Plastic surgery and people's personal injury compensation claims

                                                                                         

There's no doubt that women enjoy making the most of their attributes, spending considerable amounts of hard earned cash on clothes, make-up and in the most extreme cases, plastic surgery.

It seems that we as a nation are becoming obsessed with looking good and across the UK this self-obsession is written across the faces of millions of women in the form of eyeliner, blusher and lip-gloss. Whether we actually look good is another question but the desire is definitely out there.

So why are we so obsessed? Was it all those episodes of Trinny and Susanna telling us everyday folk that we look a disaster? Are we influenced by Miss Boney Maroney wearing the latest designer gear on the catwalk?

Whatever the reason, it seems that most of us want to look good and are prepared to go to a number of lengths to achieve this - even if the results include making a personal injury compensation claim for cosmetic surgery that's gone horrifically wrong.

According to a recent study that looked into current shopping trends, British women spend the most money on make-up each year compared to their European rivals in sophistication. Yes, even the queens of Paris are lagging behind us beauties apparently.

The study carried out by Mintel (www.mintel.com) revealed that annual spending in the UK has risen by 40 per cent in the last five years, with the average British woman spending £36 a year on cosmetics. Even girls as young as 14 are regularly wearing cosmetics.

Michelle Strutton, senior market analysis at Mintel, said, "Although British women are less interested in style and fashion, they retain a desire to look attractive and well-groomed."

Sometimes this desire can become compulsive and many women across the globe have suffered personal injuries from going under the knife to get the perfect waistline, breasts, nose and much more.

When Glamour model Terri Reece saw an advert looking for people to take part in a new reality TV show called Surgery to Stardom, she jumped at the opportunity to appear on television and have the breast implants she always wanted. But the 23-year-old's dream of having pert breasts turned into a nightmare when the plastic surgeon apparently left a metal needle in her left breast during the operation.

Terri said, "I couldn't believe it when they told me what had happened. The surgeon told me it wouldn't do any harm to my health. He said he had spent three hours looking for it."

The model from Leeds refused to leave the needle in her breast and went to a Bupa Hospital where a surgeon was able to locate it.

"How on earth a needle designed to penetrate bone was able to snap while going through soft breast tissue is beyond me. It has ruined my confidence, totally affected my health and left me in agonising pain for months."

Terri claims the botched operation has forced her to abandon her professional career as a glamour model.

"It's put me off modelling for life. The whole ordeal has made me realise the type of industry I was working in, where you feel pressured to have the perfect body and the perfect look." She said.

Following the alleged medical negligence, Terri consulted a personal injury solicitor and decided to make a personal injury compensation claim against the manufacturers of the needle.

Unfortunately, we see a number of stories similar to Terri's where cosmetic surgery is reported to have gone wrong. Just recently, Hollywood actress Tara Reid spoke openly about her botched cosmetic surgery and the humiliation it has left her with.

In 2004, the actress famous for her role in American Pie went under the surgeon's knife to have liposuction and breast implants.

Tara said, "I got my breasts done because they were uneven. I was a 34-B, but the right one was always bigger than the left. I weigh 110 pounds now, but I always used to fluctuate by 10 pounds, so my skin was kind of saggy. I figured, I'm in Hollywood, I'm getting older, I'm going to fix them."

But when Tara woke up from the operation, she discovered the surgeon had given her breast implants a cup-size larger than she'd asked for with lumps along the edges of her nipples.

The 31-year-old confessed that she gets embarrassed in front of men since having the operation.

"Guys I was dating would be like, ‘What's wrong with them? They look really bad. You know, you should really get them fixed.' So embarrassing. I mean, you definitely need to turn off the lights, that's for sure."

Tara decided not to make an injury claim for medical negligence against the surgeon and recently underwent reconstructive surgery in September 2006 to correct the damage.

Her case and many others like it have demonstrated just how far some women are prepared to go in order to have what we believe to be the perfect body shape. There must be millions of women suffering from back injuries because their chests are too heavy to support?

Luckily, not all plastic surgery has lead to patients making a personal injury compensation claim for clinical negligence. Many people have undergone surgery and reaped the benefits, surely that can't be a bad thing.

If you decide to go ahead and have cosmetic surgery, the best thing you can do is research, research and research some more. The last thing you want is to be making a personal injury compensation claim for a botched operation that's left you with serious personal injuries.

Just as glamour model Terri Reece said, "There are more worthwhile things to be doing with my time."

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