Cosmetic Surgery Compensation Claims

We live in an age when everyone wants the perfect body, the perfect face, and the perfect teeth. Sometimes, this desire for perfection comes at a very high cost. More and more people are putting their lives and vast sums of money in the hands of plastic surgeons to achieve this perfection, sometimes with dreadful consequences. Consequently, compensation claims arising out of negligently performed cosmetic surgery are increasing.

Sometimes, the problems can be down to the issue of consent given by the patient before the procedure goes ahead. The Surgeon does not explain fully to the patient what is involved in the medical procedure and what the end result is going to be and gives the patient too high an expectation of how they will look after the surgery. It maybe that the patient will say that had he/she been told all that they should have been told about the surgery and the after-effects before the operation, they would not have consented to it in the first instance.

Infection can develop following certain procedures which can be as a  result of sub-standard care at the time of the original procedure. Some people choose to travel out of the UK for such procedures, where the cost can be a lot less, but sometimes these foreign clinics do not provide the appropriate levels of surgical expertise and cleanliness, leading to dire consequences for the patient.

Where the doctors providing this care to the patient fail in the standard of care that they give to the patient, this can give rise to a potential claim for compensation.

Pinstripe make it easy for you to claim compensation. All you need to do is complete the simple online form opposite and the experienced and friendly claims team will handle it from there. It’s that easy!