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Cosmetic 'Cowboys' Face Wave of LawsuitsLawyers who usually act for victims of NHS blunders say increasing numbers of people are seeking to take legal action over "cowboy" cosmetic treatment.
The rise comes amid renewed demands for laws to protect clients and control the quality of care in the booming trade in non-surgical beauty and anti-ageing treatments offered at high street clinics and by some dentists.
"I have seen a significant rise in complaints about botched injections of fillers and Botox," said Edwina Rawson, a clinical negligence lawyer at Field Fisher Waterhouse who specialises in cosmetic treatment cases.
Sara Linford, a lawyer with Forbes solicitors in Accrington, Lancashire, has also seen a big rise in people seeking legal redress. "Complainants say they have been burned by laser treatment, that fillers have been injected into the wrong place, or that the skin has been left looking lumpy, or that they've had too much Botox put into the wrong place, which has left them looking rather strange," she said.
Dr David Eccleston - Clinical Director at MediZen comments:
This is one of the reasons why we have joined the new IHAS Treatments you can Trust scheme in the UK - this helps consumers to at least find practitioners who adhere to certain minimum standards of practice.
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