Plastic surgeon medico-legal reports
Independent reports from GMC-registered consultant plastic surgeons on scarring, burns and the cosmetic outcome of injury, prepared to CPR Part 35 standards for personal injury and clinical negligence claims.
Scarring outlasts most injuries. Long after a wound has healed, its mark remains, and the court needs an expert view on what it looks like now, how it may mature and what revision surgery could realistically achieve. Expert Medical arranges independent reports from GMC-registered consultant plastic surgeons covering scarring, burns, lacerations and the cosmetic and functional outcome of injury.
Solicitors instruct plastic surgery evidence in road traffic, workplace and clinical negligence claims where scarring or disfigurement forms part of the damage, and insurers rely on the same reports when valuing the cosmetic element of an award. Each report is prepared to CPR Part 35 and describes the site, size and visibility of scarring precisely, so the court is not left guessing.
Scarring assessed by the specialty that treats it
Reports are prepared by consultant plastic surgeons on the GMC Specialist Register, the clinicians who revise scars and treat burns in practice. Their opinion on whether a scar is likely to fade, stay prominent or respond to revision surgery carries the authority of the specialty that does the work.
Honest about revision surgery
Where revision is possible, the report says what it involves, what improvement is realistic and what will remain visible afterwards. Where nothing useful can be offered, it says that too, so the claim is valued on a permanent scar rather than an operation that would not change the outcome.
Cosmetic and psychological together
A visible scar can change how a person dresses, works and meets other people. The report records the physical findings and their practical effect, and where the psychological impact needs its own assessment we arrange a psychologist alongside, so the two strands of evidence fit together rather than overlap.
Evidence for the injury everyone can see
A scar is the one injury a court can look at directly, which makes precise expert description of it matter more, not less. Our plastic surgery reports record what is there, explain how it will change and state plainly what surgery can and cannot do about it.
- Scarring reports after road traffic and workplace accidents
- Burn injury assessment and long-term outcome
- Facial scarring and disfigurement reports
- Laceration, degloving and soft tissue injury reports
- Dog bite and assault scarring assessments
- Opinion on scar maturation and final appearance
- Revision surgery options and realistic outcomes
- Negligent cosmetic and plastic surgery claims
- Condition and prognosis, breach of duty and causation reports
- Oral evidence and Part 35 question responses where required
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