One of the most difficult things to quote with any degree of accuracy. Costs are always a factor to be considered in cases of elective surgical procedures, this being a situation where one can take it or leave it, since it does not involve a matter of life-or-death. To those people where looks can make or break a career, the life-or-death scenario obviously applies.

Prices of injectable fillers vary with the country and the brand the doctor uses. The volume of filler needed plays also a part in the cost, since the volume needed for filling up 2 nasolabial folds differs from that needed to pump up some hollowed cheeks or minor depressed scars in the leg, for example.

The doctor. The cost for the doctor depends on his surgical skills (and how he values his own skills), experience and reputation, the geographical area he is practising in, and the competition. The speciality of the doctor will also determine the price he charges. Thus whether the doctor is a general practitioner with an interest in esthetics, a dermatologist, an actual recognised esthetic doctor, a surgeon, a plastic surgeon, or a gyne with an interest in esthetics will play a great role in how much he quotes.

Before Lip Augmentation

After Lip Augmentation

The actual procedure. That is, the degree of difficulty. Obviously a simple raising of a depressed scar remains that, relatively simple. Much more complicated and difficult and requiring greater skills and thus costing more would be lip augmentation (enlargement of lips, possibly to make one look more like Angelina Jolie).

The costs can be so great that some doctors arrange with financial institutions to offer a payment plan for the interested to make it easy for the patient to decide.

Other costs (some of which may not be relevant, depending on the extent of the procedure, and whether the patient wants things to be done under general anesthesia) may include:

Hospital or surgical facility costs (operating room, ward charges)
Anesthetic fees
Cost of medication
Post-surgery garments
Medical tests

One must always remember, most health insurance plans do not cover cosmetic surgery or their complications, no matter how much you feel that this was important to your ultimate health.

In the end, one of the most important considerations, no matter what the cost, is whether you feel comfortable with the doctor who will be treating you with your Juvaderm filler.