A TV psychologist who had a beauty facelift by a prime Harley Road surgeon is suing him for £35,000 claiming she was left with ‘scars and a pixie ear’.
Relationship and behavior knowledgeable Jo Hemmings, who commonly seems on Good Morning Britain, claims she has been left with an ‘elf-like ear’ following ‘negligent aftercare’ after going below the knife with beauty surgeon Peter Cumbo.
Dr Cumbo, who usually practises out of Harley Road, has labored on celebrities together with Linda Nolan who unveiled her facelift on Free Ladies.
However Ms Hemmings, 66, who has contributed to actuality TV reveals comparable to Huge Brother and Married At First Sight, claims she was left disfigured after having surgical procedure.
She insists that negligent aftercare on the Wimpole Clinic – together with a ‘too tight’ bandage – led to her being left with scars and a ‘deformed’ ‘pixie ear’ in December 2016.
She is suing the surgeon for £35,000 in compensation, however he vehemently denies all of the claims.
Jo Hemmings, 66, (pictured) who had a beauty facelift by a prime Harley Road surgeon is suing him for £35,000 after she was left with ‘scars and a pixie ear’
Peter Cumbo, who has been practising for 23 years, established a worldwide fame as a frontrunner in his discipline and has labored the faces of Maureen and Linda Nolan after they individually unveiled their facelifts on Free Ladies
An writer of seven books, Ms Hemmings is usually consulted for her insights on movie star relationships, together with commenting on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their interaction with the royal household.
She additionally advises actuality TV producers and contestants, and has spoken out about the necessity to present contributors with robust psychological help.
In response to paperwork filed at Central London County Courtroom, Ms Hemmings opted for a face and neck carry by the hands of Dr Cumbo in 2016, wishing to look her finest below the glare of the studio lights.
The operation was carried out in London’s prestigious Harley Road and Ms Hemmings makes no criticism in regards to the precise surgical procedure carried out by Dr Cumbo.
However her authorized crew say that negligent aftercare induced severe issues.
Her legal professionals say a compression bandage was utilized to her head far too tightly after the process, disastrously depleting the blood provide to native pores and skin areas.
Ms Hemmings suffered scarring in the midst of her neck brought on by the bandage – in addition to scars beside each ears, she says.
On prime of that, her accidents resulted in a webbing impact between her proper earlobe and her cheek often known as ‘Pixie ear deformity’ – during which the earlobe merges into the pores and skin of the face.
She additionally had to deal with sensory loss and recurring tingling, plus a ‘extended interval of intense ache’.
Ms Hemmings’ barrister, Rory Badenoch, says the alleged botched bandaging took a very heavy toll because of her TV profile.
‘The affect of those accidents is exacerbated by the truth that she is a TV persona whose seems are essential to her profession as a TV psychologist,’ he says.
‘Certainly it was for this very purpose that she sought to endure beauty surgical procedure within the first place.’
Pixie ears (left and proper) refers to when the earlobe merges onto the pores and skin on the face (file picture)
Ms Hemmings is usually consulted for her insights on movie star relationships, together with commenting on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their interaction with the royal household
Dr Cumbo, who usually practises out of Harley Road, has labored on celebrities together with Linda Nolan who unveiled her facelift on Free Ladies
Ms Hemmings claims Dr Cumbo should not have allowed her to go away surgical procedure with such tight bandages.
The day after departing the clinic with compression bandages wrapped around her head and neck, her left eye grew infected and her face swelled up because the bandages turned ‘tighter and tighter’ inflicting ache which was acute behind her left ear, she says.
She claims that regardless of texting with complaints about her signs, the medic failed to induce her to take away or loosen her bandage till two days after surgical procedure, merely advising her to use an ice pack.
Eleven days later, she had her dressings modified on the clinic, however Ms Hemmings’ legal professionals say this was accomplished ‘unsupervised’ by an ‘untrained and unqualified’ trainee.
Ms Hemmings insists that negligent aftercare on the Wimpole Clinic (pictured) – together with a ‘too tight’ bandage – led to her being left with scars and a ‘deformed’ ‘pixie ear’ in December 2016
The case introduced by Ms Hemmings, who can be guide psychologist on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, reached Central London County Courtroom in a quick pre-trial listening to earlier than Decide Richard Roberts final week
Her legal professionals declare the ‘extreme exterior stress of the compression bandage’ diminished the blood circulation to the pores and skin flap edges resulting in the loss of life of pores and skin tissue or ‘necrosis’.
Her counsel, Mr Badenoch, blamed her accidents on an over-tight compression bandage and claimed the surgeon later ‘delegated medical care together with the altering of dressings and examination of the injuries to an untrained and unqualified individual’.
He stated proof instructed the compression bandage might even have been utilized by a former receptionist on the clinic whom he termed a ‘non-medically skilled member of workers’.
However Dr Cumbo has brushed apart these claims, insisting the compression bandage would have been tied on by his scrub nurse ‘below his supervision and consistent with his normal observe’.
He stated proof instructed the compression bandage might even have been utilized by a former receptionist on the clinic whom he termed a ‘non-medically skilled member of workers’.
Ms Hemmings pictured in a studio to report an episode of the Pricey Deidre podcast
Ms Hemmings claims she has been left with an ‘elf-like ear’ following ‘negligent aftercare’ after going below the knife with beauty surgeon Peter Cumbo
However Dr Cumbo has brushed apart these claims, insisting the compression bandage would have been tied on by his scrub nurse ‘below his supervision and consistent with his normal observe’.
The surgeon, who was acclaimed in 2018 for the £7,500 remodeling facelift he carried out on Free Ladies and former Nolan Sisters star Maureen Nolan, is denying all blame, insisting that each care was taken over the bandaging and in relation to his affected person’s aftercare.
He disputes negligence, in addition to denying any hyperlink between the bandaging and any accidents his affected person might have suffered.
The case introduced by Ms Hemmings, who can be guide psychologist on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, reached Central London County Courtroom in a quick pre-trial listening to earlier than Decide Richard Roberts final week.
The trial itself isn’t fastened to start out till subsequent 12 months and is about to final three days.
