Would you feel it reasonable to sue for cosmetic failures?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.