Romanian Tennis Star, Simona Halep has revealed that she has got her boob reduction operation to thank for her drastic improvement in her rankings for women's World Tennis.
Simona had found her rise faltering, as her breasts caused her discomfort as slowed down her game. However, since she opted for surgery to reduce the size of her breasts, she has risen 450 places.
No doubt many of her male fans will be disappointed by the results of her surgery; petitions had even been started to persuade her not to go through with it.
However, it does appear have been worth it.
Now at #57, Simona looks likely to be ranked in the World's Top 50 when the next rankings are released.
19 year old Simona has said that even if she was not a professional tennis player, would probably still have got the breast reduction surgery, as she found her large breasts uncomfortable and an annoyance in everyday life.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Monday 20 June 2011
Taiwan Urges Changes to Chinese Tourist Sector Policies
It seems that Taiwan is starting to really push itself as a viable Medical Tourism destination for China. Already experiencing some success, with many people traveling for cheap cosmetic surgery abroad, reducing or lifting the restrictions for Chinese visitors could benefit Taiwan in a really big way!
The potential spending power of the people of China could have a massive impact for Taiwan, where it is already estimated that they have spent over US$6 Billion in the last three years.
At present, there are restrictions in place to prevent more than 500 Chinese nationals visiting Taiwan, without belonging to a tour group, and these are permitted to stay for a maximum of 15 days. These restrictions make it virtually impossible for Taiwan to compete as a Medical Tourism Destination on a global level.
If Taiwan is successful in its bid, we could witness a huge sea-change, with Taiwan's economy benefiting enormously, both from Medical Tourism and in the tourism sector generally.
It will be interesting to see how (and if!) China responds to this bid. Watch this space...
The potential spending power of the people of China could have a massive impact for Taiwan, where it is already estimated that they have spent over US$6 Billion in the last three years.
At present, there are restrictions in place to prevent more than 500 Chinese nationals visiting Taiwan, without belonging to a tour group, and these are permitted to stay for a maximum of 15 days. These restrictions make it virtually impossible for Taiwan to compete as a Medical Tourism Destination on a global level.
If Taiwan is successful in its bid, we could witness a huge sea-change, with Taiwan's economy benefiting enormously, both from Medical Tourism and in the tourism sector generally.
It will be interesting to see how (and if!) China responds to this bid. Watch this space...
Sunday 27 March 2011
Costs of Medical Tourism in Poland Set To Soar
Poland has been one of the countries in Europe to benefit most from the rise in medical tourism. Cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dentistry have provided a great deal of extra income to the country over the past few years.
The reason for this has been the lower cost of living in Poland, compared to many Western European countries. Cosmetic surgery clinics in Poland have simply been able to price procedures more competitively than many other countries, with costs generally around half the price of treatment in the UK, and sometimes as much as 70% cheaper.
Dental treatment, particularly, has been considerably cheaper.
However, this is now changing, and prices seem set to rise higher, since a 23% VAT rate was imposed on medical tourism procedures on January 1st 2011.
Naturally, clinics have responded by raising their rates, and many potential patients have been choosing to travel instead to the Czech Republic for treatment.
Indeed, many Poles also have been traveling abroad for treatments and procedures, as they become ever harder-pressed for cash.
What this will mean for Poland's medical tourism industry remains to be seen. Poland's surgeons and clinics do have an excellent reputation, and the industry has been very well-marketed, but when the whole point of medical tourism is to secure the best prices, you have to wonder how Poland will fare.
Already, there is relatively little difference between the prices in Poland and Belgium, which is also very well-marketed as a medical tourism destination.
Find out which country has the cheapest prices for cosmetic surgery and dental treatment.
The reason for this has been the lower cost of living in Poland, compared to many Western European countries. Cosmetic surgery clinics in Poland have simply been able to price procedures more competitively than many other countries, with costs generally around half the price of treatment in the UK, and sometimes as much as 70% cheaper.
