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Safety · 5 min · Sep 2026

How to verify a plastic surgeon abroad in ten minutes

Before you send a photo, check four things. All of them are public, and none of them takes long.

How to verify a plastic surgeon abroad in ten minutes
How to verify a plastic surgeon abroad in ten minutes

Written by

Dr. Mateo Cárdenas

Plastic surgeon, face and breast

A surgeon who operates on travelling patients should be easy to verify. If any of these checks is hard, treat that as an answer.

The four checks

Membership of the national plastic surgery society, the medical licence in the national registry, the licence of the operating facility and who gives the anesthesia.

What to ask

Ask who will be in the room, whether there is an anesthesiologist for the whole surgery and what happens if you need to stay longer.

Start with a
video consultation.

Thirty minutes with your surgeon from home. You get a written quote and dates, whether or not you go ahead.

Request a consultation

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