Do you need information on beauty treatment claims for compensation? If a beauty technician causes you harm, the consequences can be serious and far-reaching. This guide will detail your options for seeking beauty treatment compensation from the salon or beauty therapist at fault.
Beauty Treatment Claims Key Takeaways
- If you suffered substandard beauty treatment and this caused harm, you could claim compensation
- Compensation can be made up of damages for injuries and financial losses
- You generally have three years to start your case, but there are exceptions
- Collecting evidence will increase your chances of winning your claim
- The expert personal injury solicitors from our panel can help you claim on a No Win No Fee basis.
So read on to learn what you can do when a beauty treatment has gone wrong. Or:
- Call for information about the claims process 0800 408 7825.
- Ask the live discussion window below a question.
- Contact us online to see if personal injury solicitors can help you.
Select A Section
- Am I Eligible To Claim For Beauty Treatment Negligence?
- Average Compensation In Beauty Treatment Claims
- Common Causes Of Beauty Treatment Claims
- Patch Testing – Why It Matters
- Claiming For An Injury You Got While Working In A Salon
- How To Make A Beauty Treatment Claim
- How Public Interest Lawyers Can Help You Claim
- Further Information
Am I Eligible To Claim For Beauty Treatment Negligence?
To be eligible to claim for negligence, you must establish the following criteria:
- You were owed a duty of care
- This duty was breached
- You suffered harm as a result
Those in control of public spaces owe a duty of care to the public under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957. Under this law, occupiers are required to implement whatever reasonable steps are required to prevent the public from being harmed whilst on their premises.
The beauty technician will also owe you a general duty of care to perform treatments with a reasonable level of care and skill. This can include things like testing products on a small area of your skin before a full treatment.
In general, if you have been harmed or injured and think it was someone else’s fault, we offer a free case assessment so you can quickly check your eligibility to claim.
Average Compensation In Beauty Treatment Claims
Learning the average compensation in a beauty treatment claim would not be particularly useful to you. This is because you will not know if your claim is average. Compensation is assessed on an individual basis, and every case has unique features.
What is more useful is to show you how compensation is calculated.
How Claims Are Calculated
Personal injury claims are calculated by looking at two heads of loss called general and special damages. General damages give a financial value for the physical pain and emotional distress caused to the person. In addition to this, general damages can assess the impact of a permanent disability and harm to the person’s overall life quality.
To calculate a sum for this, those involved might use available medical records and documents like the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG). This contains suggested award bracket amounts for certain levels of injury.
Below are examples from this publication as they might relate to injuries experienced after harmful beauty therapy. However, it is vital to stress that these sums are strictly guide amounts, and the first amount shown is not derived from the JCG:
Compensation Guidelines
| INJURY | SEVERITY | AWARD GUIDELINES |
|---|---|---|
| Several types of injury and special damages. | Serious | Up to £500,000 plus. |
| Psychological Harm | (a) Severe | £66,920 up to £141,240 |
| Facial Disfigurement | (a) Very Severe Scarring | £36,340 up to £118,790 |
| (b) Less Severe Scarring | £21,920 up to £59,090 | |
| (c) Significant Scarring | £11,120 up to £36,720 | |
| (d) Less Significant Scarring | £4,820 up to £16,770 | |
| (e) Trivial Scarring | £2,080 up to £4,310 | |
| Scarring to other parts of the body | (a) Noticeable | £9,560 up to £27,740 |
| Damage to hair | (a) Serious | £8,960 up to £13,450 |
| (b) Less Serious | £4,820 up to £8,960 |
Special Damages In Negligent Beatuty Treatment Cases
The secondary part of successful beauty treatment claims can be special damages. These pay back the claimant for the financial losses caused by their injuries. Evidence is needed to prove these amounts, and special damages can only be claimed in conjunction with general damages. Proof might include:
- Payslips that show a drop or loss in earnings because of time off work.
- Medical bills to correct or treat the effects of the beauty treatment mistake.
- Proof of sums paid to anyone who provided domestic help like cooking and cleaning.
- Receipts and proof of travel costs to related appointments.
- Any other documentation that proves a directly related expense caused by the injuries.
It’s a good idea to retain all paperwork. If you choose to work with a solicitor, they can comb through this and help you understand what is useful. This advice could greatly increase the potential compensation you are awarded. Our team can answer any questions about general and special damages right now.
Common Causes Of Beauty Treatment Claims
We now turn to some common causes of negligence that can give rise to beauty treatment claims for compensation:
- Allergic reactions to hair dyes, permanent waving solutions, chemical peels and other chemical products because a patch test was not carried out.
- Hot wax burns from hair removal procedures.
- Eye injuries from improper application of false lashes or permanent make-up applications.
- Burns from incorrectly performed laser treatments or cool sculpting sessions.
- Slips, trips and falls from hazards left in the customer’s way.
Your particular example may differ depending on the beauty procedure. The principle remains that if a salon harmed you by not meeting its health and safety obligations, a claim for beauty treatment injuries might apply. Call our dedicated advisory team to discuss your grounds to seek compensation.