Dental treatment, particularly, has been considerably cheaper.
However, this is now changing, and prices seem set to rise higher, since a 23% VAT rate was imposed on medical tourism procedures on January 1st 2011.
Naturally, clinics have responded by raising their rates, and many potential patients have been choosing to travel instead to the Czech Republic for treatment.
Indeed, many Poles also have been traveling abroad for treatments and procedures, as they become ever harder-pressed for cash.
What this will mean for Poland's medical tourism industry remains to be seen. Poland's surgeons and clinics do have an excellent reputation, and the industry has been very well-marketed, but when the whole point of medical tourism is to secure the best prices, you have to wonder how Poland will fare.
Already, there is relatively little difference between the prices in Poland and Belgium, which is also very well-marketed as a medical tourism destination.
Find out which country has the cheapest prices for cosmetic surgery and dental treatment.
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Medical Tourism in the Philippines Becomes Easier
Probably one of the biggest news items relating to medical tourism is the introduction of medical tourism visas in the Philippines. This can be expected to come into place some point this year, and is very important as it will help to make the Philippines even more competitive as a destination for Health-Care.
This change will allow foreigners to stay in the country for up to six months for medical treatment. At the present, and initial visa is offered for either 21 days or two months, which has to be extended monthly, as required.
Traditionally, in that part of the world, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan have been the major players in medical travel.
However, with the new steps to make it easier to stay in the Philippines for lengthy treatments, it is probably safe to assume that the Philippines will be increasing their share of this lucrative market.
Obviously of less relevance to those traveling for cheap cosmetic surgery abroad, this will non-the-less be extremely useful for anyone considering going abroad for more extensive and long-term treatments.
Already 50% cheaper than most Western countries, and with its pick of highly skilled surgeons and medical professionals, the Philippines will be one to watch over the next few years. We wonder how many other countries in the vicinity will now follow suit?
This change will allow foreigners to stay in the country for up to six months for medical treatment. At the present, and initial visa is offered for either 21 days or two months, which has to be extended monthly, as required.
Traditionally, in that part of the world, Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan have been the major players in medical travel.
However, with the new steps to make it easier to stay in the Philippines for lengthy treatments, it is probably safe to assume that the Philippines will be increasing their share of this lucrative market.
Obviously of less relevance to those traveling for cheap cosmetic surgery abroad, this will non-the-less be extremely useful for anyone considering going abroad for more extensive and long-term treatments.
Already 50% cheaper than most Western countries, and with its pick of highly skilled surgeons and medical professionals, the Philippines will be one to watch over the next few years. We wonder how many other countries in the vicinity will now follow suit?
Friday 31 December 2010
The Top 10 Cosmetic Surgeries for 2011 - A Prediction
As we get ready to see in the New Year, what will the trends for Cosmetic Surgery be in 2011?
Dr Scott E. Newman, a prominent New York surgeon, thinks he has got the answers, based on recent trends and statistics.
Botox will certainly continue to be the number 1 cosmetic procedure. It really has reached such a level of acceptability, and has so many different applications, that this is extremely unlikely to change.
Laser Hair Removal will keep its place as the second most popular non-surgical cosmetic procedure. It is a solution for an age-old problem, and is still far superior to any of the alternatives.
A slow but steady increase in the number of people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery can be expected, as the idea slowly gains acceptance with the general public.
Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Dr Scott E. Newman, a prominent New York surgeon, thinks he has got the answers, based on recent trends and statistics.
- Breast Augmentation. This procedure has been the most popular for many years, and shows no signs of fading in popularity. No surprise here! The popularity of this procedure with celebrities should mean its top-place is assured for years to come.
- Augmentation with Fat Transfer. This is increasing in popularity extremely quickly. Great advances are being made with this technique, although at present it is more popular with patients than with surgeons. The idea of Natural Breast Augmentation is immensely appealing to many, and this technique is also used with the Brazilian Butt Lift procedure. I am sure that in time new applications will be found for this technique.
