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What Does a Beauty Treatment Injury Claim Lawyer Do?

You'll readily find lawyers who take on cases for accident at work claims, road traffic accidents and car accident claims, but what about more specialist expertise? If you're searching for a solicitor specialising in securing compensation for beauty treatment injuries, these are harder to find. That's why we're proud to offer high-quality legal services for all types of beauty treatment accident claims.

The UK beauty industry is thriving, with thousands more beauty products and treatments entering into the market space each year. If you choose to go to a beauty salon for treatments, there's an endless list of solutions on offer, ranging from laser hair removal procedures to eyebrow tattooing and more. When you visit any type of business establishment, they have a legal duty of care to keep you safe. This means ensuring staff are trained and qualified to perform treatments and that the right health and safety measures are in place, including rules for substances hazardous to health.

Nobody should feel unsafe while they have a beauty treatment, but unfortunately, many injuries can occur. This includes injuries caused by improper use of equipment, chemical burn injuries and more, leaving clients in pain and suffering. As well as physical injuries, the experience may also have knocked your confidence and self-esteem, affecting your life in more ways than just the pain encountered.

When you contact a beauty accident claims lawyer, they'll have a deep understanding of the law, including health and safety regulations businesses need to adhere to. A trained solicitor will assess compensation claims for viability and if they recommend you proceed with the case, ensuring the claim details are presented in legal terms. This will give you the best chance of securing compensation for your salon negligence claim.

How to Prove Beauty Salon Negligence Occurred

One of the most challenging factors of any personal injury claim against a beauty business is proving what type of negligence was involved. This could cover just one or multiple parts of the beauty treatment process.

INEXPERIENCED STAFF - When you receive a beauty treatment, it's easy to assume that the professional technician has had the right training and experience to perform it safely. Unfortunately, many beauty salons fail to check staff qualifications or ensure they're trained to the highest standards. This can increase the risks of a beauty salon accident occurring

NO PATCH TESTS - If a client suffers an allergic reaction and had injuries caused by the beauty treatment as a result, it's often due to a failure to carry out a patch test. This is when a client visits the salon 48 hours before the procedure to have a product (e.g. hair dye) applied to a very small area of the skin. Any beauty products that show signs of an adverse reaction, such as swelling, redness or itching, should not be used for the client's treatment, often meaning they can't access the service at all. While it can be disappointing, it's better to find out your risk of an allergic reaction at this stage rather than when you have the full treatment, as it could lead to skin damage, burns or hair loss

INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED - To make an informed decision about whether to go ahead with a beauty treatment, it's important for a client to understand everything from the process involved to possible side effects of any products and techniques used on their skin and hair. The consultation stage of a treatment is also required to find out more about a client's history, including any allergies they have and their existing health. Some conditions could mean that a treatment isn't suitable. If clients don't have this type of consultation before a treatment, it risks more injuries occurring

POOR PRODUCT PREPARATION - Many beauty treatments use products applied to the skin or hair, and this may require some form of preparation. Unfortunately, when this is completed incorrectly, it could lead to severe injuries occurring, such as chemical burns. This can happen when the incorrect mix of products is prepared, the strength of the chemicals is too high or products are left on the hair or skin for longer than they should be

UNSAFE TECHNIQUES & IMPROPER USE OF TOOLS - The tools and equipment used for beauty treatments are often dangerous, from sharp needles to the high temperatures used. Careful handling and methods must be used to ensure client safety is considered at all times. If the equipment is faulty or there was a failure to protect the client from harm, health and safety negligence may have occurred

When you contact us about any compensation claims, we'll talk through the details and see if we can identify where the negligence occurred for your claim.

Different Beauty Treatment Accident Claims

If you're looking into beauty treatment injury claims, you may be wondering what's covered. Luckily, most types of beauty treatments that lead to an accident or injury occurring are something you could seek compensation for. However, it's always useful to know more about the common types of personal injury claims seen in this sector.

Dermal Fillers

Compensation claims for dermal filler injuries are one of the most common types of beauty accident claims. Dermal filler treatments involve injecting other substances into the body which fill out areas such as wrinkles or produce a plumper appearance for the lips (lip fillers) and cheeks.

Unfortunately, a beauty treatment injury could occur if the professional isn't properly trained, or the incorrect technique was used. Issues include the filler moving to another part of the body, scarring, inflammation or infections. There have even been cases of permanent dermal filler blindness occurring in rare cases.

If you've had an avoidable injury as the result of a dermal filler beauty treatment that went wrong, call our accident claims team now.

