Motorcyclists sent to the ground in accidents can suffer devastating lacerations and skin wounds. When a driver’s careless actions cause a motorcycle accident, their car insurance providers should be fully liable for the cost of medical care. This can include emergency room fees and the cost of restorative surgery.
Our skilled Asheville Motorcycle Accident Attorneys at Melrose Law fully investigate your accident and back your case with evidence, so there is no question of who should accept financial accountability for injuries. Then we demand support that covers everything you’ve been through. We are ready to talk to you in a free, no-obligation consultation. At such a difficult time, you owe it to yourself to learn about every source of assistance available.
Degloving Risks in Asheville Motorcycle Collisions
Buncombe County is a great place for motorcyclists. Riders can hop on U.S. 74 Parkway for a challenging ride. They might take trips down New Leicester Highway on their way to work or back home.
A serious accident certainly isn’t in the plans, but some mistakes made by drivers in cars, SUVs, and trucks can make it impossible to avoid a crash. Unfortunately, riders rarely stay on their bikes after a collision. They are sent to the ground, and any exposed skin can slide across the road surface to create devastating wounds.
Riders can get the usual road rash skin abrasions, but when skin is exposed to a longer stretch of rough surface, a “degloving” injury results.
A degloving injury is a skin injury where skin and tissue are torn, often sheared to reveal the deeper tissue and bone underneath. The National Library of Medicine explains that this process of ripped tissue often occurs in high-energy accidents. That could mean around fast-moving machinery, or the speeds involved with traffic accidents.
These are just a few of the frightening consequences of a degloving injury:
- Necrosis (dead skin)
- Infection
- Fluid build-up
- Nerve damage
- Potential amputation
- Blood loss
- Permanent scars and disfigurement
Riders dealing with these frightening effects should have the money they need to pay for the best care immediately. Unfortunately, insurance adjusters are trained to delay compensation and look for ways to blame motorcyclists for their own falls. It’s often up to an experienced lawyer to force an insurer to accept fault and do the right thing.
Treatment of Motorcycle Degloving Injuries
Motorcyclists most often suffer these injuries on the parts of the body that most often hit the road surface first. That’s often the lower body as thighs, the hip area, and buttocks absorb abrasion along the pavement. A rider who throws their arms out to catch themselves may suffer road burns on their forearms.
Treatment can include surgical irrigation, which is when the wound is flushed with a sterile fluid. Wounds would need debridement, which is the removal of dead flesh. Fluids may need to be drained from under the skin.
From there, injured riders may need restorative surgery, including skin grafts. Restorative surgery is meant to repair skin. Then, plastic surgery is often necessary to improve the appearance of a wound. Physical therapy helps patients keep their range of motion and works on preventing swelling.
A skilled attorney would work with medical experts to determine what riders may need to restore their confidence in their appearance. Most importantly, riders must be able to afford any care that helps them return to the mountain rides they love.
Winning Support for Asheville Motorcyclists With Skin Injuries
A Melrose Law attorney gets aggressive with insurance companies. We don’t stop fighting until injured motorcyclists have everything they need to rebuild their health and their finances, and can get back out on the highway.
Our attorneys make sure these hardships and others factor into any motorcycle accident settlement check:
- Money to pay all of your current medical bills and future medical costs
- Support for any plastic surgery needed to return your appearance to as close to the way it was as possible
- Support for the pain you’ll endure
- Support for the emotional upheaval caused in your life
- Support for the PTSD symptoms you may experience after a frightening motorcycle accident and difficult wound recovery process
- Money to pay for travel to see specialists and surgeons
- Reimbursement for every work paycheck and benefit you’ve lost while injured
- Money to replace or repair your personal property, such as a motorcycle, helmet, and clothing
Contact an Asheville Motorcycle Accident Lawyer After a Collision
If you suffer a serious skin injury in an accident, you may require the help of a skilled attorney to secure the support you need to recover.
Your Melrose Law attorney will fully investigate your motorcycle accident and those responsible. The powerful evidence gathered can make a big difference in the outcome of your case and the level of support you and your family receive.
Melrose Law offers a free case consultation to all Buncombe County motorcycle accident victims. There’s no obligation for your case review, and your consultation remains completely confidential.
However, if you require our help to get fair treatment, you won’t need any upfront money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless we’ve won our case for you. Then our fee is paid out of the settlement check you earn.
