(They have either certified in other specialties (such as gynecology, Family practice, ER Medicine, Internal Medicine etc) and may be certified by commercial non-American Board of Medical Specialties Boards-ABMS), or are practicing medicine illegally (either foreign unlicensed doctors or not doctors at all)). (These other “Plastic surgeons” are a large group made up of doctors who never formally trained in a Plastic surgery residency and who literally practice Plastic Surgery. This financial burden is then added to a high pre-existing educational debt which must be paid off.Īs a result, real board-certified and experienced Plastic surgeons (ASPS members) will usually charge more than wannabe doctors who are NOT certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). Moreover, the cost of running a Plastic Surgery office is higher than many other specialties. Real Plastic surgeons accumulate a lot of debt during their long years of training. Plastic Surgery training is also the longest training in American Graduate Medical Education. Quality Plastic Surgery graduate training is very competitive and hard to get into requiring an excellent academic record and years of hard work in medical school and preceding residencies. Plastic Surgery is an expensive occupation. Finally, with the current state of the economy many surgeons lowered their fees. SURGEON’S FEE – The surgeon’s fee is based on geographic factors (with higher fees being common in major cities such as New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles etc) and on the experience of the surgeon doing the surgery (less experienced surgeons may charge a lot less). Cheap Plastic Surgery should raise safety concerns and each of these 3 components deserves your careful consideration. An amazingly low fee usually means that one or more of these components has been compromised and that you are taking a risk. Most of the time, you are getting what you pay for. The TOTAL cost of Cosmetic Surgery is made up of 3 components the surgeon’s fee, anesthesia charges and facility charges. When SHOPPING FOR A “DEAL” WHAT RED FLAGS SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR? People who, regardless of their income, never met a bargain they could walk away from (The garage sale, centered, the coupon wallet carrying, “Is this your best price?” shopper). The other group is the shoppers – We all know them. Many surgeons intentionally charge huge fees to over-inflate their attractiveness to these spend-happy individuals who assume that excellence must be expensive.Įxtreme Plastic Surgery bargains are INTENDED to draw in 2 different groups of people: First, are individuals who cannot afford cosmetic surgery but are insistent on getting it anyway by focusing on bargain basement prices rather surgeon training and experience. Ridiculous high prices (“If you need to ask – you can’t afford me” Plastic Surgery) are also meant to bring in those who do not want to do their research The “If he charges so much, he MUST be good” school of thinking individuals. X because he operated on startlet 1, starlet 2 and we think starlet 3…”). Price extremes in Cosmetic Surgery are intentionally set to attract very 2 very different groups of people.Įxtravagant Plastic Surgery prices are INTENDED to suck in 2 groups of people: the “label snobs”(those who either enjoy proving their worth by over-spending on everything) and those yearning to reach Hollywood’s supposed elite through Cosmetic Surgery (“I want a Facelift by Dr. For your safety, stay away from both very low and high price extreme.Īn overinflated price does NOT guarantee quality and an unreasonably bargain basement low price is never a bargain but frequently is a gamble on your safety and well-being. There is a large multi-factorial variation in Plastic Surgery prices. Make sure you understand what your surgeon’s fee will pay for. My fee covers your initial Consultation, up to 3 pre-operative visits, the cosmetic surgery professional fee and follow-up for 1 year after your surgery. You should also be aware that different Plastic surgeons’ professional fees may cover different things. According to The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the 2009 average American Plastic surgeon’s fee for a Tummy Tuck was 4,936 dollars. I purposefully set my charge to be both affordable in the Memphis market and competitive when compared to the significantly higher national charges for the same operation. My 2010 fee for a full or standard Tummy Tuck (also called Abdominoplasty) is 4,200 dollars.
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