Recent cosmetic plastic surgery reports suggest that, despite the economy and worries over income, Marylanders and other Americans continue to spend lots of money on elective surgical procedures to help themselves look better. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, for example, reports that the number of cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures are continuing to rise steadily to a total of over 18 million last year.
Says the Society (ASPS): "...Americans are devoted to looking and feeling their best. High demand continues for less invasive and relatively less expensive procedures, [and] there are also promising rebounds for surgical procedures" [ASPS].
Still, cosmetic and plastic surgery is risk and may have complications. In a relatively small number of cases, cosmetic and plastic surgeons (and those who pretend to be cosmetic and plastic surgeons) can make mistakes, errors, and cause additional complications and distress for the unwitting patient.
For the most part, the more frequent cosmetic plastic surgery cases we receive and review, and pursue, in Maryland and Washington, D.C. include:
- The doctor's failure to treat an infection after the surgery;
- Delayed healing and accumulation of fluid;
- Damage to surrounding organs during the surgery;
- Skin or fat necrosis due to a delay in diagnosis and treatment;
- Nerve damage from the surgery;
- Scarring of the wounds (incisions);
- Adverse reaction from anesthesia;
- Excessive bleeding due to unintentional damage to blood vessels;
- and more, including wrongful death.
- [If you or a loved one have been victimized by a medical mistake, call Attorney Charles Ware at (410) 720-6129 or (410) 730-5016 for a free initial consultation and evaluation]
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