Microdermabrasion Treatments

Microdermabrasion is another one of the beauty treatments on the list which we see personal injury claims for. This beneficial treatment can do wonders to improve your complexion, exfoliating the skin using tiny crystals and vacuum technology. It can be used in several places across the body, including the chest, neck and face, leaving smoother, youth-looking skin.

While the procedure shouldn't break the skin like other more invasive beauty treatments that use needles and injectables, it doesn't mean injuries won't happen. This often occurs due to improper use of the equipment or a failure to recognise when a client's skin isn't suitable for the treatment.

Injuries occurring include permanent hyperpigmentation, scarring, infections and eye injuries, to name a few. Even with less severe injuries such as sore areas which eventually heal, you may be eligible to make a claim for compensation.

Chemical Peels & Chemical Burn Injuries

If you've suffered a burn injury, was it from the chemicals used for the treatment? If so, you could claim compensation. The burns suffered can vary from client to client, depending on the strength of the product, the treatment received and which parts of the skin were in contact with the chemical. In many cases, the client may even be left with permanent scars.

Another type of treatment involving the uses of chemicals is a chemical peel treatment to remove dead skin cells from the facial area. This is another beauty treatment where this type of injury can occur.

If you'd like to claim injury compensation against a beauty salon after this type of accident, call our legal advisors today.

Botox

Most people have heard of Botox, which involves vertical injections of a substance called botulinum toxin into neuromuscular tissue in areas such as around the eyes (e.g. to reduce crow's feet) and the armpits. What many people don't realise is that only someone with the right qualification should prescribe this treatment, such as a dentist or nurse prescriber. It means that many beauty professionals offering this treatment shouldn't be doing so.

If a Botox treatment goes wrong, it can cause several issues, from breathing problems to disfigurement. If you think you've suffered a Botox injury due to the negligence of a beauty technician or salon, get in touch with our accident claims experts for free advice.

Chemical Peel Accident Claims

Chemical peels are another type of personal injury claim we see. This treatment uses chemicals on the face to remove dead skin cells. However, if something goes wrong, it could leave a client with scarring, discolouration of the skin or in a lot of pain. Even if your injuries are less severe than this, we'd like to hear from you.

If you want to make this type of accident claim for compensation, get in touch today for a no win no fee service.

Allergic Reactions

Many people are allergic to some ingredients in products, but you'll often never know until you encounter this on the skin. Sometimes, it can even be the strength of the product or the particular mix of ingredients which causes a skin reaction.

A simple sensitivity test (patch test) should be performed if there's an increased risk of this occurring, e.g. applying hair dye or semi-permanent eyelash tints. When a tiny amount of the product is applied to the skin, any adverse reactions will usually show within 24 to 48 hours. This could be something as small as the area of skin turning pink or a few raised bumps showing up.

If a patch test wasn't performed and the client has an allergic reaction, it can cause their hair to fall out, scarring, damage to eyelashes (e.g. with tints), vision loss, infections, inflammation, redness, pain and more, so it's vital this process is taken seriously.

If you've had a reaction to a beauty product that could have been avoided, request a call back from our specialist injury claims team.

Unsatisfactory Outcomes

While we often talk about injuries when it comes to beauty treatments, unsatisfactory outcomes can lead to emotional distress and psychological trauma that leaves a client feeling withdrawn, low in confidence or embarrassed by the results. For example, this could be the result of eyebrow tattoos which look completely different each side or a lip line tattoo that wasn't what you asked for. If you feel this has happened to you, speak to our team about the situation to see if you can make a claim.

Other Beauty Treatments

If we haven't mentioned your specific beauty treatment injury, please don't assume it's not something we cover in our claims service. The size of the beauty industry and the vast amount of treatments available means that many different types of injury can occur. Some of the other injuries and treatments we can help you make a claim for include the following.

Laser hair removal accidents

Laser hair removal burn injury claims

Special damages for loss of earnings

Semi-permanent makeup injuries

Microblading and eyebrow tattooing

Hot wax injuries

Any type of burn injury

Lip line tattoos

Thermal hair removal injuries

Hair and nail salon negligence claims

Tanning salon and sunbed injuries

Micro-needling accidents

Derma roller injuries

Tear trough injuries

Tattoo piercing accidents

Thread lift injuries

Medical negligence injury compensation claims

All cosmetic surgery claims

Cosmetic procedures at dental practices

Accident at work claims

Whether you see your type of claim on our list or not, please get in touch with our personal injury claims team.

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You'll readily find lawyers who take on cases for accident at work claims, road traffic accidents and car accident claims, but what about more specialist expertise? If you're searching for a solicitor specialising in securing compensation for beauty treatment injuries, these are harder to find.