Consumers who have suffered "horrific" injuries including permanent facial disfigurement, scarring and burns as a result of botched cosmetic treatment are being left with no hope of compensation due to an "explosion" in uninsured practitioners, a leading lawyer has said. Jennifer Wallace, a partner at Thompsons Solicitors who has specialised for more than a decade in personal injury claims involving the hair and beauty industry, said her caseload has soared from a couple of claims in 2012 to roughly 200 enquiries a year. Clients are "shocked" to discover they often have no prospect of damages despite clear evidence of serious harm and negligence, she added.
READ MORE: SPECIAL REPORT: 'Someone is going to die': Regulation gone wrong? SPECIAL REPORT: Why Scotland's newest private hospital is for cosmetic surgery I tried Scotland's newest skin-tightening procedure - so what's it like? Ms Wallace said: "It's really upsetting to say to people 'I know you have a case here, I know there is liability, and I know you've been left with a horrific injury, but unfortunately I can't do anything about it because there is no way I can get money out of this person'. Jennifer Wallace, partner and specialist in personal injury law at Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, said she had seen her caseload of cosmetic-related claims increase 100-fold in the past 12 years (Image: Colin Mearns/Herald×) "I've had somebody in a fillers case where they had injected into a nerve and the client had been left wi.