A new front in price war

With Asian practices booming, the Cosmetic Institute at Parramatta has squeezed margins to undercut other practices by up to 80 per cent.

The ************, which performs more than 30 procedures a week, claims to be such a success it is booked out until March.

Head surgeon Dr Eddy Dona said the high cost of plastic surgery in Australia forced many patients to travel to "unknown facilities" where qualifications and hygiene standards were "questionable".

He said as a result an increasing number of patients were returning home with complications arising from surgery and "inadequate aftercare".

"We're making treatment accessible to everybody, cheap ugg boots uk where patients can be assured expert treatment, with thorough aftercare planning, while remaining within easy reach of their friends, family and home," Dr Dona said.

But some industry experts have warned of the potential dangers associated with budget niptuck surgeries, whether in Asia or at home. Plastic surgeon Dr Kourosh Tavakoli, from Darling Point, who charges, on average, $10,000 for breast ugg boots augmentation, claimed cutprice procedures may have less focus on presurgery consultations, surgery skills, hygiene standards and postsurgery care.

But Dr Tavakoli added if clients were seeking cheaper surgery, it was better to look in Australia than overseas.

"As long as operations are performed by Australiantrained plastic surgeons at an accredited facility under proper and safe anaesthesia, then I do not see any problem with cutprice surgery in Australia," he cheap ugg boots uk said.

University of Technology Sydney's Dr Meredith Jones who is conducting a major cosmetic surgery tourism study said Australian surgeons offering cutprice cosmetic procedures wouldn't deter the 15,000 patients a year who travelled overseas for makeovers.

She said local plastic surgeons spooked people out of overseas surgeries by labelling them dangerous, when the reality in most cases was the opposite.

"You're talking ugg boots about what we call fivestar cheap ugg boots hospitals in Bangkok with a lot of nurses caring for you, for half the cost of what you pay here," Dr Jones ugg boots uk said. "Of course there are dodgy places overseas."

Lane Cove customer service ugg boots uk representative Angela Ellison, 32, had planned to have breast augmentation in Bangkok but cancelled at the last minute cheap ugg boots uk when she learned of The Cosmetic Institute's cheap prices.