Legal advice UK

[Anon99]

Hi all, would really appreciate anyone steering me in the right direction for legal advice in the UK. Useful resources or even better a solicitor that understands the specifics of a hair transplant and crucially how a “reasonable body” of competent hair transplant surgeons would act, would be incredible. 

I have tried some no win no fee but they seem to cream off the cases that they know will settle for a large amount outside court and don’t really seem to grasp the specifics of how a hair transplant surgeon can be reckless. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 
 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Anon99

[NARMAK]

5 hours ago, Anon99 said:

Hi all, would really appreciate anyone steering me in the right direction for legal advice in the UK. Useful resources or even better a solicitor that understands the specifics of a hair transplant and crucially how a “reasonable body” of competent hair transplant surgeons would act, would be incredible. 

I have tried some no win no fee but they seem to cream off the cases that they know will settle for a large amount outside court and don’t really seem to grasp the specifics of how a hair transplant surgeon can be reckless. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 
 

OP, i think there needs to be some context to your situation but generally speaking, suing against elective procedures like a hair transplant where there's so many subjective factors even in the UK will prove tough and likely not many options. 

Also, i don't think people could steer you towards legal options but the naming and shaming of clinics on here can maybe help somebody else avoid the same fate if you provide context. 

[Melvin- Admin]

This isn’t the board to give legal counsel or refer to legal counsel. Generally, winning lawsuits on elective surgery is difficult. Most clinics make you sign a contract that stipulates that results aren’t guaranteed and you may develop scarring, etc. Basically hair restoration is a risk you agree to do knowing the risks involved. Unless you can prove medical negligence, it will be difficult.

[Anon99]

34 minutes ago, NARMAK said:

OP, i think there needs to be some context to your situation but generally speaking, suing against elective procedures like a hair transplant where there's so many subjective factors even in the UK will prove tough and likely not many options. 

Also, i don't think people could steer you towards legal options but the naming and shaming of clinics on here can maybe help somebody else avoid the same fate if you provide context. 

Will definitely do full review in time just want to see legal options fully first. 
 

From the research I have done I understand the following can be part of establishing negligence:

 

> Single/short preoperative consultation:

     One 10-20min consultation months before the procedure. A week prior I called the clinic to ask for another one to plan exactly what we were going to do but was reassured saying “there will be LOADS of time to go over everything on the day of the procedure with the surgeon”

 

> Excessive pre operative reassurance

     Went to the clinic - aged 22 - just concerned with preserving my existing hair (have an email to the clinic patient advisor that proves this was my mindset). I was overly reassured that my existing hair in crown region was ok and that my concerns about it thinning were me catastophising. 6 months on and my crown has since thinned. I was also discouraged from other methods such as durasteride instead/on top of finasteride and PRP. I now know it is impossible to judge the speed of hair loss without monitoring over a period of time! 

 

> Consent as a moment

     The consent form was done on the morning of the procedure, about 10 mins before we started, AFTER I had paid and had my head shaved. I remember joking to a technician “it’s too late now” as I worked my way through the huge checklist of risks. 
 

The majority of people on this forum (which I WISH I’d found beforehand) know the immense risk of a HT at 22 and this surely cannot be conveyed by a tick box form 10 mins before a procedure AFTER being prepped for surgery and parting with a substantial amount of money! 

 

> Reckless surgery

     In the initial consultation the surgeon drew on a line with a laser that I was unhappy with as it was too high (I have a natural widows peak and it formed a sort of weird triangle in the middle of the hairline) so then drew on one which was lower saying it was too low as it was below the facial muscle - I agreed. He then scrapped the laser and followed the facial muscle, which we both agreed was conservative, natural and would look good both now and when I age. Additionally, it would’ve been the tiniest “improvement” to my the area that had thinned but mostly reinforcing the existing hair and therefore safeguarding against further hair loss - hence I agreed to go ahead on the principle that I’d been told my crown wouldn’t thin for decades and my frontal area would be heavily reinforced. However, on the morning of surgery this exact process was repeated (I presumed he would have remembered or made notes from initial consultation), except everything seemed rushed and rather than drawing on the facial muscle line after saying the lower one was too low he said “ah I remember, I can see the facial muscle line so we can follow that and I’ll just use this (lower) line as a guide”. 

