Most of our international patients come for lipedema liposuction, and many for breast or skin tumour surgery. This page explains how a trip is planned: video consultation first, one session per stay, transparent euro pricing and aftercare your doctor at home can follow.
Distance only works when the planning is precise. These are the parts we handle differently for patients from abroad.
We review your history, photographs and any previous reports in a video appointment. You leave that call knowing whether surgery is indicated, which regions we would treat and how many sessions to plan.
Germany bills private medicine under a national fee schedule called the GOÄ. You receive an itemised estimate in euros covering surgery, anaesthesia, theatre and the scheduled follow-ups – before you commit to a date.
Each stay covers one surgical session plus its first wound check. That keeps travel short and healing predictable, and it is why larger cases are planned as a sequence of trips.
You travel home with a written aftercare protocol your local doctor or therapist can follow – compression regime, wound care, lymphatic drainage and the review schedule.
Five steps, each with a clear outcome before the next one starts.
Write to us with your diagnosis, previous treatment and photographs. We reply with an assessment of whether we can help.
A surgeon reviews your case in detail and outlines the technique, number of sessions and expected recovery.
You receive an itemised GOÄ estimate in euros. Once approved, we reserve theatre time around your travel dates.
Examination and consent the day before or on the morning of surgery, then the procedure and the first wound check.
You fly home with a written protocol. Reviews continue by video; further sessions are planned as separate stays.
Indicative durations. The wound check, not the calendar, decides when you fly.
| Technique | Typical stay | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lipedema liposuction (per session) | 4–5 nights | compression fitted before departure, fit-to-fly usually day 3–4 |
| Breast reduction | 6–7 nights | wound checks on site before flying |
| Tubular breast correction | 6–7 nights | implant or fat grafting plan agreed in advance |
| Skin tumour excision | 3–5 nights | longer if closure is staged after histology |
| Defect closure only | 3–4 nights | diagnosis and prior excision report required |
The practice is in Köln-Lindenthal, twenty minutes from Cologne/Bonn airport and forty from Düsseldorf. Cologne is on the high-speed rail network, which makes the trip straightforward from the Netherlands, Belgium and northern France.
The first diagnosis must already be established. We confirm findings on site, but we do not replace the diagnostic work-up your specialist at home has done. This page is general information and does not constitute medical advice.
Consultations are held in English or German. Our written material for lipedema is additionally available in Dutch and Russian, and treatment documents can be issued in English.
Book your surgical consultation online or call us. International patients are welcome: consultations can be held in English, on site or by video.
Send us your reports and photographs; we will tell you honestly whether a trip to Cologne is worth it for you.