Average Plastic Surgery Costs in India

When considering elective cosmetic or plastic surgery is: What will it cost? How do you know if the surgeon you are consulting is charging too much or too little? Price varies from surgeon to surgeon, depending on the details of the procedure, the region of the country, and patient's general health. What follows are some typical costs for the most popular procedures.

The five most popular cosmetic surgeries for women in 2007 according to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery are: breast augmentation, lipoplasty, eyelid surgery, abdominoplasty and breast reduction.

In 2007 cosmetic surgeons performed nearly 400,000 breast augmentation surgeries. Typically the patient chooses between silicone implants and saline implants. Silcone implants averaged between $3813 and $4087. Likewise surgeons performed 150,000 breast reductions last year. In 2007 breast reduction procedures averaged about $5450.

Costs of abdominoplasty, commonly known as a "tummy-tuck" average between $5250 and $5350. The cost of suction-assisted lipoplasty averaged around $2900, while the ultra-sound assisted ranged closer to $3000. Finally eyelid surgery also known as bleharoplasty will set a patient back abut $2900.

The five most popular cosmetic surgeries for men were: liposuction, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, male breast reduction, and hair transplants. The costs for liposuction, eyelid surgery, and breast reduction are the same irrespective of gender. Rhinoplasty (nose reduction) costs around $4400 and hair transplants about $5900.

Plastic surgery is generally performed for either aesthetics or restorative surgery purpose. It deals with altering or rejuvenating the facial and bodily features that have been damaged in accident or because of some congenital defect. It could also be performed to alter facial features that the individuals are not comfortable with. A plastic surgery that has gone awry is known as a bad plastic surgery.

This is typically due to errors in the surgical procedures. It could also result because of wrong choices by either the patient or surgeon before the procedure. It is very easy to identify bad facial surgery, as it is visible and obvious. In case of facelifts that have become tight, it is apparent in the form of asymmetrical and tight appearance of face muscles. As a result of bad plastic surgery of the face, patients at times lose the mobility of facial features and it also hampers the sensation due to damaged nerves.

It is possible to make amends in a bad surgery by re-working the problem with another corrective surgery. However, serious problems as the case of a bad rhinoplasty are almost impossible to amend. It is important to note that repair job can only be done if there is enough tissue left for it. It is easier to camouflage plastic surgery that has gone bad in other unexposed parts of the body rather than the face.

Some of the effects of surgery gone askew are excessive scarring, deformation and in severe cases paralysis. Bad surgeries cause a lot of emotional and psychological damage to the patients. They enter into a guilt complex and feel that it was deserved, and a reprisal for their vanity of going for the surgery.