Should unnecessary cosmetic surgery be criminalised?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Should unnecessary cosmetic surgery be criminalised?
Position‹2 of 2: No, unnecessary cosmetic surgery should not be criminalised

Those who hold this position argue that non-essential cosmetic surgery should not be a crime: that adults may accept risk to their own bodies, that the line between cosmetic and necessary cannot be drawn, and that prohibition would drive the practice underground.

Supporting arguments · 2

An adult who may refuse treatment may also choose a procedure others think unnecessary
The line between cosmetic and necessary cannot be drawn, so a ban would catch reconstruction too