Brooke Bates was horizontally gifted, big-boned, a tub of lard -- call it what you will. So she did the usual thing and went out and got herself liposuctioned.
At the age of 12.
ABCNews.com has the story about her surgery, which sucked away 35 pounds. Here's a tidbit:
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 3,000 people under age 18 underwent liposuction last year.
And another excerpt:
Another doctor from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center calls the surgery a "dangerous precedent."
"We as a society need to reach our children at a young ageand educate them on the benefits of exercise and wise eating habits,"
said Dr. Susan Obagi. "I do not want to see this become a trend."
"I would like to see what the patient looks like after a few moreyears," Obagi continued. "As those of us who perform liposuction know,
patients with bad eating habits will oftentimes eat themselves into afatter body again."
