5 Positive Emotional Benefits of Otoplasty to Teenagers

Otoplasty or the ear correction surgery aims to correct deformities of the external ears. Some ears are most often sticking out and far too large for one’s head.

15-30% of students are being bullied and 60% of those who are bullied are being teased due to their appearances and how they look. Though bullying may happen in workplace as well as adult communities, bullying is primarily present and widespread in high school and among teens.

Physical bullying is common in elementary school but verbal abuses may thrive in high school. In Australia, one in every four students is affected by bullying. Kids who are bullied are three times more likely to show depressive symptoms, says the Centre for Adolescent Health.

Nces.ed.gov pointed out that bullying victim may display the following range of responses:

• Low self esteem. They don’t feel confident anymore and is becoming a social outcast.
• Difficulty in trusting others. They don’t like the idea of giving full trust even to friends because they might just be the same as your bullies.
• Lack of assertiveness. They become a shadow of inaction and just let bygones be bygones. Due to this they may underperform in school and will do worse after some time.
• Aggression. So it’s either the total isolation or aggression.
• Difficulty controlling anger. This anger that should have been attributed to their bullies is sometimes directed to other people such as their parents, siblings or friends.
• Isolation. They don’t want to be with people nor socialize for the time being.

But this is the worst case scenario already. It can be remedied, that is if bullying streams from physical reasons.

Why Ears, Nose and Skin Color are Subjects of Bullies

It is because they are the first thing they can see. Physical appearance constitutes the larger part of bullies’ reasons.

In the process, parents should develop awareness of these issues. Early intervention will help save a teen in the process.

Cosmetic Procedure to Correct Physical Deformities

Sometimes parents should be vigilant with this kind of issues. A movement in the US had parents’ subject teens to cosmetic procedure to correct and enhance congenital problems and injury related

deformities in the face and the body of teenagers that are often subjects of the bullying.

There is a positive response to it. Though it should be coupled with other means such as added parental support as well as therapies if it became severe already.

Otoplasty as A Way to Address Ear Problems

Otoplasty or the ear correction surgery aims to correct deformities of the external ears. Some ears are most often sticking out and far too large for one’s head.

As we opened this article, otoplasty is the procedure of correcting the external part of the ears. Whether we admit it or not, too prominent ears or ears that sticks out of the head than necessary is really attention catching. This kind of ears sometimes doesn’t compliment the face and may further result to drastic situations such as bullying which is discussed above.

Often, these kinds of ears are labeled as “mousy” or “ratty” referring to the mouse’s and rat’s ear counterparts.

For adults, it may get to the nerve, for teens and kids; it will feel like the end of the world. Teenage years are the defining moment of one’s life, starting it at the wrong footing may prove disastrous.

Otoplasty if decided by parents may yield the following benefits:

1. Improved self esteem. Once they don’t feel odd, they may try to accept self again. Self esteem will improve and a new and better self image is discovered.
2. Better performance in school. This may stem out from the idea that he or she isn’t an outcast anymore.
3. Slowly the social structure they left behind after the bullying will be rebuilt and they may start to socialize again.
4. Improved appearance means improved confidence.
5. School outlook may improve. Attendance may improve as well.
6. The hiding props such as hat, long hair and serves will be finally discarded.
7. They will be leading a newer life that wouldn’t have been possible with bullying.

This and many more might just convince you why bullying through appearances should be stopped in the society. Self acceptance may also prove a pivotal role after the procedure. Debates over the morality of this topic are also available in the internet. So read more and keep yourself updated. Your kid might be one of the bullying victims. Take the necessary step now.

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