I am going to avoid going deep down the mastectomy rabbit hole today because…
That’s some crazy making stuff . 
Here’s the thing, in my opinion, about this whole claim with respect to “mutilation.”
WHAT is @Seeker1 actually talking about? Is it the fact that LK now has scars from surgery/ies on her chest and abdomen? The fact that her breasts are a little uneven? Is it that Lauren has a large scar on one breast where a sizable portion of tissue was removed as part of the surgery, and cleaning up the area after the implant ruptured?
I’m guessing she won’t give a specific, factual answer… so I am just laying out the possibilities of what this “mutilation” claim she keeps referencing might involve. In the past, I do SPECIFICALLY remember Lauren saying - either in an interview or during questioning at trial - that she “looked like Frankenstein” after the shooting.
Bluntly… I think using the word “mutilated” or saying that LK “looks like Frankenstein” … well… both are a bit of hyperbole, IMO, if we are talking about chest and abdomen scars.
Did LK have a very serious surgery and almost died? Yes. She definitely did. Does she have scars on her chest and abdomen now? Yes. I’m sure she does.
But let’s pause and consider how many people over the age of 40 have scars on their chest and abdomen. Breast cancer like myself and multiple others on this thread have referenced? Yeah. People have scars after going through it. Breast Cancer is ubiquitous. A huge number of women in our society have faced it. An even larger number of women have been through lumpectomy for benign masses. Lumpectomy can leave really nasty scars. And then, we have to consider all the people in society who have had heart surgery of some kind, and have a scar on their chests afterwards. That’s not a small number either. Heart disease is also an ubiquitous health issue in people over a certain age. And then, we can pause and consider the large number of women out there with a long abdominal scar after delivering a child via c-section. That’s not a small number either.
Of course there are plenty of other health concerns that can result in scars on the breast, chest and abdomen… but those are some of the most common reasons I could think of that people have these sort of scars. Maybe lung conditions and lung cancer should be included as well… I am not knowledgeable on how common lung cancer is in the general population though.
Is it common for people who have been through these issues to harp on how they were “mutilated” and how they “look like Frankenstein?” No. It’s not common. That’s an extreme mindset to take when talking about scars.
Again… I am not trying to say that Lauren didn’t suffer a serious life threatening injury, and that the surgery wasn’t significant. Of course it was! But… this choice to use hyperbole and harp on how upsetting the resulting scars are? It’s… an odd choice.
As far as the legal case goes… I guess if she had a thriving career as a fashion or swimsuit model, or if she worked in another field where having a “perfect” body was a key professional necessity… she could sue for loss of income related to these scars. But… as best we know… she doesn’t do work like that. So, her scars are upsetting. But not life threatening anymore, nor career limiting.
As others have said… maybe pursuing counseling to deal with this is the most appropriate thing she could do in order to move forward emotionally at this point. I guess that will be investigated as well during the civil litigation process, however, once they get into the discovery phase involving documentation of medical, psychological and emotional harm.