Subsequently, I have been left with an unnaturally low hairline!  

[Anon99]

8 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

This isn’t the board to give legal counsel or refer to legal counsel. Generally, winning lawsuits on elective surgery is difficult. Most clinics make you sign a contract that stipulates that results aren’t guaranteed and you may develop scarring, etc. Basically hair restoration is a risk you agree to do knowing the risks involved. Unless you can prove medical negligence, it will be difficult.

Ah ok - apologies. I was just hoping that someone who’d been through a similar bad experience might be able to help. 
 

The main part of my case would be negligence as had the risks been explained to me properly I would *never* have gone ahead. In fact, I did raise a number of the risks but was made to feel like I was catastrophising and stupidly I blindly trusted the surgeon as they were a UK doctor and telling me “good news” about something I was insecure about! 
 

It’s so wrong that a forum of “normal” citizens offers far better and more ethical advice than a doctor! I think a lot of the other HT resources could learn a lot from this forum - rather than just warning against “overseas clinics”, which gives a false sense of security, they should warn against all clinics/surgeons other than a select few E.g. Reddy/Ball/Farjo etc in UK who are trustworthy!

[Marko7t4]

Is the clinic you went to in the UK?  I own a law firm in the UK but we specialise in property law. If you drop me a message with a few more details, including your location, I might be able to point you in the right direction of a firm who may be able to assist you. 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Marko7t4

[HappyMan2021]

You are facing an uphill battle suing for any hair transplant procedure. 

You may have a shot if your goal is to hire a lawyer and threaten/scare them into giving you a 100% refund. I do believe a 100% refund is the very most you would ever be able to squeeze out of a clinic. 

Unless you were grievously injured, you will lose going to trial. But...its probably less expensive and way less stressful for the clinic to give you your money back before it gets to that point. 

When I say 'grievously injured', I mean like you were truly f*cked up. A medical instrument was left in your scalp. You fell into a months long coma due to poisoned lidocaine, your skull was fractured because the tech was using a hammer to implant grafts, etc.

You will get laughed out of a courtroom if you think badly angled grafts, undercounting grafts, or even a badly damage donor pass the muster of grievous injury. 

In your favor however, I do believe all these HT clinic NDA and other "Promise Not to Sue if You Are Not Happy" documents are not legally binding if rubber hits the road. 

If you suffer a permanent or otherwise hardcore disability due to your HT, I do think a judge would give more weight to that over some cookie cutter boilerplate document the clinic has you sign. 

Do be aware though that the HT world is small and doctors do network and talk to each other. If you think you will have future HT's, be careful not to become a pariah or a lawsuit-trigger patient. 

No HT doctor will ever take you on as a patient if they know you sued a different HT doctor (even if it was a justified lawsuit) 

 

Edited April 16, 2022 by HappyMan2021

[HairRun]

This does sound difficult. 

If you had a hair surgery gone wrong, I would recommend going to another surgeon and having that person document the results. For example, number of grafts removed, number implanted, etc. I have no idea if anyone would actually do it, and if they did, there would be a fee. I don't know if this will actually help, but for whatever you're trying to do, documenting the evidence asap would be the first step. 

If they did something like lie about number of grafts implanted, that may give a better chance. Or if something they did generally medically wrong, like failing to close the wound, might be easier to prove. But for something like hair transplant technique, that would seem very difficult to legally go after, even if the results are disastrous. 

If you post your results on here, maybe there is something we can give you a better idea bout.  

[Gatsby]

It's extremely difficult to win in litigation in the cosmetic industry. Even more so in hair restoration. No hair transplant surgeon will testify in court against a colleague which is only one of the big hurdles. Personally I think you would be throwing good money after bad.

