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Would you feel it reasonable to sue for cosmetic failures?

(58 Posts)
M0nica Fri 24-Sept-21 15:51:36

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.

JaneJudge Fri 24-Sept-21 13:02:53

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.

Katie59 Fri 24-Sept-21 12:56:55

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

NotSpaghetti Fri 24-Sept-21 12:24:27

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

Blossoming Fri 24-Sept-21 12:22:16

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.

Callistemon Fri 24-Sept-21 11:18:47

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.

Galaxy Fri 24-Sept-21 10:25:48

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.

Rosina Fri 24-Sept-21 10:23:31

This morning Linda Evangelista is on the front page of my newspaper and there is a full page article inside. She has had an ice based treatment to 'sculpt' her features, which sadly has gone wrong, and she says that she is disfigured and is suing the company.
Evidently the reaction that has caused her distress is well documented as a possibility - is it reasonable to begin legislation when we are all aware that these procedures can go wrong, and many disasters have been well publicised?
I have to say she doesn't look disfigured - just heavier in the face than she was in past years. She is evidently fifty six.