So sad that she had to die from lack of self-esteem.
It's a sad thing for any old geezer to die, say nothing of seeing some parents having to bury an 18-yo, and one who must have been popular as well as intelligent to boot.My son had surgery in HS which was elective but intended to restore some lost hand function. He came out fine, tho the hoped for result was not achieved. But he was worried about going under the knife, and the surgeon quantified the risk for him thusly: "You have a better chance of coming through the surgery than you do of surviving the 40-minute drive to the hospital before it."
So I have a bit of a problem with the judgmentalism which is implied in some of the comments. Yes, it's a shame that an operation which can certainly be called frivolous caused a death. But do we actually want to prevent people from hang gliding, for example? My bet would be that, prospectively, you would stand worse odds of surviving a hang glide than a breast surgery.
Well, there’s certainly no lack here for people that know what’s better for others.