Claiming For Plastic Surgery Compensation
Thousands of people every year go under the knife for various reasons. Their reasons may be personal to them, however one thing is clear. Plastic surgery can be a very personal and intrusive and patients should expect nothing less than the highest standard of care. However, the plastic surgery industry is quite unregulated and mistakes have been known to occur. It is only in recent years that the National Care Standards Commission has introduced regulations. Under this scheme, the clinics and surgeons are under the responsibility to ‘ensure the safety and well-being of individuals having treatment’. Therefore, all the doctors registering after April 1st 2002 cannot perform plastic surgery without first completing specialist surgical training. However, it should be borne in mind that this only applies to doctors registering after this date, not before.
On most occasions the surgery is carried out by a qualified surgeon, however in a few rare instances this is not the case. If you feel you have been in this situation and would like help, we should be able to assist you.
Your case for compensation
You may be experiencing a multitude of emotions right now, most of which may be anger and distress. It is your right to make a claim as you can be assured that any plastic surgeon that agrees to operate on you owes you a duty of care both during and after the operation. It is our right to be able to place complete faith and trust in the surgeons carrying out our operations and we should be able to feel secure that it will be performed well according to the correct procedure.
If you went under the knife and suffered significant injuries or scars as a direct result from the surgery, then it is very possible that your plastic surgeon breached their duty of care towards you and has been negligent.
Before you decide to undergo plastic surgery, you should bear in mind some crucial points. A proper plastic surgeon will always:
Be a qualified plastic surgeon
Inform you properly of the procedure and the personal benefits to you
Go though all the risks involved in the surgery
Discuss alternative options with you
Give you time to carefully think about your options
Unfortunately you may have suffered at the hands of a plastic surgeon that used the wrong instruments to perform the surgery, or made other catastrophic errors that resulted in you being scarred not only physically but also psychologically. In these circumstances it is your personal right to be able to make a plastic surgery compensation claim.
The most common types of plastic surgery complaints made include some of the following;
Lack of necessary information regarding the risks involved in the procedure
Nerve being damaged during a facelift
Major scarring during a procedure such as liposuction
Unanticipated scarring on the face during a facelift procedure
The types of mistakes outlined above are only some of the types of claims that are usually made. However, it is these types of serious errors that lead to successful plastic surgery compensation claims.
Our clinical negligence specialist solicitors have dealt with many patients that have been physically and emotionally scarred at the hands of their plastic surgeons. We understand that your self-confidence will have been affected by this traumatising experience. Our specialist advisers will seek to understand your individual situation, and will always treat your case with great sympathy and compassion.
Ayesha Salim , editor of the UK Lawyers Network, writes articles about accident claims, solicitor, plastic surgery compensation, find a solicitor, legal, lawyer, law help advice, solicitors litigation
