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Media pressure relates to common insecurities in teens, this is more prevalent in people who tend to role-model more than others. These are some of the questions teens may ask of themselves following pressure from the media.

"Am I fat, that person is so skinny." "That person is so skinny, I must be really ugly in comparison to him/her." "Do these pants make my butt look big?"

The issue is so at large that a small percentage of teenagers in the US are getting cosmetic surgery at far to young an age, in fact almost 3% of the people that got cosmetic surgery last year were minors, that may seem insignificant, but over the years we could be seeing those numbers grow larger. Magazines such as Doll, and others, generally contain airbrushed pictures that clear up and blemishes or faults that person may have, creating an image that some teens consider "perfect," and aspire to be.

To get an idea of what were talking about, look at this picture, is it really possible to have such clear defined skin?