Dermal Filler Claims

We’ll begin with a free initial consultation to discuss your case, whether you have a legal claim, and what funding options are available – including no win no fee agreements.

We will then contact those responsible for your treatment to see if they accept the blame for your injuries or illness. If they do, we will try to secure interim compensation payments to fund private medical care, including corrective procedures, and ongoing expenses, before your claim fully settles. Any interim payments will be taken out of your final compensation award.

We’ll gather evidence from independent cosmetic professionals who can evaluate what care you should have received and determine any future implications to your health.

We will always try and negotiate claims out of court, keeping the process as short as possible. However, if your opponent doesn’t accept responsibility or doesn’t agree with the amount of compensation we feel you need, we will start court proceedings.

Even when trial dates have been set, claims are still often settled before reaching court. If your claim does need to go to court, we will be there to help you every step of the way.

When dermal fillers are injected incorrectly, the consequences can be life-changing, sometimes leaving people with facial disfigurements or imperfections. This can be particularly distressing when seeking cosmetic improvements, only to be left with outcomes that fall short of your expectations.

Our team of cosmetic lawyers might be able to help if your beautician or practitioner:

• Injected the substance into the wrong place, causing lumps under the skin
• Overcorrected the area by injecting too much filler
• Didn’t advise you about the potential risks of your treatment
• Failed to check if you were allergic to the substance (reactions can cause severe facial swelling)
• Injected the incorrect substance
• Incorrectly injected into a blood vessel, possibly causing the skin to die or leading to blindness
• Didn’t take steps to prevent infections
• Failed to prevent migration of the filler.

If you have suffered from negligent dermal filler treatment, we can help you claim compensation to help pay for corrective treatment and emotional support.

By partnering with our leading medical negligence experts to make a dermal filler claim, you may be able to secure compensation that can pay for:

• Emotional support
• Prescription costs
• Travel expenses to appointments
• Loss of income if you have had time off work
• Continuation of treatment by another practitioner
• Corrective procedures, including surgery if needed.

We’re aware that injuries resulting from your negligent treatment can leave you with physical and emotional side effects. Alongside securing compensation, we can also help you get advice on how to correct it, putting you in touch with leading cosmetic experts who can suggest the best course of action.

The amount of compensation you will receive will depend on the severity of your injuries and whether any negative cosmetic consequences can be fully reversed. We will always work hard to make sure your settlement covers all of your needs to make your situation a little easier.

Many of our cases are funded with a no win no fee agreement. This means there’s nothing for you to pay until you are successful, at which point, your opponent will pay most of our fees.

If we think you will be best supported by a no win no fee agreement, we will explain the process clearly, including setting up any insurance policies.

You will normally have three years to make a claim, either from the date of the procedure or from when you discovered that negligent treatment was responsible for your injuries.

If you decided to undergo your procedure overseas, different time limits might apply. If a procedure has gone wrong, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed. We’re here to help – but it’s important to act quickly. To make sure you can claim before the time limits in that country apply, we urge you to contact us as soon as possible.

Possible side effects of dermal fillers depend on the area under treatment and the product used. While treatment is relatively painless, the nose and lips can be more sensitive.

Common side effects from both temporary and permanent dermal fillers can include:

• Bruising
• Swelling
• Redness
• Tenderness
• Slight bleeding

These symptoms should disappear within 24-48 hours after the treatment. If they don’t, you should seek medical advice. If these normal side effects persist for a prolonged period, you might be able to make a compensation claim.

Dermal fillers can also cause some serious side effects that may require further treatment, including:

• Infection
• Open wounds
• Allergic reactions (leading to anaphylaxis)
• Bumps under the skin (such as nodules or granulomas, which often need surgically removing)
• Necrosis (skin tissue death), permanent blindness and pulmonary embolisms because of blocked blood vessels

If you have suffered because your dermal filler treatment was performed incorrectly, we can help.

Dermal filler injections are largely unregulated in the UK, increasing the risk of unsafe procedures. There are more than 120 types of dermal filler in the UK, whereas in the US, where regulations are tighter, only six types of dermal filler are deemed safe to use.

Anyone can buy or sell these substances, which means the substance you are injected with might not be what you think. These injections can be administered by anyone, regardless of their training, often leading to injections in parts of the body unsuited to the substance.

Dermal fillers carry a risk of infection, especially when performed outside clinical settings where non-sterile equipment may be used. While some local authorities require specialist licences to perform dermal filler treatments, the lack of regulation can make claims quite complex.

Our specialist legal experts regularly handle dermal filler cases and know what it takes for your claim to be successful.