Tummy Tuck: Costs

The price of a tummy tuck today ranges anywhere from $5,000 to $9,000 per surgery. That would be here in the United States. Physicians located in the “islands” lure you to take a vacation plus get your surgery done. In most cased insurance does not cover the surgery because it is considered cosmetic surgery.

In a press release by Tummy Tuck Secrets people responding to a survey: 56% of patients stated that a tummy tuck would have not even been considered had there not been financing or a payment plan available. 63% worried about their surgeon’s qualifications.

Stephen Fasenfeld, leading tummy tuck expert from http://www.tummy-tuck-secrets-revealed.com comments that "Tummy Tucks need not be as frightening an ordeal as people tell you about but it is important to do your research on the doctor. They also need not put as big a hole in your pocket as you think, as there are numerous ways for you to finance the operation. Yet again knowledge is power when it comes to looking into how to finance the operation". This article was from New Zealand of a tummy tuck surgery gone amuck!

A woman who went under the knife for a hysterectomy with a "tummy tuck" on the side, woke up to a bill for expensive major cosmetic surgery to which she never gave proper consent, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.

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