Everything people ask
before surgery,
answered in full.

Because there is no single price per procedure. The same operation by name can cost very different amounts depending on how many areas are worked, how long the operating room is used, the technique, the material implanted and the care needed afterwards. Publishing one loose figure would mean advertising a number almost nobody ends up paying. The page on what it costs explains, one by one, the six factors that move the price, and the assessment is where you leave with your own figure in writing.

The written quote sets out what is included and what is not. What is inside it does not change. What can add a cost is anything explicitly left outside it, for example extra studies a cardiologist asks for, or an additional garment. That is why the document is read in full before you pay, and why the most useful rule is this: if it is not written down, it is not included.

The surgeon's fee, the anesthesiologist's fee, use of the accredited operating room, the surgical material for the procedure, the first compression garment when the procedure calls for one, and your post-operative check-ups. Every quote itemises this for your own case.

The payment methods accepted and the terms available are confirmed when your quote is handed to you, because they depend on the amount and on the procedure. What is settled in advance is that surgery is not scheduled without a written quote, so that you know the total before you commit anything.

Almost always the difference is something taken out of the package: an anesthetist who is not a qualified anesthesiologist, an operating room that is not accredited, cheaper material, an implant without a manufacturer's warranty, or follow-up appointments charged separately. It can also be that the price covers fewer areas than you think it does. The way to find out is to ask for both quotes in writing and compare them line by line.

Yes. Compression garments, medical-grade skincare and depigmenting protocols are published product by product, roughly $400 to $23,000 MXN, without you having to ask. It is the part of the care that does have a fixed price, because it does not depend on your anatomy.

The first three to five days are the most uncomfortable, and what most people describe is not sharp pain but heavy pressure, like a very bad bruise, above all when standing up and when coughing. It is managed with the pain-relief schedule you are given, taken at fixed times rather than once it already hurts. If the pain does not settle with what you were given, or comes on suddenly after it had been easing, report it the same day.

For desk work, most body procedures mean somewhere between seven and fourteen days away, and facial or minor procedures usually less. For physical work, lifting, or long hours on your feet, it is longer, and it is set for your case. Ask for more days than you think you need: going back too early is the most common way to complicate a recovery that was going well.

In body surgery the garment is worn more or less continuously for the first weeks and then reduced in stages, with a total use usually counted in months. It is not an accessory: it is what helps the skin settle onto the new contour and helps keep swelling under control. The exact times are part of your instructions and change with the procedure.

Gentle walking is advised from the first days, precisely to reduce the risk of clots. Impact exercise, lifting and abdominal work come back gradually and considerably later, typically after several weeks and with clearance at a check-up. Rushing this does not speed the result up; it puts it at risk.

After liposuction and body surgery, lymphatic drainage and post-operative massage are a normal part of the plan, because they help move swelling along and help the tissue settle more evenly. How many sessions, and from which day, is set for your case. They are not a cosmetic luxury of the post-operative period; they are part of the treatment.

Any surgery that cuts skin leaves a permanent scar; what is controlled is where it sits and how it is cared for. Scars are planned in creases or in areas covered by underwear whenever the technique allows. How one develops depends on your skin type, the tension in the area, sun exposure and whether you smoke. They mature over months: a scar at six weeks does not look like the same scar at a year.

The dramatic part of the swelling goes down in the first weeks, but the final result of a body procedure is usually judged somewhere between six and twelve months, and scars keep changing after that. Judging a result at one month is judging a swollen body. The results page has the detailed timeline procedure by procedure.

Start with the booking form and give us your country, your city and your time zone. The order after that is fixed: a video consultation in your hours, then a written quote in Mexican pesos, then studies done at home and reviewed here, then a surgical date — and only then do you buy flights and book lodging around the stay you have been given. No flight is booked and no deposit is asked for until you have that written quote in your hands. The full sequence is set out on the international patients page.

Guadalajara is on GMT-6 all year and does not change for daylight saving. That puts us on the same clock as Chicago and Mexico City, one hour ahead of Los Angeles, one hour behind New York and Toronto, and six hours behind London. Because Mexico does not move its clocks and most other countries do, the gap between your city and ours shifts by an hour when your own country changes — which is why every confirmation we send states the time in both zones.

Consultations can be conducted in English. Say so when you book and it is arranged for the video call and for your visits in Guadalajara, including your written quote and your post-operative instructions in English. You can write in English on WhatsApp and through the forms on this site as well.

Yes. The initial assessment is done by video call and is scheduled in your time zone, not ours. Your case is reviewed, your questions are answered and it is established whether you are a candidate. The in-person physical examination happens when you arrive, before surgery, and that is what confirms the plan.

Yes, and that is the correct order: a closed written quote first, the flight second. Buying tickets before you have the plan and the figure is how people end up travelling to a surgery that was not the right one, or that cost something else.

For body contouring the typical stay is ten to fourteen days, covering the in-person assessment, surgery, the check-ups, suture removal where it applies, and clearance to fly. Minor procedures need fewer days. The full day-by-day calendar is on the international patients page.

The date comes from your surgeon at a check-up, not from your airline's calendar. The reason is the risk of thrombosis: the immobility of a long flight soon after surgery is exactly the combination to avoid. You are also told what to do during the flight, including moving regularly and using compression.

You are given your clinical summary and the detail of what was done, so that any doctor who sees you knows exactly what they are dealing with. Remote follow-up continues by video call and by message, and where the case calls for it, care is coordinated where you are. This is explained before you travel, not once it has happened.

Questions about the process — how a stay works, what to bring, availability, what a consultation involves — are answered by the team, the same business day during Guadalajara business hours. Anything that is clinical judgement, such as whether a procedure suits you or what your result could reasonably be, is not answered from a photograph or a message: it goes to Dr. Leal in a consultation, and the video call is scheduled in your time zone. If you are already a patient, use the direct channel you were given when you left. If it is urgent — breathlessness, chest or calf pain, fever, a wound that opens, heavy bleeding — go to a doctor or an emergency room where you are first, and tell us afterwards.