[Melvin- Admin]

10 hours ago, Anon99 said:

Ah ok - apologies. I was just hoping that someone who’d been through a similar bad experience might be able to help. 
 

The main part of my case would be negligence as had the risks been explained to me properly I would *never* have gone ahead. In fact, I did raise a number of the risks but was made to feel like I was catastrophising and stupidly I blindly trusted the surgeon as they were a UK doctor and telling me “good news” about something I was insecure about! 
 

It’s so wrong that a forum of “normal” citizens offers far better and more ethical advice than a doctor! I think a lot of the other HT resources could learn a lot from this forum - rather than just warning against “overseas clinics”, which gives a false sense of security, they should warn against all clinics/surgeons other than a select few E.g. Reddy/Ball/Farjo etc in UK who are trustworthy!

Not explaining the risks isn’t negligence. Unethical, maybe, but not medically negligent. Medical negligence pertains to your personal health and great bodily harm. Thousands of men were left disfigured in the 80s and 90s, many on here like @BeHappyand @Gatsby if winning lawsuits was easy, everyone would’ve sued. 

[NARMAK]

OP, there's a possibility like others have said you might be able to get something like a refund etc. if you pressured and so on, but like mentioned above, the people who have had these elective procedures and go wrong, often end up having to repair the work with a more reputable clinic. 

It's not ideal, and tbh, i didn't quite understand what you meant by "Take Dutasteride on top of Finasteride and PRP" but if you were already taking Finasteride 1mg everyday for example, it's not recommended to take Dutasteride as well. The way people do it is to take Finasteride like say 5 days a week and Dutasteride 2 days and slowly increase till the switch over sometimes completely. Finasteride blocks about 41% scalp DHT and 70% body DHT, whilst Dutasteride is stronger but still around 51% scalp DHT for 90% body DHT blocking and because it cause a much bigger drop in your body DHT, people can experience more side affects. 

With the nature of hair loss, being told you are on Finasteride even say everyday and probably won't thin on your crown is an educated guess some could make and end up wrong very easily because hair loss is sometimes unpredictable. 

You were only 22 and tbh this is why people do say to be on medication till around 25 to see how your hair loss shakes out firstly and if you can prove stability then they consider you a more suitable candidate. 

Finding this forum after the fact is probably becoming more common, but don't despair. You are probably still in a position where something can be done in the right hands, but i won't sugar coat it. The journey is going to probably be a bit longer, expensive and you will need to really start educating yourself on what may or may not be possible as repair cases are more limited. 

[Anon99]

4 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Not explaining the risks isn’t negligence. Unethical, maybe, but not medically negligent. Medical negligence pertains to your personal health and great bodily harm. Thousands of men were left disfigured in the 80s and 90s, many on here like @BeHappyand @Gatsby if winning lawsuits was easy, everyone would’ve sued. 

Ok, perhaps “negligence” and not gaining “informed consent” are different things but regardless, informed consent is required by UK law. 

It might be a long shot but someone has f*cked up my life by actively mis-informing me and I can write reviews as much as I like (which I will), but in my mind the best way to protect others is through the courts.

In terms of 80s/90s cases I do feel there are some key differences. A lot of the informed consent case law in the UK is relatively recent* and, additional to the botched results, courts are more understanding of psychological trauma these days.

*See: Thefaut v Johnston [2017] EWHC 497 (QB)

[Anon99]

2 hours ago, NARMAK said:

OP, there's a possibility like others have said you might be able to get something like a refund etc. if you pressured and so on, but like mentioned above, the people who have had these elective procedures and go wrong, often end up having to repair the work with a more reputable clinic. 

It's not ideal, and tbh, i didn't quite understand what you meant by "Take Dutasteride on top of Finasteride and PRP" but if you were already taking Finasteride 1mg everyday for example, it's not recommended to take Dutasteride as well. The way people do it is to take Finasteride like say 5 days a week and Dutasteride 2 days and slowly increase till the switch over sometimes completely. Finasteride blocks about 41% scalp DHT and 70% body DHT, whilst Dutasteride is stronger but still around 51% scalp DHT for 90% body DHT blocking and because it cause a much bigger drop in your body DHT, people can experience more side affects. 

