Would you feel it reasonable to sue for cosmetic failures?

I think it's quite complex but I think in many cases it violates the do no harm ethos. So for example the surgeons who operated on for example Pete Burns should have been struck off and prosecuted.

I think what happened to Linda Evangelista is very rare and can understand that someone whose whole career was based on her looks and figure may be devastated now it has gone wrong. Perhaps the possibility of thst was not made clear to her.

I just find it sad that she became a recluse as she probably doesn't look 'disfigured' as she thinks, but just not the beautiful young woman that she used to be.

Having seen the picture on the front page of the Times I can see why she is devastated, but to be honest she just looks like she has aged and put on weight to me. If the rest of her is still slim and toned it may make her face, jaw and neck look worse in contrast.

I agree with your last sentence Callistemon.

All procedures have risks. What were the “odds” I wonder

Patients are always warned about the risks of any procedure, so no guarantees of the outcome, you can certainly sue for negligence and that is a sizeable chunk of the NHS budget, private health is no different

Callistemon

I think what happened to Linda Evangelista is very rare and can understand that someone whose whole career was based on her looks and figure may be devastated now it has gone wrong. Perhaps the possibility of thst was not made clear to her.

I just find it sad that she became a recluse as she probably doesn't look 'disfigured' as she thinks, but just not the beautiful young woman that she used to be.

I agree with this. There are photos of her now on the <whispers> Daily Mail website and she looks like she has put on a bit of weight and has aged, like <cough cough> some of us.

If you pay someone to do a job, install a kitchen, put a hook on the wall, do plastic surgery on you. If the job is botched and not done properly then you seek compensation.

M0nica

If you pay someone to do a job, install a kitchen, put a hook on the wall, do plastic surgery on you. If the job is botched and not done properly then you seek compensation.

That makes sense to me !

If the job is done properly but there is a danger of a rare side effect or complication this should be explained and accepted.

Most responsible doctors and medical professionals explain this very carefully before any procedure except perhaps in dire emergencies.

M0nica

If you pay someone to do a job, install a kitchen, put a hook on the wall, do plastic surgery on you. If the job is botched and not done properly then you seek compensation.

But plastic surgery will always come with risks. Any invasive treatment to the body will. Presumably....there shouldn’t be any risk with a new kitchen, and if something does go wrong, it’s not...hopefully...detrimental to life.

M0nica

If you pay someone to do a job, install a kitchen, put a hook on the wall, do plastic surgery on you. If the job is botched and not done properly then you seek compensation.

If it was botched, then yes she can sue for compensation. If it was a rare, but possible side effect and she was made aware of this, then I think it's probably not going to succeed.
Before chemotherapy to treat cancer I was warned that a side effect of the chemo was it could cause a new cancer further down the line. It was my choice to take that small risk, I'd not expect to sue if the worst happens.
I don't think she looks disfigured, but if that's her perception of herself it is very sad.

Surgeons nowadays talk a lot about possible side effects and risk of complications as medicine has become so litigation orientated.

I googled this fat freezing procedure as I’ve never heard of it before. The risk is mentioned, but is very much downplayed and it is claimed that it can easily be put right by a follow up liposuction procedure. I can see why someone whose face is their fortune would go for it. I definitely wouldn’t

I don't think she looks disfigured, but if that's her perception of herself it is very sad

I felt the same, she looks fine

The procedure Linda Evangelista had is FDA approved and it is non-invasive.

i don't know the details of the legal claim, but presumably it centre on informed consent, ie that she was not properly made aware of the risks.
her lawyers must think there s a case to answer.
sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

She was extremely beautiful and her face was her fortune, now she just looks like a normal woman of her age - not disfigured, just normal.

For most of us that would hardly be a tragedy, but it probably will limit her future earnings. On the other hand she volunteered for the treatment so caveat emptor.

I think it's just very sad that so many women feel the need to undergo these procedures in the first place.

If you pay someone to do a job, install a kitchen, put a hook on the wall, do plastic surgery on you. If the job is botched and not done properly then you seek compensation
who said it was botched though Monica People react differently to operations our dna skin organs are not the same so what works beautifully on one person may be a disaster in someone else That would have all been explained before any procedures.
So no she has no right to compensation .

I did not make any mention of this particular case. Just stated the requirementsunder the laws of contract.

Like many cases of everything from kitchen installation to plastic surgery. Responsibility may be needed to be argues in court.

Blossoming

I googled this fat freezing procedure as I’ve never heard of it before. The risk is mentioned, but is very much downplayed and it is claimed that it can easily be put right by a follow up liposuction procedure. I can see why someone whose face is their fortune would go for it. I definitely wouldn’t

Yes, I read that too.

However, I gave a friend who had liposuction and developed an infection as a result.

Sorry, I have a friend

Her definition of ‘disfigured’ is probably a normal looking mid-50’s woman to the rest of us.

Well commenting on this thread gives the impression that you were making.comparisons Monica surely