Trends

Going Under the Knife
When Ashley Tisdale, who plays the snarky Sharpay Evans in the hit Disney movie series //High School Musical//, admitted that she got a nose job (rhinoplasty), some plastic surgeons and parents worried that the legions of her teenage fans would want to do the same for purely cosmetic reasons.

Although teens make up just 2 percent of cosmetic surgery patients in the United States, these numbers have increased, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The number of procedures performed on kids aged 13 to 19 nearly doubled to 244,124 (including about 47,000 nose jobs and 9,000 breast augmentations) from 2002 to 2006. Is this a good thing?

What do you think about teens getting plastic surgery, and where do you think this need to look "perfect" stems from?
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**It’s Social to Be Sad**
When did it become cool to be sad? It is way cooler right now to love the rain than the sun. Complaining seems to be the new social lubricant–teens use it to start conversations, build relationships and bond.

Do you think this downer teen scene is taking over? Is it cool to be sad?
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The Eighties Revival[[image:80s.jpg width="275" height="152" align="right"]]
This summer's movies, upcoming fashion trends. and new music are all showing a trend of jumping back to the eighties - a decade before today's teens were even born!

What do you think?: Are we headed back to the eighties?
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