Anesthetic risks :

A check-up is done to detect a possible counter-indication. Then, during the pre-operatory consultation, you will be informed of the possible complications related to anesthesia. Statistically, these risks are insignificant. In addition, the new anesthetic techniques, products and surveillance methods have been considerably improved and are mastered since twenty years. Moreover, not only security is optimum but also risks are minimized: anesthesia is only undergone by people in good health or at least whose medical problems are known and can be under control.

Surgical risks :

•    Thrombosis and embolism accidents (such as phlebitis, pulmonary embolism). Therefore, it is essential to signal any history of this type to your doctor. A preventive treatment will be taken before the procedure.
•    Hemorrhages (internal bleedings). But modern techniques and doctors’ trainings decrease this risk at its slightest level and even abolish it.
•    Hematoma and lymphatic outpourings. They are treated immediately during the first hours after the surgery by the surgeon; more rarely, during the three or four following days.
•    Localized cutaneous necroses. Therefore, it is necessary to stop or at least to decrease tobacco consumption (max : 5 cigarettes per day) during the two to three weeks before and after the surgery.
•    Infection. The medical prescription of an antibiotic treatment and local antiseptic treatments after the procedure will lower this risk at its minimum. Hence, it is highly recommended to follow rigorously your doctor’s prescriptions.  
Our surgeon partners are chosen for their competence, their skills and their reputation of Excellence on the medical place. Therefore, they are in the top of knowledge in their specialty and highly experimented to practice this type of intervention, thus surgical risks are minimized at their slightest level and even completely abolished. Our doctors are also engaged to correct any possible post-operatory proven complication or proven discontent. Please, consult the responsibility of our surgeons in our charter.

Post-operatory risks :

The evolution of some scars can be disadvantageous with the occurrence of unpredictable hypertrophic scars or keloids that may affect the aesthetic result. The scars of these types can be treated with specific local treatments but the application period can be quite long.

 

Medical risks:

Our doctors are on the top of knowledge in their specialty. Most of them have studied in France or in The USA. And they have subscribed to a medical professional insurance and are registered in the “Conseil de l’Orde des Médecins Tunisiens” in other words to the Council of Tunisian doctors. They are recorded by a registration number which allows them to practice medicine in Tunisia and provides you with a guarantee about your doctor’s specialty.

Furthermore, our doctors use the latest techniques and medical equipments, the same as the ones used in Europe. The products they use (dental products, implants, gastric ring…etc.) are imported from Europe and certified to respect the European standards by the acronym CE.

As a result, the medical risks you would take are relative to the medical act itself but are the same as those you would take while undergoing a surgery wherever in Europe.

Post-operatory follow-up and medical responsibility :

Legal medical responsibility and the Hippocratic Oath constitute the guarantee that your doctor has the duty to give you medical care and a postoperative follow-up under any circumstances, that a complication exists or not.

Your surgeon has a legal responsibility in front of the Tunisian courts.

Moreover, your private account is set up to allow you to communicate directly and at any time with your doctor and your Venus-Esthetique assistant for a close follow-up and to answer all of your concerns after surgery.
Additionally, Venus-Esthetique offers you important warranties.
 

When a proven complication (on photographs) or a proven discontent occur, contact immediately your Venus-Esthetique assistant by sending her a message to contact[at]venus- esthetique.com. Please, do not forget to attach clear Jpeg photographs to your email. Then, you will be contacted by your surgeon who will explain to you in concrete terms the appearance of the complication and will point out how it will be corrected.

Your surgeon warrants operating you freely in any case of proven complication or proven discontent. And Venus-Esthetique commits itself to give you the same quality of service as for your first stay with Venus-Esthetique and will provide you with a step-by-step follow up during your convalescence. Venus-Esthetique will take in charge your car transfers (clinic-hotel-airport-doctor’s office) and related medical expenses for free (medicine expense, clinical expenses, anesthesia expenses). We take also in charge 50% to 100% of your hotel expenses; depending on the terms within the estimate we sent you and of our post-operatory commitments in your surgery agreement terms. We would like to emphasize that your stay at the hotel will be identical to your first stay in Tunisia with Venus-Esthetique (for your procedure).

Please, notice that all extra expenses (phone calls, beverages…etc.) as well as your flight tickets are not included and will remain at you charge.
 

