Speaker 1 Pro

(+)There are dangers involved in any kind of surgery.

There are dangers involved in any kind of surgery. Sometimes we must accept those dangers, as
they come in the course of necessary medical procedures. But with elective surgery – procedures
people don’t need, but rather merely want – the risks can’t be justified. These risks apply both to
the surgery itself, and to the long term. For example, leaking silicone breast implants have been a
widespread problem and can lead to death. Once, paraffin was often injected into the face to
smooth wrinkles, with disastrous effects. Silicon often finds its way into other parts of the body,
such as the lymph glands, and can prevent the early detection of breast cancer as doctors often
think real lumps are silicon leakage. Who today knows the full future implications of injecting the
highly dangerous poison Botox into one’s face?

Speaker 1 Kon

(-) We should not restrict freedom of choice. Certainly there’s an element of danger involved. But
we let people box. We let people bungee jump. They undertake these dangers for fun or for money.
Why shouldn’t we let people undertake dangers in the pursuit of beauty, and higher self esteem?\
Furthermore, cosmetic surgery is becoming safer and safer. It is increasingly strictly policed and
sky-high legal pay-outs by bad surgeons have ensured that practitioners take more and more care.
Technology in surgery and in implants and so forth is forever improving. The scare stories the
proposition talk about are the worst examples of thirty years ago – they’re nothing to do with
cosmetic surgery today.

(-) It can alleviate mental illnesses

Some people are so consumed with their appearance that they let it affect their mental well being.
There are even some mental illnesses which are based solely on the body’s appearance, things like
anorexia and body dismorphia. These are illnesses whereby people harm themselves through worry
about their appearance. If we have people who have the ability to change what these people do not
like about their bodies then why should we not use it to help these people with their mental well
being?
Speaker 2 Pro

(+)because...

This is not solving the problem at route. The problem is the perception that the mind has on what
is important. All cosmetic surgery is doing is changing the appearance but not the mental state.
Someone who has such a mental disposition to these illnesses will have their offending limb
changed, but they will ultimately always find something they are not happy with. Instead of
cosmetic surgery, these people should be offered psychological help. Cosmetic surgery only masks
the inner problem.

(+)Cosmetic surgery is addictive.

Cosmetic surgery is addictive: look at Michael Jackson, or Lolo Ferrarri, who got breast implant
after breast implant despite the harm it did her body. The compulsion to change one’s body is often
a symptom of a deeper mental instability. It should be treated as a problem, not indulged and
encouraged with surgery. It’s only a plaster patched over a much deeper problem.

Speaker 2 Kon

(-) because...

This is patronising, insulting and wrong. The vast majority of people who have cosmetic surgery
have one procedure and never look back. They’re made happier and more secure in themselves
because of it. It’s fine to oppose cosmetic surgery, but don’t falsely portray those that have it as
being mentally unstable.

Wealthy people need to spend6 their money some how

Currently, we are in a recession. But even in a healthy economy it is never good to have vast
amounts of stagnant cash remaining in one family. This money is economically redundant. If
people have money, and they wish to spend it they should be implored to do so. The money would
be paid to surgeons who have their own surgeries. Those surgeries would pay for receptionists,
cleaners, rep00airmen. These are all jobs created out of money which would otherwise be left
sitting in the banks of the rich. Cosmetic surgery is a way of prising money out of the hands of the
rich and vain, which is most certainly a good thing.

Speaker 3 Pro

Whilst money changing hands is always good in an economy, the reality is the money is going
from the hands of the rich back into the hands of the rich. Surgeons are already among the upper
middle class stratum. Then you have to take into consideration that rich people will use the most
experienced and popular surgeons. These surgeons will be of a higher income than the other
surgeons (who would still have a hefty salary). The wages paid to cleaners and the other menial
workers would pale insignificant to what the surgeons were earning. The surgeon would then keep
the money and they would save it, so the money would still be redundant in our failing economy.

People have freedom of expression. .

A legal argument can be made for cosmetic surgery. Under the Human Rights Act which enshrines
the European Convention on Human Rights, we have the freedom to express ourselves, Article 10
ECHR. If we feel that our body does not reflect who we are as people, then we have the right to
change it. If we can dye our hair, change our clothes and have piercings, why should we not be
able to express ourselves via cosmetic surgery. Now, this right would not extend to NHS payment
for the cosmetic surgery, but if someone can afford to spend money on their own appearance, there
is no reason why they should not be able to, and the3re is a legal reason why they should be able
to

Speaker 3 kontra

It is laughable to think that having larger breasts or lips can be classified as the use of ‘freedom of
expression’. How low has our society gone if we think the most valuable use of our right to
freedom of expression is the right to have cosmetic surgery and dye our hair? The availability of
cosmetic surgery and the making it more acceptable only lets the idea infiltrate society that it is ok
to want physical perfection, and that appearance is important. Surely we would want our young to
grow up with higher hopes and aspirations.