I would reconsider having surgery in a foreign country. The first problem is that the bacteria in foreign countries is not the same as Chicago. If you grew up in Mexico then you will have natural immunity if not beware. Second, if you have a complication after surgery who will take care of you. It is often more costly to redo surgery then to have it done properly the first time. Third, regulations and standards are not the same in Mexico, the FDA is does not apply to Mexico. Lastly, the laws are different in Mexico if you are harmed and need to file a legal claim it will be very costly.
I have found that when the patient compares our prices to prices out of the country plus the travel costs, we were cheaper.Please get a consultation and price quote locally. Sometimes patients think the price is higher because they read in a magazine the cost of a facelift on Park Avenue. For example a facelift in NYC could be 30,000, it is 7000 in Iowa for everything including facility and out of the Country it was $5000.The reason it is cheaper outside the US1. Does not include followup care as they know most are leaving after one week. Remember most surgeons in the United States will not charge you an office visit for a followup visit. Many will not see you because they inherit the risks and inherit whether you were an appropriate patient. The majority of the rest will charge you a package fee which can be 50% of the cost of the surgery since even Medicare says 50% of the cost is the followup and other costs.2. Malpractice. There is no recourse for this outside of the country. Likewise if you do get complications most surgeons will not touch you either because they wont be paid or they become the target for the attorneys.3. Lower cost implants. Many implant companies are not approved in the US. They may or may not be as good.4. Training. It is hard enough to judge training in the US let alone another country.5. Risk. Many surgeons in the US will not recommend multiple procedures because of increased risk. In the foreign countries where they dont have to worry about risk, or death with the same consequences they may be willing to do multiple procedures to "save money" but at increased risk of deathMy advice, shop in the US you may find it is not higher when you take travel costs in consideration. Compare apples to apples. Remember any additional revisions and complications may be very costly and you wont have US surgeons jumping to help you.
