Cosmetic Surgery Overseas

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Are you willing to fly abroad for  cosmetic surgery? Whether it’s  liposuction, breast augmentation, or a facelift on the top list of considerations is the cost. Prime factor is quality of treatment and and many other factors when venturing on medical travel.

Hollywood  has great influence to many of our women today, but this doesn’t exclude men from the picture. From the TV ads, magazines, billboards and other forms of media, beauty has been defined quite perfectly which makes our people of today, be it young or old, want to have theirs equivalent to how media defines it.

To achieve that Hollywood definition, experts have come up with various procedures of cosmetic surgery to meet the needs and desires of men and women of today. However, this desire is not easy to achieve because of the economic crisis that has made millions of people in US and UK to prioritize their needs and put a limit on what they can or cannot afford.

With loss of jobs, housing, life savings and health insurance as the main problems the Americans and British are concerned about beauty has become the last priority.

This makes Medical Tourism by far the top option if they are desperate for Medical Treatment . Not only for medical treatments but for Beauty procedures as well. Sure, they can save pretty much for the procedure, but then again, quality should always be considered.  The first step is to go online and research on  surgeons, when in fact not all surgeons that you stumble upon are the best in their field of study.  Don’t just think of how much you can save but rather on how safe and secure you will be with your decided destination and surgeon.

To help you decide, we are giving you the top 3 countries with the lowest offer per procedure as based from treatmentabroad.com. All you need to do is to find the right surgeon!

Cosmetic Surgery Procedure	Country 1	Price ($)	Country 2	Price ($)	Country 3	Price ($)
Breast Enlargement	Bolivia	$2,683	Cuba	$1,248	Venezuela	$2,580
Breast Reduction	Bolivia	$2,377	Brazil	$1,880	Cuba	$1,668
Breast Uplift	Bolivia	$732	Brazil	$601	Venezuela	$688
Buttock Lift	Brazil	$1,880	Tunisia	$1,925	Hungary	$2,730
Calf Implants	Austria	$2,646	Brazil	$2,714	India	$3,229
Cheek Implants	Bolivia	$1,337	Poland	$1,141	Tunisia	$1,925
Ear Pinning	Brazil	$905	Cuba	$726	Lithuania	$926
Upper Eyelid Surgery	Brazil	$905	Lithuania	$791	Thailand	$656
Lower Eyelid Surgery	Brazil	$905	Lithuania	$1,139	Thailand	$656
Upper and Lower Eyelid Surgery	Brazil	$1,323	Cuba	$889	Thailand	$1,341
Facelift	Bolivia	$2,683	Brazil	$1,880	Cuba	$2,279
Forehead/Brow lift	Brazil	$1,323	Cuba	$763	Lithuania	$1,470
Liposuction	Brazil	$905	Hungary	$1,066	Lithuania	$1,400
Nose Reconstruction/ Rhinoplasty	Bolivia	$1,337	Brazil	$1,461	Cuba	$1,535
Pectoral Implants	India	$2,557	Cyprus	$3,759	Brazil	$4,107
Tummy Tuck/ Abdominoplasty	Brazil	$1,880	Cuba	$1,831	Lithuania	$2,147

Swine Flu on Mexico’s Medical Tourism

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The world was shaken when the Swine Flu broke out in many countries. There were hundreds of thousands of reported cases of people in all walks of life getting infected with the virus and more than a thousand that died.

It was between March and April 2009 when Swine flu infected many people in Mexico and other parts of the world. But what exactly is Swine flu?  “It is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus.It is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs.”

The outbreak began in Mexico which has nearly 21,000 confirmed cases and almost 200 confirmed deaths. It all started in February at a pig farm half-owned by Smithfield Foods. The pandemic  hit Mexico’s economy to gasp as its people suffer from the illness, the authorities are finding ways to find a cure and the country’s tourists are threatened and finding ways to fly out from the country to avoid getting infected.

The expected number of tourists for this year dropped massively because of the flu pandemic. Many countries have suffered like Mexico and are looking for various ways and strategies to bring back what they have lost. Countries such as United States, Argentina and Brazil, all of which respectively top the  3 highest spots  with the most number of deaths in relation to the flu.

Security measures are being practiced by airport staff in all parts of
the world by setting up checkpoints for arriving travellers. The methods being used include thermal check to make sure that they are free from any AH1N1 symptoms. Suspected persons are being held in quarantine for a number of days to go through various tests to confirm if they are positive or negative of Swine Flu.

The Mexicans, in desperation, are trying to double their efforts to win back what the country has lost during the swine flu crisis, that includes the tourists. With Medical Tourism as one of the vital boosters in bringing in foreign income to the country, the Mexican government and establishments such as hotels are offering outstanding health insurances to both Mexican and foreign tourists staying through the end of the year.

The health insurance covers treatment – hospitalization and medicines – for falling sick with the swine flu or other illnesses and even those involved in accidents.

In spite of the spreading pandemic, there are still hopeful medical patients from all over the world who are unstoppable and still pursuing medical treatment in other countries, ignoring the possibilities of getting afflicted by the virus that could get their situation worse. From this spark of hope Mexico and countries alike are fueled and still strive for the betterment of their people.

Credits to KaiserHealthNews for our resources.

Until Next Time

Peter – Your Medical Tourism Guide