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Medical Tourism for One of Many Cosmetic Procedures
If you were interested in doing several cosmetic procedures:
- Botox
- Fillers
- Brow lift
- IPL
- Chemical peels
- Liposuction
Which one would you have done abroad at a lower cost? (I am considering rhinoplasty but know how difficult that procedure is, so I would do it in the US.) Also, I would be able to spend several months abroad, and I speak several relevant languages, so follow-up visits/communication would not be as much of an issue.
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Medical Tourism is Risky Business (for the patient)
I don't think you are aware of the risks and downsides of medical tourism (traveling abroad to undergo elective surgery). Medical tourism has becoming increasingly popular in recent years; patients have been flying out of the U.S. for plastic surgery, lured by lower prices.
However, a parallel trend has also appeared: plastic surgeons in the United States are finding themselves treating an increasing number of patients who plastic surgery abroad, correcting complications and...
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Medical Tourism
The answer is - "How LUCKY Do you Feel?"
1. How do you know the "Botox" given to you is genuine (not fake of Gray market) / fresh / are not contaminated and are not over-diluted (watered down) and that the person injecting you knows what they are doing?
2. How do you know the fillers given to you is genuine (not fake of Gray market) / fresh / are not contaminated and that the person injecting you knows what they are doing?
3. How do you know the Surgeon operating on you...
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