Facing Yourself in Brazil

Taxes on Low Priced Nose Job Surgery?

There’s a move afoot in the United States to tax cosmetic surgeries.  Proponents consider taxing such procedures as a sort of luxury tax for non-essential health care.  For patients seeking cosmetic surgery who’re already pinching pennies and desperately searching for the lowest priced nose job surgery or breast implants they can afford, such tax schemes are unwelcomed news.  In 2007 alone, there were an estimated 750,000 Americans who traveled on medical vacations to places like Brazil, India, and Thailand; but for patients who’ve currently been leery or undecided about medical tourism, this new "beauty" tax may be the deciding factor. 

 

Just a Tenth in Brazil

Brazilian doctors have developed a non-surgical nose job procedure that can reshape a patient’s nose in about 10 minutes.  Equally amazing turnaround times exist for other procedures, such as tummy tucks, butt lifts, Botox injections, and boob jobs.  Even more remarkable, however, are some of the prices that are available in the land of perfect bodies.  For some procedures, you end up paying only a tenth of what you might have to shell out back home.  And to be honest, the quality in Brazil is often as good if not better than what you might find in major plastic surgery hubs like New York or Los Angeles. 

 

Cosmetic Surgery Financing For Brazilian Nose Jobs

Brazil and other medical tourism destination countries certainly offer lower priced nose job surgeries than you’ll find in the United States.  But, even $300 to $800—a tenth of the $3,000 to $8,000 that nose jobs cost in the US—plus travel fees (airfare and accommodations) is nothing to sneeze at when you’re on a budget.  Fortunately, current cosmetic surgery financing options are opening doors for more patients and are including medical vacations in their coverage options.