Facial Disfigurement

Facial disfigurement can cause huge psychological distress to the sufferer, both male and female, particularly when it was suffered in an accident that was caused by someone else's negligence. However, this is one area of compensation claims where gender is particularly significant, with markedly higher levels of compensation being awarded to successful female claimants.

Regardless of your gender, however, suffering facial disfigurement is very serious, potentially life-altering and a highly difficult personal injury to come to terms with. Facial disfigurement can arise from road traffic accidents where there was traumatic injury to the face, or industrial accidents where the sufferer was hit in the face by equipment or toxic substances. It can be a term described to refer to scarring, burns, tissue and bone damage or damage to the facial features. The sufferer may or may not need surgery and/or ongoing treatment and the disfigurement may be improved in the short- or long-term with the help of medical attention or it may not be improved at all. In severe cases, the disfigurement could worsen in time, or cause other side-effects or even illnesses (for instance, where the eyes, ears or airways are damaged). These varying conditions will affect the levels of compensation awarded, in addition to the gender of the sufferer.

Claims for facial disfigurement should be handled by a claims management company that is sensitive, supportive and highly experienced in overseeing successful claims of this nature. Claim-Easy prides itself on being able to support sufferers in just this way; speak to one of our approachable and expert team to find out more about your case.