Cosmetic operations for children ..
3/9/08 22:08
3/9/08 20:34
I had my ears pinned back when i was little and i'm glad i did! My mum reckons they weren't that bad but she's bound to say that as my mum. It was my Dad that decided i think. Not sure how i'd feel with my dd though, so far nothing is neede tho,she's beautiful lol!
3/9/08 20:04
lol know that feeling
3/9/08 20:04
Thanks
, i think she's lush .. most of the time 
3/9/08 20:01
awww CN you've got a beautiful daughter x
3/9/08 20:00
My almost 4 year old is having an op before Christmas to remove 2 birthmarks, one from her lip and one from her wrist. The procedure is, i suppose, purely cosmetic but as somone who was bullied at school i'd rather not leave her open to anything like that, kids can be horrid.
http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=draytonmanor009bq9.jpg
^^ thats her if you want a look.
3/9/08 19:55
My son had an operation at four to lift his droopy eyelid it was a difficult decision to make as it was purely for cosmetic reasons and it took a year for me to come to that decision however the operation didn't work and is now slightly worse it is a decision I will regret for the rest of my life.
3/9/08 19:49
I never even had a filling until a few years ago after having the children, now I have had an infected manky wisdom tooth extracted under sedation in an emergency and a root canal filling that has gone horribly wrong and that whole tooth has to come out as well. Luckily I dont have a dentist phobia. Just a GA phobia
3/9/08 19:44
bleugh!
Good luck!
3/9/08 19:43
mine is wisdom teeth and overcrowding. He told my parents he wanted to take out a tooth and give me a brace, this would then give the bottom wisdom teeth room to come through without pushing them all out of alingment and causing pain as there is about a 2mm gap for the teeth now I am an adult, and of course they are trying to get through. Had one of the top ones taken out last year but they are not a problem because they are not as deep and touching nerves and there is more room, but the bottom 2 are on a complete angle (Ive seen my own xrays lol) so I have to go under GA to get them out and could lose sensation and stuff. So I have been putting it off for years. im scared!
3/9/08 19:37
Not good MrsH that must be a toughie.
Im so glad mine were bad enough to warrant NHS treatment. The private orthodontist quoted £400 per extraction and wanted to take out 4 (2 top 2 bottom) i only needed the 2 top taking out. I wouldn't be suprised if dd needs it, after all she has a spare tooth that could very well be an issue with the 2nd set, and will not hesitate in taking her to get them fixed.
With my brother his overbite was 12mm which affected his speech and his eating. Yet some people would still call it cosmetic. It sucks really.
3/9/08 19:36
I can see that my dd does have a wide epicanthis, so I suppose only time will tell, but it could be too late and that bothers me. Even the HV would comment on her eyes every time she saw her, its not awfully bad as some people are describing but it was obvious enough. I look at photos now and it seems to be less obvious
3/9/08 19:34
But going by the stuff on here it's clear the muscles are effected yes? So im assuming that eye strain is a potential problem and from that comes chronic headaches.
Nice.
3/9/08 19:34
MM as with dentistry I bitterly regret that my parents did not take the advice given to them about my teeth when I was about 10 and now I have nothing but problems and have to have very invasive and possibly dangerous (to the nerve ending) surgery to get them all out, whereas it could have all been sorted out a long time ago
I think if my girls have the same problems I will definately consider it
3/9/08 19:33
Our GP wanted us to come back in six months and then another six months; he said I was imagining it even though I showed him photos.
We paid to go private for 3 appointments and the issue is being worked on - this took aout 6 weeks from start to glasses.
The consultant and the optometrist said they did not understand the stance of the NHS to drag this issue out when, if it was worked on ASAP, the need for an operation may decrease. The optometrist worked for the NHS too and, did eye tests in reception - she said that at least 20% of the children she sees have a weak eye.
So, I cannot say I have a lot of faith in the NHS when it comes to non-emergency medicine such as this.
3/9/08 19:32
MM - if my son has squint surgery it will not effect his sight in anyway, i am being offered the surgery for purely cosmetic reasons.
3/9/08 19:31
I wasn't very impressed or reassured by the consultant with my dd2
with dd1 they had a good look and said that she has astigmatism like me and will probably need glasses. Not sure if its as bad as my right eye though which is awful. So I take her to the opticians now to keep an eye on it
but dd2 was so obvious from early on her eyes looked funny the HV referred her before 8 months although there was a wait, and he was really quick and rude and just said it was a wide epicanthis. I can't get her to sit still for an optician yet so I am not sure entirely whether it is a wide epicanthis or a squint. I am trying to have faith in the consultant lol
3/9/08 19:30
Where does this stop though?
Does it include orthodontics?
I had 2 molars removed as a child due to overcrowding and then very invasive orthodontic treatment. My kid brother had similar done and was told he may have had to have his jaw broken by a maxofacial surgeon to fix a 12mm overbite.
DD will probably end up going the orthodontic route too.
You can get very petty and silly over 'cosmetic' treatments in children but essentially they all serve a purpose - squint surgery obviously aids the sight as well as cosmetic appearence etc etc.
3/9/08 19:29
My ds has a double squint, been under the hospital since he was 8 months old, it was not affecting his vision but about a year ago it did as the muscle were not being used and the eye just stopped working to its full capability. Lucky patches worked and he now has started to regonise things in 3D (he is nearly 5) he has an eye test evry 6 weeks at the hospital and currently has good vision but he will need to have the op if his vision is affected again or and the doctors have said this - for cosmetic reasons if we or he wants as other children can be nasty!
3/9/08 19:26
when i noticed hers the h.v did a test and said she couldnt see it, then they referred her to the hospital who said it wasnt noticeable either, tbh i thought i was imagining it, its clear on some photos and when she's tired, i was rather peeved off when i changed areas and the optition we now use noticed it straight away, then told me she should of had the patch as a toddler grrrrrr.
i do wish now that i trusted my instincts and pushed more, i just assumed the hospital knew more then me lol
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yes i would let my child have cosmetic surgery if they had bigger ears or birthmarks.
my ds had a tongue tie correction under a local but carried out in theatre at 5 weeks but that was because they said it could cause probs to speech.