Cost

All prices are in GBP and include all fees, e.g. foreign currency transaction fees. The overall exchange rate (including all fees) is around £0.80/dollar.

Note: when paying large sums internationally, some cards will decline the transaction at first and send you a confirmation message. You may need to run the transaction again after confirming it. For large sums like MIND, I kept individual transactions under £5,000.

Treatment

Face Focused

Date Description Cost
22/07/23 Deposit 3,768.81
22/06/23 Initial assessment 507.06
24/10/23 Monthly instalment 318.41
27/09/23 Monthly instalment 314.76
24/08/23 Monthly instalment 314.22
17/01/24 Monthly instalment 314.14
24/11/23 Monthly instalment 308.19
25/12/23 Monthly instalment 305.34
08/02/24 Invisalign postage 108.92

The Breathe Institute

Date Description Cost
31/08/23 MIND 13,006.40
22/06/23 Initial assessment 283.15

Travel & Trip Expenses

Trip #1 - initial assessments

20th–23rd Jun 2023

Travel

Date Description Cost
01/06/23 Flights 975.01
01/06/23 Hampton hotel 446.29
01/06/23 Car rental 154.80
03/06/23 Westin LAX 128.05
02/06/23 Heathrow parking 84.10
22/06/23 LAX Westin parking 60.67
25/06/23 Petrol 51.59
21/06/23 Petrol 49.04
01/06/23 Seat reservation 36.00
01/06/23 Seat reservation 27.00
02/05/23 ESTA 17.51
19/06/23 Travel insurance 10.35
20/06/23 Svcs 2.40

Food etc. in US

Date Description Cost
23/06/23 Cash 54.32
22/06/23 Ralphs 52.08
25/06/23 Vons 36.27
23/06/23 Food LAX 25.73
25/06/23 Food LAX 19.55
22/06/23 Restaurant 18.60
23/06/23 Food 17.82
25/06/23 Hampton incidentals 15.96
21/06/23 Food (Subway) 12.52
23/06/23 Food 11.58
23/06/23 Hampton incidentals 8.03
23/06/23 Food 0.97

Trip #2 - MIND & MARPE install

16th–28th Sep 2023

Travel

Date Description Cost
25/09/23 Hampton hotel 847.66
28/09/23 Hampton hotel 806.65
15/09/23 Travel insurance 613.35
17/08/23 Flights 537.99
21/09/23 Hampton hotel 516.72
04/09/23 Car rental 343.78
17/09/23 Hyatt hotel LAX (car unavailable) 202.26
24/08/23 Heathrow parking 184.30
20/09/23 Hampton hotel 174.40
17/09/23 Petrol 92.68
30/09/23 Petrol 42.10
02/09/23 Seat reservation 31.00
16/09/23 Food Hyatt 28.77
30/09/23 Svcs parking 15.00
30/09/23 Svcs 7.20
30/09/23 Svcs 4.25
30/09/23 Svcs 2.70
30/09/23 Svcs 2.15
30/09/23 Svcs 2.15
17/09/23 Humber Bridge 1.50
30/09/23 Svcs 1.50

Food etc. in US

Date Description Cost
21/09/23 Cash 172.26
19/09/23 Blender, ubers, bowls, food, thermometer (approx.) 150.00
25/09/23 Cash 103.95
28/09/23 Cash 90.57
20/09/23 CVS 56.73
30/09/23 Petrol in US 45.53
18/09/23 T-Mobile (sim card) 42.67
21/09/23 Vons 38.18
25/09/23 Seat reservation 38.00
20/09/23 Vons 34.08
23/09/23 Wholefoods 31.59
18/09/23 Whey protein 31.20
27/09/23 Petrol station? 29.69
24/09/23 Food 21.75
23/09/23 Vons 19.91
19/09/23 Jackinthebox 19.11
29/09/23 Burger LAX 18.58
24/09/23 Vons 18.40
27/09/23 CVS 18.16
20/09/23 Restaurant 15.64
17/09/23 Svcs 15.55
20/09/23 Misc 14.98
18/09/23 Ralphs 14.39
21/09/23 T-Mobile international calling 13.36
19/09/23 Vons 13.03
19/09/23 Jackinthebox 12.72
20/09/23 Wholefoods 8.74
17/09/23 Airport 7.93
19/09/23 Jackinthebox 6.36
20/09/23 Wholefoods 6.30
29/09/23 Misc 6.03
25/09/23 Food 5.54
17/09/23 Svcs 3.15
17/09/23 Airport 2.89
29/09/23 Misc 1.70
17/09/23 Svcs 1.50

Trip #3 - MARPE arms removal etc

16th–17th Jan 2024

Travel

Date Description Cost
04/12/23 Flights 982.59
15/01/24 Travel insurance 279.08
17/01/24 Hampton hotel 137.60
07/12/23 Car rental 91.61
07/12/23 Heathrow parking 64.90
18/01/24 Petrol 59.17
19/01/24 Days Inn 53.99
17/01/24 Food LAX 16.11
18/01/24 Svcs parking 15.00
19/01/24 Svcs 8.29
18/01/24 Svcs 5.00
19/01/24 Svcs 4.25
17/01/24 Airport 2.75
19/01/24 Svcs 2.45

Food etc. in US

Date Description Cost
19/01/24 Vons 17.06
16/01/24 Misc 15.04
16/01/24 Ralphs 9.98
18/01/24 CVS 8.75

Totals

Total to date

Description Cost

Projected

Description Cost
Face Focused treatment balance (total ~£13,652.75) 7,392.00
Trip #4 2,000.00
Trip #5 2,000.00

Grand total

Description Cost

Update 2024-06-26: I’ve now completed trip #4, and it’s looking like I’ll need 6 to complete lateral expansion and Invisalign, so another ~£2,000. MMA, tongue-tie release, and implants not included.