Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should unnecessary cosmetic surgery be criminalised?
Position1 of 2›

Yes, unnecessary cosmetic surgery should be criminalised

Proponents of this position hold that non-essential cosmetic surgery should be made a crime: that it exposes healthy people to surgical risk for no medical benefit, that consent to it is shaped by commercial pressure, and that medical skill is diverted from need.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Operating on a healthy body for no medical reason inverts what medicine is for
  2. Consent given under pressure to look a particular way is not the free choice the law assumes