With the nature of hair loss, being told you are on Finasteride even say everyday and probably won't thin on your crown is an educated guess some could make and end up wrong very easily because hair loss is sometimes unpredictable. 

You were only 22 and tbh this is why people do say to be on medication till around 25 to see how your hair loss shakes out firstly and if you can prove stability then they consider you a more suitable candidate. 

Finding this forum after the fact is probably becoming more common, but don't despair. You are probably still in a position where something can be done in the right hands, but i won't sugar coat it. The journey is going to probably be a bit longer, expensive and you will need to really start educating yourself on what may or may not be possible as repair cases are more limited. 

Thanks for the reply. So I’m now on moxoxidil, finasteride 1mg per day and 0.5 dutasteride once per week which was recommended as an additional option when I went to see a top doctor about fixing the situation. I went there wanting to explore all my options and was told it not to even try them. 
 

The issue with the “educated guess” part would be fair had I not said I *thought it was thinning* and that it felt thinner. He looked at it and literally said it wasn’t and I was just panicking and over focussing on it. Of course, that was music to my ears and I, stupidly, blindly trusted him. 

[HairRun]

Another thing is going to your countries medical board. 

But I think they best you can do for now is go to a lawyer who specializes in cosmetic surgery. 

[NARMAK]

2 hours ago, Anon99 said:

Thanks for the reply. So I’m now on moxoxidil, finasteride 1mg per day and 0.5 dutasteride once per week which was recommended as an additional option when I went to see a top doctor about fixing the situation. I went there wanting to explore all my options and was told it not to even try them. 
 

The issue with the “educated guess” part would be fair had I not said I *thought it was thinning* and that it felt thinner. He looked at it and literally said it wasn’t and I was just panicking and over focussing on it. Of course, that was music to my ears and I, stupidly, blindly trusted him. 

I think a lot of guys when they experience some hair loss or sometimes believe it is starting feel their crown and see it as feeling thinner or looking different as evidence of hair loss. 

If you can post pictures of before your surgery and after it's a bit easier to try be more objective buy i'm gonna use a personal example that tends to apply. 

My crown area has a "whorl" pattern like most people and whilst the frontal and mid areas feel thicker, i felt the crown area was thinning to the touch in feel. 

However visually when i took pictures it didn't seem too bad, so why did it feel worse? 

It's because the mid scalp and frontal hair sit a bit more on top of each other and are in a forward direction. The crown where the whorl pattern is located is usually splayed out into a 360 degree direction. Because of the way those hair sit, it leads it to look less thick and feel thinner. That's why when people have the crown done, the natural whorl pattern needs to be recreated and to give it sufficient density you need use a ton of grafts. That's why they call it a "black hole" in hair transplants. 

My tip to you, is get a derma pen and start Microneedling once per week at 1mm to 1.5mm. You can skip the Minoxidil on that day. The combined power of Minoxidil and Microneedling will give you a really big boosted result if you respond compared to just Minoxidil. 

OP, if you are willing to blur your face out, post some pictures of before surgery, after 12 months and present of the frontal area, top down and donor areas. We can try help you come up with some places that might be able to help you down the line. 

How old are you atm? Also where are you based? 

[VM1994]

Sorry to hear you had an unsatisfactory outcome. It's single biggest concern people of have about having any kind of surgery. The general consensus by most/all reputable doctors is 22 is too young to consider going under the knife. Many of us on this site to carry out our due diligence to minimise the risk.

• How many doctor's did you consult before making your choice? 
• Were you rejected as a suitable candidate by any of the doctors you consulted?
• When did you get the procedure done?
• Legal action should be considered a last resort. Have you spoken to the clinic? what is their view? and what have they offered to remedy the situation?

[Anon99]

4 hours ago, VM1994 said:

Sorry to hear you had an unsatisfactory outcome. It's single biggest concern people of have about having any kind of surgery. The general consensus by most/all reputable doctors is 22 is too young to consider going under the knife. Many of us on this site to carry out our due diligence to minimise the risk.