Patch Testing – Why It Matters
A patch test is when a dye or chemical is first tried out on the client’s skin. Usually, it is left for a while to see if it causes any kind of allergic reaction. Whilst this precaution may seem unnecessary or dampen the enthusiasm for starting a beauty treatment, it is an essential way to avoid injury or harm and should always be carried out. If a beauty practitioner skips the patch test and you suffer a burn or other injury, they could be liable to compensate you.
Claiming For An Injury You Got While Working In A Salon
A duty of care applies to you as an employee. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HASAWA) states that all employers need to carry out reasonable actions to prevent their employees from being harmed in the course of their job. This obligation to health and safety covers a wide area of responsibilities, but in a beauty salon it might typically involve:
- Providing the employee with personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves when carrying out a beauty treatment.
- Ensuring that all chemicals and appliances in the salon are safe for staff to use.
- Training staff properly.
If you suffered a chemical burn or other form of injury at work because of a failure by your employer to check the safety of the salon, get in touch. You could be owed compensation for the injuries you suffered.
How To Make A Beauty Treatment Claim
Next, we explore the steps involved in beauty treatment claims, such as gathering supporting evidence, meeting the time limits involved and consulting a personal injury solicitor to help:
The Evidence You’ll Need
Personal injury claims always require evidence. It needs to show how the other party failed to meet their duty of care obligation and that this caused the physical and/or psychological injury. With this in mind, the following examples might help:
- Get copies of medical records or A&E admission notes.
- Try to obtain a small amount of any incorrect product that caused the injury.
- Retain all emails and correspondence with the salon about the accident or injury.
- Keep the name and dates of the person who treated you.
- Take photos of the visible injuries you experienced.
- Obtain the contact details of anyone else in the salon who saw what happened. If you decide to work with a solicitor, they can request an evidentiary statement from these people.
- If you are a salon employee, take a photo of the circumstances of your injury (such as unlabelled chemicals or appliances that lack safety certificates).
Evidence such as this can help you build a much more compelling argument for compensation. If you’d like guidance on how to assemble proof, call our team for free information.
How Long You Have To Begin Your Claim
Under the terms of the Limitation Act 1980, there is a usual three-year limit in which to begin a personal injury claim. This begins from the date of the accident or injury itself. However, it may also begin from the date you were reasonably expected to connect negligence as the root cause of your injury, (for example, if a hair dye took several days to damage the scalp and hair or an incorrect dermabrasion procedure caused skin problems weeks later).
In some cases, the time limit alters:
- Claimants under 18 cannot initiate a personal injury claim themselves. The time limit is paused until they turn 18, after which they are entitled to three years to start their claim.
- Time limits are frozen for claimants who might lack the mental capacity to launch a claim themselves. The three-year time limit might instead start from any date that they regain the required mental capacity to manage their own affairs.
Often, the courts allocate a litigation friend for these groups to begin a claim immediately. This role can be taken on by a parent or other suitable person. If you have question reach out for guidance on time limits or litigation friend duties.
Considering A No Win No Fee Agreement
The solicitors on our panel can assist eligible claimants to start beauty treatment claims through a variation of the No Win No Fee contract. Often, they recommend a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) for the outstanding advantages it offers. Under a CFA, a claimant can expect:
- No initial solicitors fees for work to start on the claim.
- No solicitor’s fees as the claim moves ahead.
- Nothing is owed for completed solicitor’s work on the claim if it fails.
- A smalll amount is owed from the compensation if the claim wins. This is called a success fee and is a percentage deducted at the conclusion. It is restricted by law to ensure you always benefit the most.
With advantages like this, you can commence a claim with a first-class personal injury solicitor at your side and have no concerns about their fees.
How Long Beauty Treatment Claims Take
Compensation might be needed urgently, so it’s useful to be aware of what factors might affect how long it takes to receive it:
- The complexity of the injuries and treatment required.
- The recovery period involved.
- Whether the other side disputes its liability.
- How busy the court is.
If you place your claim with a solicitor they can often help navigate these obstacles and speed up the conclusion of the claim.
How Public Interest Lawyers Can Help You Claim
Working with the solicitors on our panel offers many advantages. They’ll take care of all the correspondence involved, meet time limits and argue for the highest compensation settlement that they can on your behalf. Also, Pre-Action Protocol steps apply to every personal injury claim, and these solicitors have the expertise and insights to deal with these efficiently.
Rather than face the prospect of starting beauty treatment claims alone, on top of trying to recover, why not see if they can help you? It takes a moment to run through a case check with the team. If eligible, and you wish to go ahead, your claim could start today. Interested? Call to learn more.
- Call for an explanation of the claims process 0800 408 7825.
- Ask the live discussion window below a question.
- Contact us here to claim compensation.
Further Information
In addition to the information in this guide about beauty treatment claims, you might find these informative:
- Here is a guide about permanent scar compensation.
- This guide looks at damaged hair claims.
- Also, burn injury compensation claims.
Some outside resources to help:
- Read about hairdresser regulations from GOV UK.
- This resource explores the licensing for non-surgical procedures in England.
- Lastly, when to call 999.
In conclusion, we appreciate your interest in our guide about beauty treatment claims. If you’d like to keep the conversation going, you can call for free on the number above, email us or ask the chat window below a question on beauty treatment compensation claims.