Venus-Esthetique warrants the transparency of its prices. You pay for services all inclusive for your procedure (only flight tickets are not included in our package). Thus, your estimate includes your hotel stay (extras such as beverages and phone calls are not included), your stay in the clinic, your procedure (anesthetic team, doctor fees…etc.), the postoperative medicines and care, our warranties, your transfers (hotel-clinic-doctor’s office-Tunis Carthage Airport), your follow up and all of the services that Venus-Esthetique commits itself to deliver.

Clinical hospitalization allows you to recover after the surgery in a medical environment and under the supervision of a medical and paramedical experimented team. They will assist you while waking-up from anesthesia. Recovery is not immediate and a close watch-up is always necessary to detect any possible post-operative complication.

Note: You will be able to leave the clinic as soon as your doctor is satisfied with your recovery and agrees to let you go to your room at the hotel. We will point out that the cost of hospitalization in the clinic in Tunisia is not as prohibitive as in Europe.
 

Venus-Esthetique will reimburse you if the reason for cancellation is covered by her insurance. However, and for any reason of cancellation, 10% of the amount of your quote is not refundable as it allows to cover the insurance cost, booking fees at the clinic and the hotel, the file processing and administrative costs incurred as well as the services delivered to you by Venus-Esthetique (phone, transfers…etc.).

The day of your arrival, we provide you a phone with 30 DNT call credits. It will be equipped with emergency contact numbers that you can call 24/24 hours: your doctor’s phone number, your Venus-Esthetique assistant’s, your hotel’s, your clinic’s and you embassy’s.

Tunisia was a French colony and in general most Tunisians speak French. Besides, your doctor and your Venus-Esthetique assistant have studied the English language or in English. Hence, you will be able to talk with them directly in English.

Citizens from European Union (United Kingdom, France…etc.) and Canada will not need a visa as long as their stay does not exceed a three months-period. However, a passport with a validity period of at least three months will be needed (meaning that your passport expiration date has to be up or equal to three months).

For other nationals, thank you for consulting us directly.

The Tunisian currency is the Dinar (DNT). It is not possible to buy dinars outside Tunisia.

To exchange your own currency in Dinars, we advise to do it right after your arrival at the airport in the foreign exchange office.

You can also exchange your currency in the front desk of a bank or at the reception desk of your hotel (note: you will have to check that the commission is reasonable). You can also use directly your credit card in an ATM (with a 2% commission).

The climate in Tunisia is tempered. You can check the weather directly on the weather forecast box available at the left-bottom side of all the pages in our website (homepage included).

Yes, it is. You can find hereafter some hints:

You can brush your teeth or drink hot or warm beverages (tea, coffee..etc.) carefree. Though, as for any foreign country you visit, caution is advisable:

•    Prefer drinking mineral water and beverages in bottle or in cans.
•    Avoid drinking tap water and do not neither add ice in your cold beverages. Because tap water changes from a country to another and it can disturb the intestinal flora leading to temporary diarrhea (Turista).
•    We advise you to eat only cooked food, steamed or in sauce. You can eat with good appetite all the Tunisian meals which are well-cooked. When you order meat, do not forget to ask for it well-cooked.
•    Wash and peel your fruits and vegetables before eating them crude.

Voltage in Tunisia is of 220V 50 hz. For European devices only, you will not need adapters.

We would advise you to come during the period from October to June and even July, when the prices are reasonable and the season suitable for surgery. Indeed, in August, seaside coasts are full and high season rates (01 Juillet-31 August) are more expensive. Moreover, you will have to apply regularly protective sun cream to protect your scars from the UV rays (otherwise there is a risk of hyper-pigmentation).

No, as sanitary conditions are optimum, there are no compulsory vaccines (OMS).

No, the standard of living is cheaper than in Europe. In addition, Euro equals almost twice the Tunisian Dinar and payroll taxes are lower (the minimum salary level required is of 240 DT). Therefore, the purchasing power of a European visitor is high.

In a health tourism context, prices are highly competitive and advantages attractive. Procedures are less expensive than in Europe, though their medical quality is identical. Not only procedures are performed by doctors formed and trained in Europe and/or the USA but also clinics in Tunisia, especially the ones for aesthetic surgery tourism, respect rigorously the safety and hygienic European clinical standards.

No, there is not. Nevertheless exceptionally during the summers from 2009 to 2013, there will be a time difference of an hour for practical Ramadan reasons. Tunisia will have an hour less than France.