About Hector Duran

Hector Duran is an established plastic surgeon in Merida, Mexico. He is internationally trained and vastly experienced in a wide variety of cosmetic procedures to enhance both the face and body.

Hector Duran is based in Merida, Mexico and is a highly qualified cosmetic surgeon who specializes in a comprehensive range of procedures for the face and body to help patients achieve the look and shape that they’ve always desired.

Hector Duran is originally from Acapulco but graduated from the Universidad La Salle in Mexico City in 1996. After graduating, he specialized in General Surgery at the South Central Hospital of Petroleos Mexicanos where he also served as chief resident. He then undertook a subspecialty in plastic surgery at the same facility before travelling to Barcelona in Spain to do an internship with the prestigious Dr. Javier de Benito in the Teknon institute.

He has delivered over 80 lectures at numerous conferences and courses and has had over 15 articles published in specialist journals and books. He has also collaborated with many universities by teaching courses, classes and master's degrees at institutes such as the Autonomous University of Guerrero, the Pan American University and the Universidad Anahuac. His professional memberships include the Mexican Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and the Mexican Association of Burns.

Dr. Duran provides expert facial cosmetic treatments that include liposuction to reshape the neck, rhinoplasty to alter the appearance of the nose, blepharoplasty to make the eyes look more youthful and otoplasty to alter the shape of the ears.

He also delivers a range of treatments to help patients achieve their desired body shape, such as lipocontouring, breast augmentation and reduction, buttock augmentation and lipectomy to reshape the abdomen.

To book an appointment with Hector Duran, or to find out more about the services that he provides, contact the Customer Care Team at Medical Departures today.

Prices and Procedures

1. Women

Procedure	Price	Duration
Mommy Makeover Additional Notes A mommy makeover is any combination of cosmetic procedures that restore your before-pregnancy appearance, typically focusing on the breasts and abdomen. A typical makeover might include a tummy tuck, a breast procedure such as an augmentation, lift or reduction and liposuction of the legs, arms or trunk	SGD 6,372	7 - 14 days

2. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Face

Procedure	Price	Duration
Brow Lift	SGD 1,770	2 - 5 days
Cheek Implants	SGD 2,124 SGD 8,694	1 - 3 days
Chin Implant	SGD 2,124 - SGD 3,540 SGD 6,282	2 - 5 days
Facelift Additional Notes A facelift is a surgical procedure that tightens wrinkles and sagging skin on the face and neck caused by aging or weight loss. Local anesthesia is used or sedation. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up.	SGD 5,664 - SGD 8,496 SGD 18,196	3 - 5 days
Forehead reduction / Hairline Advancement	SGD 5,664 - SGD 8,496	5 days
Lip Augmentation Additional Notes Lip augmentation is a range of cosmetic procedures for fuller, plumper lips. The range from non-surgical injectable dermal fillers to surgical procedures, such as vermillion advancement.	SGD 354 - SGD 496 SGD 2,967	3 days
Neck Lift Additional Notes A neck lift, or lower rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure that improves visible signs of aging in the jawline and neck. Local anesthesia is used or sedation. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up.	SGD 1,274 - SGD 1,558 SGD 11,412	3 - 7 days
Otoplasty	SGD 2,124 - SGD 3,540 SGD 6,607	3 - 7 days
Prominent Ears	SGD 2,124 - SGD 3,540	4 days

3. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Breast

Procedure	Price	Duration
Areola Reduction Additional Notes Areola Reduction surgery can help if you are unhappy with either the size or shape of your areolas (the brown or pink area around the nipple) Local anesthesia is used or sedation. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up.	SGD 3,540 SGD 3,463	2 - 5 days
Breast Augmentation Additional Notes Breast augmentation surgery increases or restores breast size using silicone gel implants	SGD 4,248 - SGD 5,310 SGD 12,052	7 days
Breast Correction	SGD 4,602 - SGD 8,496	7 days
Breast Implants Additional Notes Implants (typically silicone) are inserted surgically into the breasts to increase size.	SGD 4,248 - SGD 5,310 SGD 6,314	3 - 7 days
Breast Lift Additional Notes A breast lift, also known as mastopexy, raises the breasts by removing excess skin and tightening the surrounding tissue to reshape and support the new breast contour. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up.	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788 SGD 12,980	2 - 7 days
Breast Lift and Augmentation	SGD 5,310 - SGD 8,496 SGD 12,182	7 days
Breast Reduction Additional Notes Breast reduction is a surgical procedure to remove excess fat and skin from the breasts to make them smaller, shapelier and more uplifted.	SGD 4,956 - SGD 6,726 SGD 11,894	5 days
Correction Mammoplasty and Augmentation	SGD 2,124 - SGD 2,832	7 days
Fat Injection Breast	SGD 4,956 - SGD 7,080	5 days
Mastopexy	SGD 4,956 - SGD 6,726	5 days

4. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Stomach

Procedure	Price	Duration
Abdominoplasty	SGD 4,956 - SGD 8,496 SGD 15,232	7 days
Abdominoplasty+Liposuction	SGD 5,664 - SGD 10,620 SGD 19,138	14 days
Mini Tummy Tuck	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788 SGD 7,625	10 days
Tummy Lift	SGD 5,664 - SGD 10,620	10 days
Tummy Tuck Additional Notes A tummy tuck, also known as abdominoplasty, removes excess fat, skin, and in most cases, can reestablish weakened or separated muscles – creating an abdominal profile that is smoother and firmer. Local anesthesia is used or sedation. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up.	SGD 5,664 - SGD 10,620 SGD 10,596	7 - 14 days
Tummy Tuck + Vaser	SGD 5,664 - SGD 10,620	14 days

5. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Nose

Procedure	Price	Duration
Corrective Rhinoplasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	5 days
Nose Job Additional Notes A nose job (rhinoplasty, or a 'nose reshaping') is surgery to change the shape or size of the nose, usually for cosmetic reasons. Surgery is a delicate, complex operation and differs enormously between individuals.	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788 SGD 9,113	5 days
Nose plasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788
Nose Reduction	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	5 days
Nose reshaping	SGD 4,956 - SGD 8,496	7 days
Open Rhinoplasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788
Rhinoplasty Additional Notes Rhinoplasty ('nose job', or a 'nose reshaping') is surgery to change the shape or size of the nose, usually for cosmetic reasons. Surgery is a delicate, complex operation and differs enormously between individuals.	SGD 1,982 - SGD 2,478 SGD 7,341	7 - 14 days
Rhinoplasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788
Rhinoplasty and Alar Reduction	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	7 days
Septoplasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	7 days
Tip Plasty	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	7 days

6. Weight Loss Surgery

Procedure	Price	Duration
Liposuction Additional Notes Liposuction is a type of cosmetic surgery used to remove unwanted body fat. Local anesthesia is used or sedation. The procedure can be done in a couple of hours but the patient is advised to return to the clinic after for follow up check up. Small areas 18000	SGD 2,478 - SGD 4,956 SGD 5,603	7 - 14 days

7. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Eyes

Procedure	Price	Duration
Eye Lid (Upper and Lower) Additional Notes Saggy, loose skin around the upper and lower eyelids can result in eye bags. The surgery to remove these is knows as blepharoplasty, which removes the sagging skin on the upper lids in an upper blepharoplasty procedure, and from the bottom lids in a lower blepharoplasty.	SGD 1,770 SGD 7,714	3 - 7 days
Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)	SGD 2,124 - SGD 3,540 SGD 6,352	3 - 7 days
Upper and Lower Blepharolasty Additional Notes Saggy, loose skin around the upper and lower eyelids can result in eye bags. The surgery to remove these is knows as blepharoplasty, which removes the sagging skin on the upper lids in an upper blepharoplasty procedure, and from the bottom lids in a lower blepharoplasty.	SGD 2,478 - SGD 4,248 SGD 5,728	5 days

8. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Butt

Procedure	Price	Duration
Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) Additional Notes Brazilian Butt Lit (BBL) is a surgical procedure to enhance and increase the size of the butt by means of autologous fat transfer (using unwanted fat from one part of the body, extracted by liposuction, and inserted into another part, after cleansing and processing).	SGD 4,956 - SGD 8,496 SGD 8,947	5 - 9 days
Butt Implants Additional Notes Butt implants - a surgical procedure using artificial implants to enhance the appearance, shape, and size of the bottom	SGD 5,310 - SGD 7,788 SGD 12,151	5 - 9 days
Butt Lift Additional Notes A butt lift surgically improves and/or removes excess, sagging buttock and thigh skin which may have developed as a result of weight loss, aging or genetics.	SGD 4,956 - SGD 7,788 SGD 11,663	7 days
Buttocks Augmentation (Implant)	SGD 5,310 - SGD 7,788 SGD 11,666	7 days

9. Men

Procedure	Price	Duration
Male Breast Reduction (Gynaecomastia) Additional Notes Male reduction mammoplasty is a procedure to remove excess breast fat, glandular tissue, and skin known as 'Moobs' or 'Man Boobs'. Local anesthesia is used or sedation.	SGD 1,274 - SGD 1,770 SGD 7,615	5 - 14 days
Pectoral Implant	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788	7 - 14 days

10. Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery: Body

Procedure	Price	Duration
Arm Lift Additional Notes An arm lift, or brachioplasty, is a surgical procedure that: reduces excess sagging skin that droops downward, tightens and smoothes the underlying supportive tissue that defines the shape of the upper arm, reduces localized pockets of fat in the upper arm region.	SGD 2,124 SGD 9,068	3 - 5 days
Thigh Lift	SGD 4,248 SGD 14,930	2 - 6 days

11. Delete

Procedure	Price	Duration
Male Breast Reduction	SGD 3,540 - SGD 7,788 SGD 7,170	7 days

12. Cosmetic Non Surgical Skin - Injectables & Dermal Fillers

Procedure	Price	Duration
Botox Additional Notes Botox is a form of Botulinum Toxin Type A that act to minimize muscle activity and reduce wrinkles in the lower central forehead, the upper forehead, and around the eyes.	SGD 283 - SGD 354	1 day
Botox (hyperhidrosis - excessive sweating)	SGD 425 - SGD 850	1 day
Dermal Filler Additional Notes Dermal fillers are typically temporary soft tissue fillers injected into the skin to help fill in facial lines and wrinkles to restore a smoother, more youthful appearance. Results last for between 3 and 12 months.	SGD 354 - SGD 496	1 day
Dermal Filler with Hyaluronic Acid Additional Notes Dermal fillers with Hyaluronic Acid are typically temporary soft tissue fillers containing Hyaluronic Acid (found naturally in the body) which is injected into the skin to help fill in facial lines and wrinkles to restore a smoother, more youthful appearance. Results last for between 3 and 12 months. Hyaluronic Acid holds more than 1000 its weight in water, hydrating the skin, adding volume and giving the skin a 'dewy' glow.	SGD 354 - SGD 496	1 day
Dysport	SGD 283 - SGD 354	1 day
Filler Injections	SGD 354 - SGD 496 SGD 716	1 day
Filler Juvederm Additional Notes Juvéderm® dermal filler treatments offer temporary, long-lasting results to smooth away wrinkles, restore lip volume and enhance the face. Active ingredient is hyaluronic acid (HA) - which occurs naturally in the body and holds over 1000 its weight in water, thereby increasing hydration and volume.	SGD 354 - SGD 496 SGD 855	1 day
Sculptra Additional Notes Sculptra Aesthetic is FDA approved in the U.S. and has been used worldwide since 1999. Aesthetic contains a synthetic material called poly-L-lactic acid, which is a biocompatible, biodegradable substance that is gradually and naturally absorbed by the body and commonly found in dissolvable stitches.	SGD 708 - SGD 1,416	1 day
Teosyal	SGD 354 - SGD 496	1 day