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Cost of Breast Implants
Breast implants, including surgery, implants, Operating Room and
Anesthesia can run anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000. In my practice, the cost is presently
$6,500 plus anesthesia. There is no consultation fee and financing is available for all
procedures that I perform.
Be careful when shopping price because all surgeries are not the same!
First, be sure you are consulting a board-certified plastic surgeon. Not all surgeons
who call themselves plastic surgeons actually completed an approved fellowship and
boards. (See the pages "Dr. Studin" and "Check your Surgeon".)
Second, many doctors will do surgery in an office setting. Is this setting a safe and
reassuring one?
I believe that surgery of this type should either be done in a hospital ambulatory
surgery unit or in an private accredited ambulatory surgery facility such
as mine. These facilities have been accredited by one of the organizations that check to
make sure that such things as emergency protocols and power backup systems are in place
and working.
Third, I would recommend that your anesthesia is supervised by a board-certified
anesthesiologist. While this is certainly not in the category of open-heart surgery, it is
surgery on you nonetheless!
Fourth, there are many choices for placement and insertion of implants. Please take a
look at the breast implant pages, which explain these.
In some practices the doctor can arrange for you to meet past patients. I have found
that in my practice past patients are almost always happy to share their experiences with
prospective patients that have trepidation. Most of them sincerely appreciate the courtesy
paid to them when they were the prospective patient and are happy to pass along the
kindness!
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