Seven year old's plastic surgery?

Here's an article on the story of a seven year old that recently had plastic surgery to fix her ears that stuck out. Her mom decided to get her daughters ears done to eliminate bullying. Strange thing is the daughter was quoted saying that she never really was bullied. Hmmmm....the mom DID say that she heard adults make comments in front of the girl but that was really it. She was just preventing it from happening in the future.

Sounds like this procedure really just made MOM feel better. Read the article below...

"Good Morning America" continued its exploration of all-things-plastic-surgery on Thursday, interviewing seven-year-old Samantha Shaw, a first grader from South Dakota who recently went under the knife to pin back her cup ears and fix a fold on her right ear.

Apparently, the number of teens and children getting plastic surgery has gone up 30 percent over the last decade, with more and more young people resorting to operations in order to avoid bullying. However, Samantha told Juju Chang that she hasn't been bullied, per se. Her mom said that others have made comments in front of Samantha -- with adults being worse than other kids -- but confirmed that the surgery was more preventative, so that her daughter wouldn't get bullied in the future.

New York Dr. Steven Pearlman, who performed the surgery free of charge thanks to the Little Baby Face Foundation, strongly believes that any abnormality can result in torture on the playground. But when asked whether he actually suggests that children get plastic surgery to avoid bullying, Pearlman responded, "Well, it depends where you draw the line. If it's minor, if it's cosmetic, absolutely not. But in my book and [that of] most of the medical community, the plastic surgery community, ears that stick out is not a cosmetic issue."

Tell me something...where does it end?
What if she had other slight cosmetic issues? Like, let's say, a big nose? Would you get her plastic surgery?
What if she had a space in between her two front teeth? Or what if her teeth weren't white enough? Would you get her a whitening kit to make them pearly white? Or what if her smile was a little crooked? What else would you change if this was your 7 year old?

You tell me.
I mean this wasn't an issue of physical health. Some may say "well, what about emotional health it will be better for her so she doesn't get teased"

Really?
Well, what do you think having plastic surgery did to her little heart?
I'm thinking it may have made her wonder "hmmmm mom's worried about the way that I look & thinks kids will make fun of me because my ears are too big. I'm not good enough the way God made me"

This is what I would think if someone told me to get my ears pinned back. I would look in the mirror from that point on and wonder what else needed to be changed.
Just my thoughts...
now what do you think?