Cosmetic Surgery Compensation

What is cosmetic surgery negligence?

Like any surgery, cosmetic surgery comes with risks. It is essential that the surgeon performing your procedure explains these risks to you. If they fail to do so, they could be guilty of negligence.

To prove negligence occurred in a cosmetic surgery procedure, you must show:

• the surgeon who performed your procedure owed you a duty of care (this is almost always the case)
• failure of duty in some way
• the failure caused you harm

Proving that a breach occurred can be challenging, and the best chance of a compensation claim being received occurs when a claimant instructs an experienced cosmetic surgery solicitor to manage their case. 

What should I know to help my claim?

If you have had a cosmetic surgery procedure done and it has gone wrong, there are several steps you can take to help your claim for compensation:

• Contact our experienced cosmetic surgery compensation solicitors as soon as possible to establish whether you have a chance of making a successful claim.
• Seek medical attention to see what steps can be taken to remedy the damage. You may have to wait until you are fully healed before anything can be done. 
• Get hold of your medical records and write down everything you remember about how your plastic surgery procedure was conducted. For example, were you fully informed of the possible risks of the cosmetic surgery? Were there appropriate after-care procedures in place?