The FINANCIAL — Rhinoplasty, the surgical correction and reconstruction of the nose, is the leading plastic surgery operation performed by the top Georgian aesthetic clinics interviewed by The FINANCIAL. More than 75% of patients visiting doctors at these clinics are there to get an improved shape of nose. The average cost of a rhinoplasty operation is GEL 4,000 or USD 2,400.
Aesthetic, reconstructive and plastic surgery clinic Caraps Medline performed 600 plastic surgery operations in 2013. The number was 550 during the same period of the last year.
“Rhinoplasty is the most popular plastic surgery performed by our clinic, making up 75% of total operations. The average price of a rhinoplasty is GEL 3,600,” said Alexander Kalantarov, Director of the Plastic Surgery Department at Caraps Medline.
“Operations of the breast and stomach are also very popular,” Peride Khidesheli, founder of the clinic, told The FINANCIAL.
Breast implant surgery at Caraps Medline costs GEL 6,500 and for abdominoplasty or excess skin and fat removal – it is approximately GEL 4,500.
“Over 5% of our patients are male. Rhinoplasty is also popular among males,” said Kalantarov.
Nose surgery is still beating records at Kuzanov clinic.
“Nose surgery in Georgia will remain the most popular choice of plastic surgery operations for a long time. It is followed by liposuction, then ear surgery and anti-aging surgeries,” said professor Iva Kuzanov.
“Nose surgery has become a part of Georgian culture, like butt implants are popular in Brazil and Argentina; this is the part of the body which they proudly show off during their carnivals. As for Americans, the most popular type of plastic surgery there is breast augmentation,” said Kuzanov.
A nose correction costs GEL 3,000 at Kuzanov clinic. Males are in the minority in terms of our patients.
There are approximately 10 plastic surgery clinics operating in Georgia.
Rhinoplasty is also the most popular type of plastic surgery at Medi. Nose reconstruction makes up over 75-80% of total surgeries.
Men make up over 15% of the total number of the clinic’s patients.
Aesthetic clinic Medi recently opened its 14th branch, in the city of Khashuri.
