Severe liposuction burn turned keloid scar - am I subject to any financial compensation? (photos)

Its definitely worth speaking with your Surgeon and discussing with them. They may be able to offer a scar revision and sometimes earlier intervention is better.

This requires a formal in-person evaluation. I suggest you seek out a physician who specializes in this to discuss your best options. See an expert. Best, Dr. Emer

Dear ivyraeevans,
the price is entirely practice dependent. If it was planned to be staged than the cost may be included. If its a revision, typically surgeons only ask the patient to pay for the surgery center and anesthesia.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

This is something you need to discuss with your surgeon. Every surgeon has his/her opinion and method for taking care of post operative complications, and what is covered in the original fees and what is not.

You can certainly ask your provider for financial compensation. Your provider may or may not give you money.

If they don’t then you can attempt to collect with a malpractice lawsuit.

Jurors are typically not particularly prone to awarding substantial damages in cosmetic surgery cases but sometimes plaintiffs win and sometimes they don’t.

Sometimes parties settle without going to court.

It’s a free country.

Developing full thickness dermal injuries it’s not a normal or typical outcome from liposuction.

The development of keloids from skin scars is patient dependent not provider dependent.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD