Surgery Overseas
I was watching GM TV this morning where Lorraine Kelley was discussing the pros and cons of Cosmetic Surgery Abroad. The appeal of cutting the cost of surgery by well over 100% is encouraging more than 10,000 people a year to get on a plane and head off to sunnier climes for their tummy tuck, breast augmentation or face lift. The lady on this morning's show had a £6,500 quote for her breast augmentation in the UK, but opted for two week's in Malaysia for herself and her husband to get the work done. If fact the work was so cheap that she added in a facelift too, all for under £6k.
The Cosmetic Surgery expert on the program pointed out, that whilst this may seem appealing, 1) What would happen if the operation went wrong? Who would pick up the pieces? 2) It's not good to get back on a plane - long haul, immediately after surgery. He was saying that his hosital has recently had to put right 51 procedures that had been done overseas. Is that more than the national average for invasive cosmetic procedures? I imagine it must be frustrating and anger-making having to put right other peoples' mistakes. But is this more or less than would pass through the hospital for work done in the UK? I don't know. Does anyone?
It's a dilemma. With the projection for cosmetic surgery procedures set to rise exponentially over the next few years, I imagine people will be voting with their feet and the appeal of cut price surgery will be overwhelming.
How do you make sure that people make the right choice for them and are not simply throwing all caution to the wind and playing with their own lives? Does it matter? Doesn't all surgery carry a risk?
I was watching GM TV this morning where Lorraine Kelley was discussing the pros and cons of Cosmetic Surgery Abroad. The appeal of cutting the cost of surgery by well over 100% is encouraging more than 10,000 people a year to get on a plane and head off to sunnier climes for their tummy tuck, breast augmentation or face lift. The lady on this morning's show had a £6,500 quote for her breast augmentation in the UK, but opted for two week's in Malaysia for herself and her husband to get the work done. If fact the work was so cheap that she added in a facelift too, all for under £6k.
The Cosmetic Surgery expert on the program pointed out, that whilst this may seem appealing, 1) What would happen if the operation went wrong? Who would pick up the pieces? 2) It's not good to get back on a plane - long haul, immediately after surgery. He was saying that his hosital has recently had to put right 51 procedures that had been done overseas. Is that more than the national average for invasive cosmetic procedures? I imagine it must be frustrating and anger-making having to put right other peoples' mistakes. But is this more or less than would pass through the hospital for work done in the UK? I don't know. Does anyone?
It's a dilemma. With the projection for cosmetic surgery procedures set to rise exponentially over the next few years, I imagine people will be voting with their feet and the appeal of cut price surgery will be overwhelming.
How do you make sure that people make the right choice for them and are not simply throwing all caution to the wind and playing with their own lives? Does it matter? Doesn't all surgery carry a risk?
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