Every year men and women across the UK spend thousands of pounds on costly hair and beauty treatments. But what happens when it all goes horribly wrong? It’s your hairdresser or beauty therapist’s duty to provide a safe and professional service, but research has shown that hair and beauty compensation claims are on the rise. It’s been argued that this is because hairdressers can work without having to be a member of the Hairdressing Council (a way for hair professionals to become State Registered in the same way as doctors, dentists or nurses can.) In reality fewer, than 10% of hairdressers in the UK are members; a statistic that has exposed concern across the hair and beauty industry.

The reality is that salons can be very dangerous places. The amount of chemicals and hazardous equipment used means that extreme care needs to be taken to ensure hair and beauty accidents do not occur. It is important to know how to avoid these risks, and what action to take if you need to pursue a hair and beauty compensation claim.

What You Should Do To Make Your Claim

If you think you have grounds to pursue a hair or beauty compensation claim, here is what to do:

1. Have you notified the management? This may sound simple, but as with any personal injury claim, hair and beauty compensation claims can be time sensitive. This means you must act quickly to make your issue known.

2. Gather evidence by taking photographs of your injury and the place of the accident. This will help to strengthen your case, so you have a better chance of receiving compensation.

3. Try to find out exactly why the accident occurred: have you reacted to a product/substance? Or was the way it because of lack of training?

4. Always receive legal advice from a specialist personal injury solicitor. Take time to research law firms that specialise in hair and beauty compensation claims by looking through case studies.

5. Seek medical advice. Seeing a medical professional about your injury will help to strengthen your case by gathering evidence, as well as helping your recovery.

6. Keep a diary of your hair or beauty injury to ensure you can display exactly how the incident has affected your life.

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