After her first procedure, the “That’s So Raven” star said she had to return to the plastic surgeon for another operation since she continued to “gain weight.”
Why She Had Plastic Surgery
Symoné, being a minor when she first received plastic surgery, added that her dad was the one who highly recommended his daughter get the procedures done.
She revealed that her father encouraged her to do so in response to the body criticism the Disney alum faced. “There was paperwork involved. My dad suggested strongly that I should get my breasts reduced.” She went on to say, “He was like, ‘So you don’t feel bad, is there anything that you want?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, if I get lipo, will people stop calling me fat?’”
While she speculated that she likely needed the breast reduction to improve her overall comfort into adulthood, she’s still conflicted over the liposuction.
“Shirts fit well, but even though I got the breast reduction, nobody knew at that age, and I still got reamed through social media because I wasn’t as skinny as everybody else and they still called me fat,” she observed. “So, it’s like, you get that done and it’s still not what everybody wanted to see.”
She disclosed last year that she lost 40 pounds after kicking sugar. According to Page Six, the star admitted on The View that she was addicted to sugar but has been able to avoid it and embrace a healthier diet due to her wife’s cooking skills. “With her help and guidance and love and fantastic cooking skills … she helped me kick sugar.” Raven also was motivated to lose weight after receiving a health report from her doctor. The singer went from 210 pounds to 170 pounds.
Cosmetic surgery, which was once exclusive to older women, is a newer trendy option for teenagers with an adolescent hang-up. Headlines were made over when a 15-year-old British girl decided to get breast implants for her sixteenth birthday. Her parents supported her, but the doctors refused and told them that she would have to wait till she was 18
Pediatric plastic surgeons perform both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
Reconstructive surgery repairs a physical defect that affects a child’s ability to function normally (e.g., a cleft palate).
Cosmetic surgery aims to improve someone’s physical appearance and is mainly about improving their self-image or confidence.
Age of Consent
The question of cosmetic (aka aesthetic) surgery in teens can be a sensitive subject. While there are no specific laws in the United States that prevent teenagers from getting cosmetic surgery, parental consent is required for patients under the age of 18. Therefore, the responsibility falls to parents to help their children make the right decision.