George comes to Shortland Street hoping to find a surgeon to perform a double mastectomy. George's arc provides a very surface level depiction of the hurdles and judgments one might face when seeking this surgery. It was a bold topic for 2004, but the show focuses less on George's feelings and instead uses her as an example for Maia and Mark's multi-episode debate about plastic surgery.
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