Cosmetic Surgery for a 12 year old

[Miss Inquiry]

I cuaght a bit of Lorraine Kelly this morning before heading off to work, there was a story about a girl from Texas who had had lypo and a tummy tuck at the age of 12. She was apparently a UK size 24 at the age of 12 and 16 stone, so her doctors agreed to allow the surgery. She had apparently also tried many diets and didn'r get anywhere.
Surley this is insane, her body will have not fully developed, will it not lead to complications in later life? I was appauled, did you see it? What are your thoughts?

[Loosehead]

Isn't she just going to fill out again? I mean the basic problem is too many calories in!

[noxlumos]

Well clearly there is a big issue here, however on deep reflection I'm not too appalled as I imagine the idea behind it is to give her some positive feeling about herself, which hopefully will then kickstart her combined with a good sensible diet to take better care of what she's eating.
If she has a persistant negative body image of herself she'll struggle to lose weight to be honest, so perhaps it wasn't such a terrible idea after all.

[youngmafbog]

See your point nox but I'm really not sure this is the way to go to solve it. It could also give the idea that its ok to stuff your face you can just have it sucked out later.
No surprise it comes out of America, land of the lard. Give it 3 yrs and it'll be happening here too.

[NH]

What creeps me out about this is that she got to 16 stone by the age of 12...surely either she or her parents must have felt that something way wrong. I went off the rails a while back, ate a lot of junk for two weeks, and the pain in my gums was excruciating and the effort to get anywhere seems Herculean compared to what it is now. To get to 16 stone...it should just FEEL wrong, instinctively, to be that overweight. And I am appalled, at all of it.

[mj2000uk]

I watched the interview and at the end Lorraine asked her if she thought she would ever do it again. The young girl replied that she would not rule it out!! Once people get a taste of the quick fix of cosmetic surgery, there are some who think of it as normal and everyday. Not good.