• How many doctor's did you consult before making your choice? 
• Were you rejected as a suitable candidate by any of the doctors you consulted?
• When did you get the procedure done?
• Legal action should be considered a last resort. Have you spoken to the clinic? what is their view? and what have they offered to remedy the situation?

So I did the classic of messaging places in Turkey which all said yes but then thought I’m not even risking that as had heard the risk of having young and everything else involved with those sorts of clinics. The resources I saw online all warned against overseas clinics and said go to a hair restoration specialist who can physically look at your hair and advise accordingly, if you’re worried about it. 

I was about to reach out to book a consultation with Dr Reddy to come up with a long term plan (how I wish I did). However, I saw that there was a clinic closer to me with a Dr who seemed to say all the right things (importance of age appropriate natural feathered hairline etc) and offered free initial consultation - which as it was a UK Dr I stupidly didn’t see as a red flag! 

After the initial consultation with the patient advisor/clinic owner I even sent an email containing the following as he was very pro HT:

”As I said in the initial consultation my only worry is about further hair loss. An in person consultation with the surgeon would definitely answer my questions about this as he can physically judge how strong my hair is in other areas and advise on further preventative measures
etc.” 

In the consultation with the surgeon I literally raised the risks that he should have and was told I was an exception, was just panicking and reassured that my existing hair going shouldn’t be a worry for years - especially in the crown area which has since started thinning! 

I got the procedure done in November 2021.

The surgeon has apologised and offered to fix for free but I don’t want them to touch it again. The other issue is what he’s caused cannot really be “fixed” in a one off session as had I been advised properly I wouldn’t have gone ahead at all due to the reality of having to constantly chase further hair loss and even running out of donor hair. The alternative is just lasering it off if recipient area scars heal and then embracing further hairloss - which would mean I’d have to try and cover up fue scars with smp should my aggressive hair loss continue!

In short, I’m likely going to be left with permanent visible scars (which may or may not be adequately covered by smp) or facing 2-3 further surgeries. 
 

What I think is even more unethical than operating on a 22 year old is having a 22 year old tell you that they could “just about” live with their hair now (due to the way I styled it) and was just terrified about losing any more, reassuring them that you’d heavily reinforce to safeguard against further frontal loss, saying their crown won’t thin for years and then not reinforcing at all! Now it’s thinning further after 6 months it’s mental torture - its like he’s taken my biggest insecurity and fear and made the consequences of that (further hair loss) 1000000x worse! 

[NARMAK]

1 hour ago, Anon99 said:

So I did the classic of messaging places in Turkey which all said yes but then thought I’m not even risking that as had heard the risk of having young and everything else involved with those sorts of clinics. The resources I saw online all warned against overseas clinics and said go to a hair restoration specialist who can physically look at your hair and advise accordingly, if you’re worried about it. 

I was about to reach out to book a consultation with Dr Reddy to come up with a long term plan (how I wish I did). However, I saw that there was a clinic closer to me with a Dr who seemed to say all the right things (importance of age appropriate natural feathered hairline etc) and offered free initial consultation - which as it was a UK Dr I stupidly didn’t see as a red flag! 

After the initial consultation with the patient advisor/clinic owner I even sent an email containing the following as he was very pro HT:

”As I said in the initial consultation my only worry is about further hair loss. An in person consultation with the surgeon would definitely answer my questions about this as he can physically judge how strong my hair is in other areas and advise on further preventative measures
etc.” 

In the consultation with the surgeon I literally raised the risks that he should have and was told I was an exception, was just panicking and reassured that my existing hair going shouldn’t be a worry for years - especially in the crown area which has since started thinning! 

I got the procedure done in November 2021.

