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Traveling for a Face/Neck Lift and Full Recovery?
I live in central Canada but am willing to travel to the States for the procedure and recovery. Is this feasible? If so, how are pre-op consults done?
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kerryann
in Toronto, ON
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Out of town patients
A big part of my practice are patients who seek surgery from outside the region (greater than 3 hours traveling time). I perform many telephone consultations with photos being sent to me electronically. I require a medical clearance on all out of town patients with bloodwork. The are all notified that there is always the possibility of canceling the case or changing our surgical plans after I exam them. The must stay overnight in the region for at least 1-5nights. I have been performing...
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Red Bank Plastic Surgeon
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Travelling for surgery
It is becoming increasingly common for patients to travel for cosmetic surgery. Consultations can be performed by phone and photos or video can be used to discuss concerns. About 25% of our practice is made up of out of state and international patients
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Traveling for neck and face lift is common
I have a lot of patients that come from Canada to our office in Seattle Bellevue washington for procedures. It does help to go to someone that is used to this. The office that you choose should have experience to make things smooth for you. You should go to someone with a lot of experience with this procedure to make sure the travel is worth while. Below is an example of a video that helps to answer this question for you to watch and a link to see more informative videos:
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Traveling for face/neck lift
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Absolutely possible, about 50% of my patients are from out of town
It is absolutely possible, about 50% of my patients come from out of town. Normally we do a phone/video consult first. We have arrangements at a local facility for you to stay during recovery. Please call my office for more information.
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Traveling for a Face/Neck Lift and Full Recovery?
It appears you live in Toronto.
A question: why leave a city that is chock-full of excellent plastic surgeons to travel to a place that isn't home, and make it vastly more difficult after surgery to stay in close touch with the person who wielded the knife in the operating room?
Patients need a great deal of reassurance in the postop period. You will delighted and relieved to be able to drop by your surgeon's office at short notice because you have a concern about your...
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Traveling for Face Lift surgery
Why leave your hometown, Toronto, when you have excellent facial plastic surgeons right in your own town? Post op care is usually easier if you live in the area of your surgeon, where he/she is close should any unforeseen problems occur. And, you also save on the travel and hotel costs. If you wish to not have surgery locally because of personal confidentiality reasons, then research the doctor before you sign-up, visit him/her before the surgery is scheduled to be sure you feel...
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Out-of-town cosmetic consults
As electronic media improves, patients and physicians are being connected across the world. Some physicians are performing consultations by phone, email and skype. In my opinion, nothing can replace the face-to-face interaction between doctor and patient. If you are willing to travel to have surgery, I would recommend you travel for your consultation and meet the physician and staff and also tour their facility.
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What's involved with traveling for a Face Lift?
I have performed Face Lifts for over 20 years and have always had a signficant percent of patients travel here to Beverly Hills from all around the world. This was increased through my additional practice in London for about 8 years. We offer telephone comnsultations where patients have e-mailed their photos for review and discussion during the phone consultation. This has worked very well for my out of town and out of country patients allowing them to save the travel...
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Traveling for Cosmetic Surgery
Patients willing to travel for their cosmetic procedures are becoming very common-- some patients may live in remote areas and others want to have a specific surgeon take care of them. Every surgeon has a slightly different way of handling these situations, but in general we ask patients to contact our office, email us photos and then we usually set up a phone consultation. We can then determine what type of preop workup you would need and how long we would want you to stay...
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