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A growing number of people are reportedly seeking to
take legal action over
cosmetic surgery that has gone wrong.
There are growing calls for
new laws designed to protect
clients and control the quality
of care given by high street
clinics and some dentists who
are offering the treatments.
There has been a reported
rise in complaints about
injections of fillers and Botox
with a number complaining about
hard lumps where fillers have
been injected. There have also
been a number of inquiries
coming from patients who have
suffered first-degree burns as a
result of laser hair removal.
Cosmetic surgery negligence
should not happen and patients
need protecting and should be
protected from it happening.
The Independent Healthcare
Advisory Services, which
represents many providers of the
treatment is to launch some new
rules including a registration
scheme. This is to be backed by
the Department of Health but
is not sufficient for many
critics who say that
self-regulation will not go far
enough in giving patients
protection from poor
practitioners.
In a well-known case, actress
Leslie Ash suffered what has
become known as “trout pout”
when she suffered an allergic
reaction to an implant of
fillers into her lips while
another BBC television presenter
received a badly swollen face
after laser surgery to remove
acne scars.
Figures
from the
Independent Healthcare Advisory
Service suggest that about
200,000
cosmetic surgery procedures
are carried out in the UK each
year and it believes that the
sector grew by around 25% last
year.
Monisha Coelho is among those
intending to take legal action.
She went to a beauty clinic in
the West Midlands to receive
treatment for removing body hair
which cost £1,500. She received
burns after the machine had been
set too high and still has
scarring on her leg and thigh.
She said: “I now can’t spend any
time at all in the sun and can’t
wear clothes I like, because the
scars are so prominent. It's
upsetting. I feel disappointed
that there are people out there
who aren't properly trained and
don't recognise problems when
they arise. I wanted to improve
my appearance, not to get
burned."
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