The surgeon has apologised and offered to fix for free but I don’t want them to touch it again. The other issue is what he’s caused cannot really be “fixed” in a one off session as had I been advised properly I wouldn’t have gone ahead at all due to the reality of having to constantly chase further hair loss and even running out of donor hair. The alternative is just lasering it off if recipient area scars heal and then embracing further hairloss - which would mean I’d have to try and cover up fue scars with smp should my aggressive hair loss continue!

In short, I’m likely going to be left with permanent visible scars (which may or may not be adequately covered by smp) or facing 2-3 further surgeries. 
 

What I think is even more unethical than operating on a 22 year old is having a 22 year old tell you that they could “just about” live with their hair now (due to the way I styled it) and was just terrified about losing any more, reassuring them that you’d heavily reinforce to safeguard against further frontal loss, saying their crown won’t thin for years and then not reinforcing at all! Now it’s thinning further after 6 months it’s mental torture - its like he’s taken my biggest insecurity and fear and made the consequences of that (further hair loss) 1000000x worse! 

Out of curiosity, does this clinic in the UK also have "celebrity" clients as part of their YouTube and promotional material? 

I believe there was a clinic in the UK that apparently was being sued by prior patients and they shut down a branch possibly in Scotland because Scottish law is a bit different than English law. 

Ultimately you will find it very hard to sue but good thing you didn't potentially fall for a 2nd "free" procedure because "free" isn't without cost. It takes up the extremely valuable donor area. 

[VM1994]

I think the legal route will end up being as traumatic and even more costly than the HT. If the ambulance chasing lawyers aren't interested then it will require you to self fund any legal action. Even a modest case will run into thousands. You would need an expert witness to testify there was a breach of duty. If you find a doctor with the credentials to testify, then his examinations, reports, court testimony will all be changeable to you. Even if you were to win a case, the compensation would be based on a notional loss. You might be disappointed the little weight is given to something you find lifechanging. All of that and you will still have the same hairline (or worse from the stress).

IMO you would be far better to presenting your case on here (anonymised). Allow the experienced member of the community evaluate and present their views on the best way forward. You can take some comfort warning others who may consider the clinic/doctor.

How many grafts did you get?

[Al - Moderator]

Some points first: I'm in the USA and not the UK, so things may be different. This is just my opinions and story. I also went through my lawsuit years ago, so that could make a difference also. I also don't know the extent of your hair loss before the procedure or what the and result of the procedure is, etc. so this is all just comments based on what I've been through. I am also not a lawyer.

 

I went through the hair transplant lawsuit and I can tell you it's not simple. I was a major botch job and I was also 22 at the time of my first hair transplant and my lawsuit still went 8 years and ended up being dropped because it was getting nowhere after all that time. Some big hurdles are:

1. it is considered elective surgery so no matter how much your hair loss is or was affecting you, it doesn't matter. It's considered part of normal aging. If you do something about it such as a hair transplant then it's on you to know the risks and if you want to do it or not. It's not up to the Dr to decide for you no matter how much you think he/she should have told you something other than what he/she told you. In my own case I was told I had an "excessive hairloss disease" (his exact quote) and I needed to have surgery as soon as possible and we scheduled it for one week later because it was so urgent to fix it before it got any worse to the point where they wouldn't be able to help me. Yes they really said that. But even so, it's still considered elective surgery no matter what the Dr says.

2. You went to a hair transplant clinic/Dr. No matter what you say you went there for, they don't need to be anything other than a hair transplant clinic simply because you want them to be. What I mean is if you want them to give you advice or prescribe you certain medications, but they tell you they don't recommend that or offer hat, they are free to do that. With finisteride and dutasteride specifically, there is enough evidence of various side effects that there a number of Drs who think it's not worth the risks and won't advise you to use it and they are free to feel that way. It is up to you to find a Dr who will advise you on those things if you feel you want another opinion. Also, the fact that hair loss is considered normal in men means you will get nowhere trying to claim that they should have told you to use medication for your hair loss as it is not medically necessary to do anything at all for your hair.

