How much does liposuction cost in 2011 can be accurately estimated, if you consider the following factors:
- The size of your body – body mass. The larger the size, the larger liposuction cost.
- The volume of fat to be removed – it will directly affect the time the cosmetic surgeon performing your operation, associated staff (nurse, anaesthetist) and the specialised equipment will have to work.
- Location – private liposuction clinic is always cheaper than a public or private hospital. Although, in some more complicated cases your cosmetic
- or plastic surgeon will insist on doing lipo procedure in a hospital, as they have professional back-up system in place, in case something goes wrong…
- This takes us to another, related, factor – how experienced is the specialist performing your liposuction? Understand, that if your procedure is performed by a famous liposuction specialist with 20 or more years of experience, you’ll probably be paying 3 or 4 times more than for the same job performed by a doctor only recently accredited by The American Board of Plastic Surgery – see their listing here.
- Finally, how many areas are to be covered by the current liposuction procedure – cost will be directly proportional to that number.
From the anecdotic evidence, coming from the patients that had their liposuction done in the period of the first months of 2011, the liposuction cost is slightly up comparing to the previous year.
Benefits of liposuction are obvious, equally in 2011 and beyond.
On average, expect to pay between $1,450 and $7,200 just for a single area. Although the competition is strong, the prices are holding up.
Finally, in 2011 as always, don’t try to save money by sacrificing the quality; after all, this is your health we’re talking about! Shop around, but ultimately, choose the surgeon and the liposuction clinic that will make the cost negligible, by providing the best standard and results.
