In Toronto none of the Provincial Health Insurance plans pay for elective
plastic surgery. Surgical procedures aimed at correcting a functional problem are covered. Some procedures which may appear to a patient to be cosmetic in nature are, in fact, covered. These may include reduction mammaplasty, surgery for fat removal in very obese persons and removal of excessive breast tissue in males. Your surgeon will be able to tell you during your first visit if your surgery may be covered by government health plans. The expenses of cosmetic surgery include the surgeon's fee, the anesthetist's fee, the cost of hospitalization or the use of the operating room, plus the cost of any prosthesis or accessories such as special garments required during the post-operative period.
If small surgical revisions are required the policy varies with different surgeons. You should discuss this before surgery.
