Regrettable

A high-school girl surnamed Chen recently missed the annual national college entrance examinations after being duped into having a boob job. According to media reports, Chen was looking for a part-time job when she met a man who told her that she could become a model if she were to have her breasts enlarged. Chen borrowed 35,000 yuan (US$5,385) from a loan company for the surgery. Her move, however, was strongly opposed by her father who demanded the clinic take the implants out of Chen’s breasts, though the latter insisted that the surgery was successful. Chen senior said that the man had connections with the clinic and said he planned to sue both the clinic and the loan company. Netizens agreed that both the cosmetic surgery market and campus loan business should be put under tighter control, but some also noted that Chen, as a 19-year-old adult, should bear the consequences of her decisions.