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Plastic Surgery Cost: Now It Is Available For You |
One of today's prejudices is that the procedures of plastic surgery
are affordable only to Hollywood stars whose million incomes leave them
no choice: they just need to decide what to do with such money, and the
best actors' investment is the face and body. In reality plastic
surgery's popularity is constantly growing, and not only among a select
and wealthy few. Thus 11,5 million cosmetic procedures were performed
in the USA during 2006, it is 446% increase since 1997. These figures
prove that plastic surgery services are available enough.
How much does the whole procedure cost? Cosmetic plastic
surgery
is not covered by insurance – in contrast to the cases when a
patient is operated for reconstructive purposes. The consultation at
medical centers is free of charge. All the rest vary widely depending
on surgeon's experience, the complexity of the procedure and some other
factors like modern equipment and a discreet location of the center.
Very often advertised costs appear lower concerning only the procedure
itself. But even the thriftiest patient wouldn't agree to be operated
without anesthesia, pre- and post-operative medical tests and certain
equipment. That is why during the consultation one should ask about the
total price which includes all the additional expenses.
To ease people's life there are many plastic surgery payment options
like installment plans or financial loans. Terms of payment depend on
the kind of procedure and the length of a period needed for repaying.
Most of financing programs are valid only for certain plastic surgery
specialists, however a convenient surgeon can be chosen individually.
The most expensive plastic surgery procedure is lower body lift (about
$7,708), then facelift, breast reduction and abdominoplasty come
(around $6,532, $5,429 and $5,263). The favorite plastic surgery
procedure of all the women – breast augmentation –
is
cheaper ($3,813), yielding to other popular
“augmentation”
in price (buttock augmentation – about $4,788). The cheapest
plastic surgery procedure is lip augmentation (around $1,726), however
there are enough examples of bad and
even awful
lip augmentation, for instance Claire Stansfield or Pete Burns. So to
prevent the waste of money and health one should choose a surgeon very
thoroughly.
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