3. You went to a hair transplant clinic/Dr. No matter what you went there for, they are going to claim that they should be expected to offer you a hair transplant. For example, if you go to a new car dealer and tell them you are trying to get maintenance done on your old car and you're worried about how much longer you car will last and ask what you can do to keep it running, a new car dealer/salesman is going to tell you that if you are concerned about your car breaking down then maybe it's time to get a new one and he will try to sell you a new car. Whether you buy a new one or not is up to you, but if you are at a new car dealer you have to expect them to attempt to sell one to you. It's no different at a hair transplant clinic.... again because it's elective surgery and not something necessary, so everything you think a Dr should be doing or saying does not apply.

4. Just reading parts of your story, you are all over the place on what you want, so that will only hurt you. For example you say you want to remove the transplanted hair and just go back to where you were, but you also say you are so worried about losing more hair, so which is it? If it's not a concern and you just want to go back to where you were, then why were you there in the first place? The Clinic's lawyer will make you look like a fool with this.

 

After all that I want to say I am not against you. I'm just giving you the reality of what you are dealing with. If you can threaten a lawsuit and get them to offer a refund or even a partial refund then take it. That's most likely the best you will get (I will point out though that I don't know your case specifically). They may offer a partial refund if they really feel you are serious about suing them because they know it will cost them money for their own lawyer, but don't expect to get much. They won't be offering anything because they think they will lose the case. It's just them trying to pay you less than their lawyer charges.

 

My overall opinion is it's not worth it unless you have been seriously injured to the point of near death or some serious physical harm OTHER than on your scalp where the hair transplant was performed.

 

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by BeHappy

[Melvin- Admin]

The biggest thing for me is your surgery was in November, you’re not even at 12 months yet. Things may change in appearance in the next 6 months. As for repair not being a one-step issue, there’s no way of diagnosing that in this stage. Aside from all of that, what behappy said is pretty spot on with everything. 

[HappyMan2021]

16 hours ago, VM1994 said:

If the ambulance chasing lawyers aren't interested then it will require you to self fund any legal action. Even a modest case will run into thousands.

100% agree. I myself briefly explored legal options after my 1st HT turned out badly. None of my local ambulance chasing personal injury lawyers would take me on. 

If OP does proceed with legal option, he definitely will have to self-fund with a pricey lawyer. 

OP also needs to factor in that even if he were to win a HT settlement, it is still going to be chump change compared to the type of settlements personal injury lawyers normally deal with. 

OP is going to be hard pressed to find a lawyer who will dedicate his time and attention to such a low-reward case. 

Edited April 18, 2022 by HappyMan2021

[Ybad]

In a similar situation - any help would be very much appreciated!

I had a hair transplant in Manchester a couple of years ago that went awful. Everything that went wrong happened – bad hairline design / hairs didn’t grow / bad density / skin damaged across the hairline / hair taken outside of the donor area etc. I’ve had various second opinions all of which have advised to reverse the procedure as best as possible.

I am now looking into suing the doctor. I know this is an elective procedure and the difficulties that brings but I want to try. As evidence I even have an expert report from a highly reputable surgeon outlining all the wrong doings of the previous procedure.

Does anyone have an experience in something similar and is there any solicitors they have used that you would recommend?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Ps I don’t feel comfortable posting images but believe me this is the procedure from hell!

[Marko7t4]

2 hours ago, Ybad said:

In a similar situation - any help would be very much appreciated!

I had a hair transplant in Manchester a couple of years ago that went awful. Everything that went wrong happened – bad hairline design / hairs didn’t grow / bad density / skin damaged across the hairline / hair taken outside of the donor area etc. I’ve had various second opinions all of which have advised to reverse the procedure as best as possible.

I am now looking into suing the doctor. I know this is an elective procedure and the difficulties that brings but I want to try. As evidence I even have an expert report from a highly reputable surgeon outlining all the wrong doings of the previous procedure.

Does anyone have an experience in something similar and is there any solicitors they have used that you would recommend?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Ps I don’t feel comfortable posting images but believe me this is the procedure from hell!

Give Mark Reynolds a call and I’m sure he will be able to assist you and tell you whether you have a case or not.