But when I asked about getting this, the surgeon who would do the procedure basically asked, "Why would you want to do that?" He asked in a way that made it clear that he didn't think I should do it. He didn't exactly say, but either it was either too expensive to be worth it, or too risky to be worth it, or too little result to be worth it. Yeah, that's his opinion, but he's paid to have medical opinions, and is much more qualified to have them than I am.
So: Yes, it can be done, but maybe you shouldn't (at least using that approach).
Some doctors would definitely push you to do surgery to make money, you should be glad this doctor didn't.
Here where I live that surgery is almost free, but I've decided to not do it because it's a minor annoyance.
Every surgery has risk during the recovery process, an infection can happen etc. Even though small, doctors can also make mistakes.