Nuviya clinical leadership
Director of Medical Tourism
Director of Medical Tourism
Chloe Walker leads Nuviya's medical tourism function and is based in Melbourne. She works with Australian patients from first enquiry through to their return home, and is responsible for how the aftercare and complication pathways work in practice. She writes here about what cosmetic surgery costs in Australia, how the regulatory framework works, and what to ask before paying a deposit.
The article nobody wants to read before booking, and everybody wishes they had. What to do right now if you are worried, and what to arrange before you fly if you are not.
Australian quotes for a mummy makeover run from A$22,000 to A$47,000, and almost none of them are like-for-like. What the operation actually is, what drives the range, where Medicare fits, and how the all-in Brazil figure compares.
Quotes for the same abdominoplasty can differ by more than $15,000. The three types of tummy tuck, what the Australian quote leaves out, what recovery is really like, and how the all-in Brazil figure compares.
One title requires accredited specialist training. The other historically required nothing beyond medical registration. What the reforms changed, and how to check any surgeon yourself in about two minutes.
Verified, board-certified and English-speaking, in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
