Botched Cosmetic Surgeries In NYC – Could You Have A Medical Malpractice Case?

This month, we covered two different shocking New York City cosmetic surgery medical malpractice lawsuits. In the first medical malpractice lawsuit, a Staten Island woman was permanently deformed and ended up divorced after her breast augmentation surgeon left her with “double bubble” breasts. In the second medical malpractice lawsuit, a Manhattan interior designer was permanently scarred on both sides of her face after skin procedure was botched by her dermatologist.

Although cosmetic surgeries are elective, patients who undergo an aesthetic operation still deserve attentive doctors, successful surgeries, and healthy recoveries. As plastic surgery becomes more and more popular in the United States, with millions of operations each year, plastic surgery errors and medical negligence cases are becoming more common. Cosmetic surgery is especially popular in New York City and the surrounding area, which boasts more plastic surgeons than any other area on the East Coast.

Plastic surgery errors are similar to any other instances of medical malpractice in the operating room. Plastic surgery patients may suffer from: nerve damage, excessive scarring, infection, wrong side surgery, left behind objects, anesthesiology errors, loss of feeling, organ perforation, asymmetry, and skin discoloration. While all cosmetic surgeries come with risks, and while not all cosmetic surgery mistakes are the result of negligence or medical malpractice, mistakes do sometimes occur. In those cases, your doctor and perhaps the office where you had your surgery done could be responsible for the consequences of their mistakes.

If you have been the victim of a cosmetic surgery mistake in New York City or in the surrounding area, talk to a NYC medical malpractice lawyer today.