People with disfigurement can face discrimination and prejudice in society and this can result in social and psychological problems

Present health and social care services tend to focus on the medical treatment of disfigurement and do not give adequate attention to the psychological and social impact of disfigurement. .

To ensure the effective rehabilitation of people with disfigurements it is important to:

• Find out more about disfiguring conditions so you can offer realistic information about these conditions and their treatments
• Encourage patients to develop a positive set of beliefs about their future and use positive language about disfigurement rather than stigmatising words like “defect”, “abnormality” and “deformity”.
• Make sure that patients have access and psychological and social support.
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