new law.
"I believe that the beauty ideal, mostly for teenagers but also for children, has gone astray," said SDP health expert Karl Lauterbach according to an AFP report. The German Federation of Paediatricians supports the ban, while unsurprisingly, the German Society for Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery is rather less enthusiastic.
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