A patient who is interested in aesthetic surgery asks this:
Most likely if I were to do the surgery I don’t think I can spend 14 days in Vienna for work reasons.
Since 2013 a new law forces patients who want to undergo aesthetic surgery in Austria to observe a waiting period of 14 days before being able to consent into surgery. Surgery is then possible one day after this consent and written confirmation the earliest.
As this regulation may not be in the best interest of each patient, patients who do not want a waiting period can request to have their aesthetic surgery performed in other countries where other laws rule.
This waiting period does not apply in therapeutically indicated surgery and for non-surgical aesthetic treatments.
DDr. Heinrich, MD