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While my main reason for going to BajaMed in...

While my main reason for going to BajaMed in Tijuana, Mexico was for back surgery, I had been contemplating getting rid of my turkey neck that comes with age. While recovering from my back surgery, I talked with Dr. Serrano of BajaMed about getting a neck lift with a chin implant while I was still there. He wasn't sure about it until he saw how well I was recovering. After a review by their medical committee, they decided that I was doing well enough for the additional surgery. So a week after my back surgery, I had a neck lift with a chin implant, which ended up being a lower face lift. 3 1/2 hours after the surgery started, I was done and the costs were the same even though more work was performed. The results after allowing time for healing were great and I am happy I had it done.

I have to make a comment about Dr. Serrano. He spent so much time with me; I asked him if I was his only patient. He laughed and said no I wasn’t. It was such a pleasant experience compared to medical care in the USA. Another thing I should mention, language was not a barrier except when I tried to speak Spanish.

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Plastic Surgeon
Ave. Paseo del Centenario 9580 -1803, Tijuana, Baja California
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I met Dr. Cardenas the day of the surgery. She came in and explained what she was planning on doing and marked up my face, I assuming where her incisions were going to be. She was very professional yet quite cordial. Then she played with my eyelids and with a big smile, said we need to do those, which we did a year and half later (another review on here). Once in the operating room, Dr. Serrano was also there. I felt like I was going to be in good hands, which as it turned out, I was. I was under conscious sedation while the surgery was being performed; I remember listening to the music, the Beatles. Unfortunately the IPhone batteries ran down before they were done and the music died. Other than some teasing of the doctors by me about the music, everything went extremely well. As I wrote in another review about my eyelid lift, Dr. Carmina Cardenas, according to what a nurse at the recovery center told me after that surgery, is the best cosmetic surgeon in Tijuana. That is saying a lot since Tijuana is one of the top medical tourism places for cosmetic surgery. Following my back surgery and before my cosmetic procedure, I was the only non-cosmetic surgery patient there and I saw a lot of people come and go, some of whom I am still in contact with.