Plastic surgery is no longer exclusive to the Hollywood elite! Nowadays, people of every walk of life are having cosmetic surgery and the reason for this upsurge in plastic surgery is its affordability. There are several reasons why people now can afford the cost of plastic surgery procedures, including:

1. Availability of Financing for Cosmetic Surgery - In the old days, no financial company would loan money without collateral, especially if it was for cosmetic surgery. Now, some of the major financial institutions are marketing primarily to the plastic surgery crowd. They realize that those with a steady income can make payments for cosmetic surgery, just as if they were making it for a new car. In fact, some loan companies are becoming even more creative. They are willing to give patients a cosmetic surgery home equity loan, with the payments added to patient's monthly mortgage payment.

2. Cost of Cosmetic Surgery - Whether it is because the relative cost of cosmetic surgery procedures has come down or that the price of most other things have gone up, the prices of plastic surgery procedures are now within people's spending budget.

3. Plastic Surgeons Offer Financing - While it used to be that one had to pay cash for plastic surgery, now plastic surgeons accept credit card payments, financing, or even offer cosmetic surgery savings plans.

Most people have a false perception of what cosmetic surgery costs. In fact, most think that they could never afford plastic surgery. Once they realize that getting the body that they always wanted is no more expensive that buying a used car, they are eager to change their life for the better.

Hidden Costs of Plastic Surgery The American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) publishes annual statistics on the cost of different plastic surgery procedures, which are stratified to the region of a specific country. Although this is an approximate price that plastic surgeons charge to perform such procedures, the total cost could widely vary, depending on the cost of the operating room facility, anesthesia, follow-up care, and necessary equipment or garments. Don't be fooled by the seemingly amazing prices that you might see published in throw-away magazines, or from the ads you hear on the radio or watch on TV. They might not have included the overall price.

________________________________________ For example, some competitive national chains that are owned and operated by non-plastic surgeons offer ridiculously low prices, with a small footnote that the cost of anesthesia or operating room fees are extra. Others might advertise attractive prices that fail to mention that your anesthesia is going to be provided by a nurse and not a board certified anesthesiologist. Others even advertise "board certified cosmetic surgeons," when only later you find that your surgeon is a dentist, gynecologist, or even a general practitioner and does not hold board certification in plastic surgery. Please know that there is only one accredited and nationally accepted board of plastic surgery. The so-called "Academy of Cosmetic Surgery" is a non-accredited corporation that offers certificates to any doctor that takes their weekend courses…So don't bargain with your life!

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Any surgery is a serious endeavor that has costs associated with it, due to the basic expenses of an accredited surgical facility and board certified staff. While it doesn't hurt to get a good price, it is not worth possibly compromising your well-being and health for the sake of the cheapest price.

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The average total price for some of the common plastic surgery procedures including fees for the plastic surgeon, anesthesiologist, surgery center, implants (if indicated) and follow-up care is noted below. These do not included the cost of pre-operative testing (blood test & EKG), special equipment, implants, garments, or specialty aftercare, and if necessary, the cost of revisions.

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Cost of Plastic Surgery Procedures:
Body Contouring
Liposuction of the abdomen and flanks
$ 5,500-10,000
Liposuction of arms and outer chests
$ 4,500-7,500
Liposuction of thighs (complete)
$ 6,000-12,000
Liposuction of neck & face
$ 2,800-5,000
Liposuction of calves $ 4,500- 7,500
Tummy Tuck (abdominoplasty)
$ 7,500-15,000
Lower Body Lift $ 15,000-25,000
Upper Body Lift $ 10,000-20,000
Arm Tuck (brachioplasty) $ 6,800-14,000
Thigh Lift $ 9,500-16,000
Calf Augmentation $ 6,000-10,000
Male Breast Reduction (for gynecomastia) $ 5,000- 9,500
Male Breast Reduction (after bariatric surgery) $ $9500-18,000
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Breast Enhancement Surgery
Breast Augmentation (saline)
$ 5,500-10,000
Breast Augmentation (silicone)
$ 7,500-12,000
Breast Implant Exchange (saline)
$ 6,500-12,000
Breast Implant Exchange (silicone)
$ 8,500-14,000
Capsulectomy $ 6,500-12,000
Breast lift (minor)
$ 6,800-12,000
Breast lift (major)
$ 8,500-16,000
Breast reduction
$ 9,500-20,000
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Facial Cosmetic Surgery
Upper Blepharoplasty (eyelid tuck)
$ 2,600-4500
Lower Blepharoplasty (eyelid tuck) $ 2,800-5,500
Canthopexy (lower eyelid lift) $ 3,500-6,000
Brow Lift, Forehead Lift
$ 3,500-6,000
Mid-Facelift $ 4,500-8,000
Facelift (neck & face)
$14,000-25,000
Thread Lift (limited) $ 5,000-
Thread Lift (major) $ 12,000-
Lip augmentation (temporary fillers per cc) $ 330-1,500
Lip augmentation (permanent implant)
$ 3,000- 5,000
Rhinoplasty (nose job)
$ 5,500-10,000
Nasal augmentation (with implant) $ 5,500-10,000
Septoplasty with Turbinectomy (nasal blockage) $ 4,500-12,000
Cheek augmentation (with implant) $ 4,500-8,000
Chin augmentation (with implant) $ 4,500-8,000