Cosmetic Surgery Compensation

Cosmetic surgeries that could go wrong:

• BOTOX
• TEETH WHITENING
• LASER TREAMENT
• BREAST AUGMENTATION
• DERMAFILLERS
• SURGICAL AND NON SURGICAL PROCEDURES

 

What plastic surgeons should/should not do:

Should

• Explain everything that is involved in the surgery and what options you have.
• Inform you of all the risks associated with the procedure and ensure you understand.
• Meet you for the consultation before you decide to go through with the procedure. You surgeon should also discuss the procedure and answer any questions that you may have.
• Let you have a cool down period after the consultation so have the opportunity to consider all of your options and change your mind.

 

Should not do

• Carry out cosmetic surgery without first meeting you for a consultation.
• Give unrealistic outlooks of what the surgery may achieve.
• Persuade you to go through with the procedure when you are unsure as to whether you want the surgery.

 

Latest News

Please feel free to browse through some of the news stories below, relating to Cosmetic Surgery Compensation:

MailOnline (16th March 2013) – A Woman caught a flesh-eating bug after having a breast reduction. Unfortunatly she was not able to make a Cosmetic Surgery Compensation Claim because the foreign surgeon had no UK insurance.

MailOnline (28th November 2012) – Woman left with hideous bulge when implant goes wrong. A shocking video emerged today showing a grotesque bulge in a woman’s buttocks, apparently caused when her botched silicone implant “flipped” inside out.

MailOnline (23rd October 2012) – Plastic Surgeons have reported a dramatic rise in botched skin filler procedures leaving women with lifelong disfigurement.

this is Plymouth (14th October 2012) – A businessman who feared of looking like Micheal Jackson if he had cosmetic surgery on his nose has won £26,000 after his operation left him with a lifelong scar.

MailOnline (5th October 2012) – A cosmetic surgeon who offered ‘Mommy makeovers’ has been accused of leaving a dozen patients deformed and even paralyzed.

PrivateHealthcareUK (25th September 2012) – Experts are once again warning of the dangers associated with receiving ‘unregulated’ skin fillers.

Review (18th September 2012) – According to The Daily Telegraph the government have launched a major cosmetic surgery review asking the public for their views on the matter.

Review (6th September 2012) – In the last financial year NHS Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) has paid for more than three times as many normally-unfunded procedures, including cosmetic surgery. During 2009/10 the PCT funded ten breast procedures, including reduction and augmentation, and 20 obesity operations.

Mirror (22nd August 2012) – Following the PIP Breast Implants scandal, the Government promised a crackdown on ‘grubby’ cosmetic surgery. The Mirror spoke to some of the women for whom the Government’s Cosmetic Surgery promise comes too late.

The Guardian (15th August 2012) – The government has started to ask whether there should be stricter regulations on cosmetic surgery advertising.

The Guardian (15th August 2012) – Medical director of the NHS, Sir Bruce Keogh is concerned that the public is more concerned about costs than safety when considering cosmetic surgery.

MailOnline (27th July 2012) – An American nurse has been charged with manslaughter after she allegedly injected patients with Fix-A-Flat and Super Glue, which caused one woman, who received ‘treatments’ in her buttocks, hips and breasts, to almost die.

MailOnline (24th June 2012) -A consultant is facing being fired after a businesswoman was left with horrific scars following a boob job. She wanted to boost her bust to a F-cup, the stitches burst open and the implants began sagging out of the wound.

MailOnline (14th June 2012) – A Harley Street doctor has been found guilty of misconduct after he put ‘pressure’ on a woman to have cosmetic surgery by offering her a massive discount. Dr Aamer Khan specialises in breast enlargement, liposuction, ear reshaping and lip enhancement at his private London clinic.

itvNEWS (7th June 2012) – The 45 year old had to return to the Tunisian clinic for further surgery two months after being disappointed with the results of the first operation because she felt her breasts were uneven, but on 20th May, once she returned to the UK, Alison was in agony.