What should I expect?
The cost of a surgical procedure is made up of the surgeon professional fee, theatre time, consumables (things used during the operation) and the anaesthetist fee. There will be a charge for the hospital in both recovery and if you are staying in hospital.
There are some procedures that can be covered by your insurance company such as Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty where the excess skin hangs onto or over the lashes enough to cause some visual obstruction.
For Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty, the complete cost for surgery is often around $8000 but could be more if a general anaesthetic is needed. For a Brow Lift, it might be $12,000 with a general anaesthetic.
A Deep Plane Face and Neck Lift (DPFNL) with submental incision, removal of fat under the chin, joining the muscle together (corset platysmaplasty) and liposuction of the jowls will take around half a day of surgery time with the approximate cost of $36,000. If further procedures are added in, such as upper eyelid surgery, the cost might be around $44,000 for the longer time needed.
If you choose to have facial aesthetic surgery with us, the follow-up charges up to 1 year post-op are all inclusive with the upfront Surgeon professional fee.
Overseas the cost of facelift surgery can vary considerably. Thailand or Philippines offer facelift surgery for about half the value that we can here. The reason for the much lower values are for the same reasons why travelling in those countries is much cheaper than in NZ – staff, rent, equipment and regulatory requirements are all less costly.
The flip side to the cost of surgery here is that in other countries the cost is much greater. In the US the cost of a facelift can be up to USD $200,000.
I hope you find these guides helpful in preparation for surgery and for your recovery. It will cover general details of surgery and the normal way that individual’s recover after facial surgery.