Consultations
Every procedure starts with two consultations with your surgeon and at least fourteen days to think in between. Here is what happens and what to ask.
Two consultations and fourteen days
No one leaves a first consultation with a surgery date. This is the path every patient takes, in this order.
Bring someone with you if you like, and a list of questions. The surgeon also tells you when surgery is not the right answer.
First consultation
Sixty minutes with the surgeon who would operate: what you would like to change, your health, an examination, and what is and is not possible for you.
Fourteen days to think
You take home a written plan, the risks in plain words and the full cost. Nothing is booked until at least fourteen days have passed.
Second consultation
Your questions, measurements and, if you decide to go ahead, the consent form, signed with the surgeon.
Pre-operative check
A nurse appointment a week or two before: blood pressure, blood tests if needed, medicines, and clinical photos for your record.
Surgery day
The surgeon marks the plan on your skin with you awake and standing, then the anaesthetist takes over. Most people go home the same day or the next.
Follow-up
A nurse at one week, the surgeon at six weeks and again at six months (sample). The recovery line is there in between.
Questions to ask any surgeon
Write them down and take them with you, here or anywhere else.
- Are you on the specialist register for plastic surgery, and how often do you do this operation?
- Where will the scar be, and how long will it be?
- What are the most common problems afterwards, and what happens if one occurs?
- Who do I call at night after surgery?
- What does the price include, and what would a revision cost?
- What would you advise if I were your relative?
What a fee includes
One written price after the first consultation, covering everything from the day of surgery to the last follow-up.
- The surgeon and the anaesthetist
- The hospital stay, theatre and dressings
- Compression garments where needed
- Follow-up appointments for a year and the recovery line
First consultation, 60 minutes
$150
Second consultation
No charge
Upper eyelid surgery
from $3,200
Breast augmentation
from $6,900
Tummy tuck
from $8,900
Facelift
from $11,500
Example prices. Finance over 12 to 36 months is available on request (sample); a cosmetic procedure is a decision worth saving for.
Book a first consultation
Sixty minutes with the surgeon who would operate. Nothing is booked on the day, and the fee is taken off the surgery fee if you go ahead (sample).