Start here • Choosing a clinic
Fourteen red flags, and how to check each one before you pay
Fourteen things a clinic does before it hurts you. Each one is checkable in minutes, from your phone, before you hand over a deposit.
Choosing a clinic
Ask twelve questions. The answers sort the clinics for you
Twelve questions, two answers each. One column is what a good clinic says. The other is what you will actually hear. Print it and take it with you.
Verification
Checking a Spanish clinic on the public register, step by step
Search REGCESS in five minutes, read the unit codes, cross-check the doctor on the colegio register, and know exactly what to do if a clinic is missing.
Verification
Cosmetic surgery in Spain: what the regulation covers, and what it leaves to you
What Spanish law actually guarantees, what it does not, what changed in 2024 and 2026, and the questions that separate a good clinic from a risky one.
Verification
Spanish medical titles, decoded for British and American patients
Decode Spanish medical titles: what the MIR is, why cirujano estetico is not a qualification, and how SECPRE, AECEP, SEME and AEDV differ from a state title.
Your rights
If a cosmetic procedure goes wrong in Spain: a practical route map
A calm, practical route map: which documents to gather, the complaint forms to use, who to complain to in what order, time limits, and help from abroad.
Your rights
Why this site says anti-wrinkle injections, and never the brand name
Botulinum toxin is a prescription-only medicine, so UK advertising rules ban naming the brand to the public. What clinics can say instead, and why.
Your rights
The money games, and what Spanish law actually says about them
Eight money tactics used in aesthetic clinics, what Spanish consumer law says about each, and the sentence that ends most of them.
Prices
What aesthetic treatment actually costs in Spain in 2026
Compare 2026 cosmetic treatment prices in Spain by procedure and city, see what a quote really includes, and learn which low prices should worry you.
Prices
Cosmetic surgery in Spain versus the UK: doing the maths properly
We compare Spanish and UK cosmetic surgery prices procedure by procedure, add the travel costs nobody quotes, and test the industry's 70% savings claim.
Prices
CO2 laser resurfacing in Spain: why the price varies tenfold
Spanish CO2 laser prices range from 150 to 1,500 euros a session. Find out what explains a tenfold gap, and why autumn is the season to book it.
Prices
Dermal filler prices in Spain: what a syringe really costs in 2026
Spanish dermal filler averages 387 euros a syringe, but ranges from 50 to 1,050. See prices by city, and the one safety question to ask first.
Prices
Cosmetic surgery and Spanish health cover: what is actually paid for
Spanish public and private cover excludes purely aesthetic work, but reconstructive cases can qualify. See what is covered and what you must prove.
Comparisons
Spain or Turkey: the comparison nobody in the industry wants to publish
Turkey is cheaper. That part is true. Here is what the price does not include, and what changes when you already live in Spain.
Comparisons
Fly home for it, or do it here? The assumption worth checking
Most expats assume home is safer. On premises regulation, Spain is stricter than the UK. Here is the honest country by country picture.
Living in Spain
Choosing an English speaking aesthetic clinic on the Costa del Sol
Compare English speaking clinics from Marbella to Malaga, tell a medical clinic from a beauty centre, and learn what to ask before you pay a deposit.
Living in Spain
English speaking clinics on the Costa Blanca: a practical area guide
Check English speaking clinics from Denia to Torrevieja, understand the north and south split of the province, and learn what to ask before you pay a deposit.
Living in Spain
Private healthcare in Spain for expats: what is actually covered
Spanish state cover, the convenio especial, visa insurance rules and copayments explained, plus where aesthetic treatment falls outside every one of them.
Living in Spain
Your first appointment at a Spanish clinic: paperwork, consent and deposits
What to bring, how the consultation runs, which documents to demand before paying a deposit, and a 20 term Spanish to English glossary of the paperwork.
Skin
What living in Spain actually does to your skin
High UV most of the year changes skin faster than residents expect. See what photoageing does, why laser work waits for winter, and the realistic options.
Treatments
Anti-wrinkle injections in Spain: the questions that separate a good clinic from a risky one
Learn who can legally prescribe and inject botulinum toxin in Spain, what results are realistic, and the questions to ask before you book a single session.
Treatments
Dermal fillers vs collagen stimulators: which one your face actually needs
Compare dermal fillers and collagen stimulators on speed, duration, reversibility and two-year cost, and find out where skin boosters and bio-remodelling fit.
Surgery
Tummy tuck in Spain: the recovery nobody costs into the flight home
Plan a tummy tuck in Spain properly: week-by-week recovery, drains, compression garment, when it is safe to fly home, and the aftercare deal to agree first.
Surgery
Rhinoplasty in Spain: ultrasonic or traditional, and what the first year really looks like
Compare ultrasonic and traditional rhinoplasty, understand septorhinoplasty, plan the real recovery, and check who can legally operate on your nose in Spain.
Surgery
Travelling to Spain for cosmetic surgery: the checklist to work through before you pay a deposit
Work through every stage of travelling to Spain for cosmetic surgery: verify the clinic, insure properly, plan the stay, fly safely and arrange aftercare.
