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14-Year-Old Bullied Teen Gets Plastic Surgery

After getting ridiculed for her appearance, this teen gets a free surgery to pin her ears back. Just right or too much?

photo courtesy of CNN

August 3, 2012 06:00 pm

In this CNN feature, a 14-year-old teen girl undergoes plastic surgery to pin back her ears. Nadia Ilse from Georgia had long suffered being called "Dumbo" because of her "elephant ears." She was tired of being bullied and begged her mother for an operation to pin back her ears. Enter Little Baby Face Foundation, an organization that grants free plastic surgery to children who have been born with physical deformities. Nadia ended up getting her nose and chin fixed too (was it needed, really?) in the process of discussing her surgery. Appearing on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's show, she seemed to be very happy with the results and couldn't have it any other way. When asked what she would say to parents whose children were going through the same thing, Nadia shares, "Just give your children a lot of love and affection and tell them that they're beautiful every single day." And we couldn't agree more.

Would you get plastic surgery if you were being bullied?



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  • chierachel 1
    She don't know how to appreciate beauty given by God.
    7 months ago
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  • jecy 2
    maganda nmn xa a:)
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  • Christine Valerio 3
    She looks mature. Anyway, she's still pretty and it's good to see her happy. I've experienced being bullied and it's really hard to cope with it especially if you don't have somebody to lean on. She is definitely lucky to have her loving mother to support her.
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  • mary_althene 4
    Kung libre nga naman tapos magagaling yung mga doktor, bat hindi? Diba? There is only so much a person can take, you know. Sa society pa naman natin, gosh, di mo talaga maiwasan ang mga taong mapanlait. Nature na yan ng tao.
    Another way to look at it is If you treat someone's intelligence - like let's say, being a plastic surgeon who has the ability to make a person's life better, away from being bullied by others having 'devil'ish attitudes - a blessing from God, then there's nothing wrong with it, right? Nakatulong ka pa sa personality development ng bata.
    9 months ago
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