The Italian government has announced that it has decided to ban girls under the age of 18 from undergoing breast enhancement or other plastic surgery.
Latest record shows more than 10,000 teenage girls had surgery in 2008.
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The legislation will also try to clamp down unauthorised and authorised surgeons who have caused problems with botched operations or sub standard silicon implants.
"This legislation is primarily aimed at the growing number of girls under 18 who have breast enhancement surgery purely for fashion reasons and have no idea of the risks involved," the Telegraph quoted Francesca Martini, an undersecretary within Italy's welfare ministry, as saying.
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"At the moment we have a Wild West, cowboy style system of plastic surgery for young women and this must stop."
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"Banning under 18's from having the surgery is also a good idea because these girls are just too young to be operated on. Some surgeons have no idea what they are doing and create huge risks."
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