She died, still young, apparently of a drugs overdose. The other was a 15-year old who wanted bigger breasts for her 16th birthday. Happily her surgeons refused her request. And no surgeon should put patients at risk when there is no initial abnormality to correct. So I would like to put the record straight.
Plastic surgery can be a great influence for good, and make a huge difference to people's lives.
First the name has to be explained. Plastic' simply means 'changing shape', and the surgeon uses different methods to do just that. In fact the word plastic was applied to surgery long before it was used to describe the plastics from which household utensils and furniture are made. Because of the confusion, we sometimes use the term 'reconstructive' surgery instead. A common reason is to correct 'bat ears' in children.