Many people view plastic surgery as an elective procedure instead of a medical necessity until they suffer facial scars and other injuries due to some type of accident. An auto accident, workplace injury, and burn injuries are common examples of accidental injuries that might require facial scar and filler correction.
Many people seek the help of Dr. Joel Aronowitz to remove facial scars and perform filler correction after an accident causes facial injuries. The plastic surgery isn’t considered an elective medical procedure because it is restoring patients to their original condition as much as possible. Doing so provides physical and mental health benefits that enable patients to more fully recover from serious injuries caused by accidents.
How Facial Scar Correction Is Done
Facial scars and injuries can greatly change someone’s looks and possibly endanger that person’s ability to continue earning a living. A model is a good example of someone whose career relies on maintaining how that person looks. You don’t have to be a model to benefit from facial scar and filler correction procedures done to restore how you look after some types of mishaps.
Facial scars and filler correction generally require facial scar surgery to fix them. The scars might be from a deep cut, burns, or other causes. Many people also have facial scars from acne. No matter the cause, Joel Aronowitz is highly experienced at facial scar surgery, which can help make scars left by bad cuts, burns, and other causes look like your natural skin.
Many patients also have had poorly done dermal fillers that require corrective surgery to make their faces and skin look natural again. Poorly done dermal fillers can leave blotches on skin and minor deformities that a skilled and experienced plastic surgeon can fix. An initial consultation can determine what can be corrected, so you can look like yourself once again.
Insurance Might Pay for Facial Scar and Filler Correction
Depending on how the facial scar occurred, it’s possible to have insurance to pay for corrective surgery. If you are injured in an auto accident, auto insurance might pay for corrective plastic surgery. The same is true of worker’s compensation insurance if you suffer facial scars due to a workplace accident. Such causes mean facial scar surgery is a necessity instead of an elective procedure, which insurance should cover.
You also might suffer from a medical condition that leaves a facial scar after undergoing corrective surgery. A plastic surgeon can help you recover fully by removing the scar tissue. When insurers pay for plastic surgery, it’s because their entire purpose is to indemnify those who have suffered harm. Facial scars are a type of harm that insurers might pay to fix when plastic surgery helps to restore your face to how it looked prior to whatever caused the facial scars.