Australians increasingly seek cosmetic surgery overseas
The medical tourism industry in Australia has seen a massive 1,150 percent explosion in the past five years. The boom in Australian medical tourism has coincided with the rise of several low-cost airlines. Combining cheap fares with cut-price cosmetic surgery procedures overseas, many ordinary working Australians now find that cosmetic surgery is an affordable option.
Close to 4,000 patients are thought to have had treatment in countries such Malaysia and Thailand where cosmetic surgery prices are often two-thirds cheaper than Australia. The numbers are more than 11 times greater than the number of people becoming medical tourists four years ago.
Top procedures for women are breast enlargements, face lifts, liposuction and tummy tucks, with around 20 percent of people electing to have more than one procedure carried out in the same holiday. Men tend to go more for cosmetic dentistry, hair transplants, liposuction and laser eye surgery.
Cosmetic surgery, wherever it is performed, comes with risks attached and even the smallest of operations can have complications or side-effects. Even in countries with strong plastic surgery regulation, things can go wrong and if you have issues in a country where English is not widely spoken, your medical holiday could turn into a nightmare. Therefore, it is important to research your medical holiday thoroughly to try and maximize your chances of having a successful holiday. Click here to read our free guide on how to minimize risks when becoming a medical tourist.
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rola | Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
Hi, I would just like to know if there’s a Amais b. clinic for body shaping non surgery in Australia state now. The only clinic I can find is in Singapore.
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Rebecca | Jul 25, 2009 | Reply
I had cosmetic surgery in Thailand at Bumrungrad International Hospital. Global Health Travel organised it all and it was the best thing I ever did. They provided me with all the research about the accreditation of the hospital and doctor profiles so that I was fully informed to make an educated decision. They even told me things that I would have never even thought to ask. I’m so pleased with the results and the way the whole process went.
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Bwitched | Aug 17, 2011 | Reply
Cosmetic Surgery overseas is DEFINATELY NO HOLIDAY.
I am a person who is now going through corrective surgery from going over to Thailand and having lipo done, never should anyone have to endure what I went through.
6 Blood Transufsions & almost dying.
11 litres of fat taken from me, when the international safety limit is no more than 5 litres.
Flying back to Australia with Swollen legs and finding out almost 2 weeks later I had mutliple Hematoma’s (Blood Clots) in my legs
The horrid pain lastest for 3 months until I seeked the help of an Australian Surgeon
Basically after the Surgery the Thai surgeron could have given a shit as to how much pain & suffering I was in and he took a risk with my life by playing russion roulette to see how much he could take from me & as a result I am now faced with $$$$$$ in corrective surgery. My legs look horrible, all from a surgeron who says he has 20 years experience behind him.
Overseas Cosmetic Travel isn’t an option Australians should be leaning towards, after my experience from having surgery overseas and then again in Australia, the difference in the two is massive, the first lot of corrective surgery (lipo) in Australia was done on a Monday and I was back at work (no pain) the following monday, yes it is more expensive, but you wouldn’t expect anything less when your health is at risk….
Good Hospitals are expensive
No follow up can be very dangerous.
Not knowing your surgeon well can be dangerous .
Australia has very high standards.
Many of thee countries are the third world and have hgh rates of viral infections, Good medicine is not cheap and can save your life .
The prices charged dont add up to the same standard of care in Australia –this is common sense that could save your life .
Problems can occur years later ( viruses etc) It is russian roulette .
The treatment of complications can be more expensive than the original surgery.
If your family & friends plead with you not to do it, maybe for once listen to them, because they are right, save the extra money needed, have it done in Australia and then go overseas for that holiday, you can’t swim in a pool with cocktails when your bruised and swollen with stitches, kinda sucks having to watch from the side line, but then again, ITS YOUR CHOICE, YOUR LIFE…
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