- Liposuction. Liposuction is likely to remain a popular procedure, as the obesity crisis in the West is showing no evidence of slowing down. In fact, in the UK, now 50% of men and women are clinically overweight or obese. With new ways of performing liposuction, such as Vaser Liposuction, constantly being developed, there is no way that liposuction will lose its popularity unless a completely new way of removing fat from the body is introduced.
- Breast Lift Surgery. Women have always obsessed about sagging breasts after childbirth, so this procedure will surely always be popular. New advances with this surgery mean that it is now possible to perform with less scarring, and with longer lasting results.
- Tummy Tuck. Also known as Abdominoplasty. Again, as with liposuction, the increasing food intake, and progressively more sedentary lifestyles mean that in all probability this will remain a popular procedure.
- Buttock Lift. The butt lift procedure has really become very fashionable, and many celebrities have admitted to having it done. The Buttock Lift has really come out of nowhere, as only a few short years ago, most people had not even heard of it.
- Breast Reconstruction. Reconstruction of the breasts following mastectomy will sadly continue to be a necessity for many female patients. New techniques are making the results better aesthetically, and faster to achieve.
- Arm Lift Surgery. Arm Lift Surgery, or Brachioplasty is becoming more widely known, and can be expected to become more so. This is the cosmetic procedure, whereby excess, sagging skin is removed from the arms, to remove that effect sometimes known as "bingo wings".
- Gynecomastia Surgery. The removal of male breasts has become a preoccupation with many men, in our increasingly appearance-conscious culture. Expect this to increase over the next 12 months.
- Breast Reduction. Many women have always suffered from back pain from large breasts, but general increases in the weight-problems do not help. So it's probable that breast reduction surgery will continue to be very popular as a way to solve this problem.
Botox will certainly continue to be the number 1 cosmetic procedure. It really has reached such a level of acceptability, and has so many different applications, that this is extremely unlikely to change.
Laser Hair Removal will keep its place as the second most popular non-surgical cosmetic procedure. It is a solution for an age-old problem, and is still far superior to any of the alternatives.
A slow but steady increase in the number of people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery can be expected, as the idea slowly gains acceptance with the general public.
Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Wednesday 1 December 2010
A Word of Warning About Arranging Surgery with a Referral Service
Cosmetic Surgery Referral Services are becoming increasingly popular, with many prospective patients using these kinds of services to do the "leg-work", from making sure the clinic is reputable and the surgeon is skilled and accredited, to helping to find the best prices for cosmetic surgery.
Doing this does definitely have its benefits, but a few words of caution...
You will still need to make sure that the referral service itself is reputable. There are several agencies that are seemingly unconcerned about the services that the clinics that they refer patients to are of the highest quality. This can understandably lead the patient to go into surgery with a false belief that their clinic is going to be of a high standard, with an accredited and experienced surgeon. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
The kind of referral service that I would advise all prospective patients to steer well clear of are those which ask for an upfront referral fee. Unfortunately, these are the kinds of agencies that are most heavily-promoted on the internet, as webmasters will get a good commission for placing adverts for these types of services on their websites.
The smart cosmetic surgery patient should avoid paying any upfront fees. It can, in effect, commit you to using the services that the referral company has recommended to you, as the patient is unlikely to want to lose such a large sum of money, with nothing to show for it.
I suspect that is what these kinds of offers are counting on!
If a patient would like to research several of these kinds of companies offerings, then they will have committed to hundreds of dollars-worth of expenditure before the actual cosmetic surgery fees. I'm sure that there are some reputable companies offering this kind of service, but I am equally sure that there are plenty of dodgy ones, as well.
For this reason, I would recommend anyone considering cosmetic surgery to research a little further, before committing to any referral fees.
Also, if you have paid a cosmetic surgery referral fee, but are having doubts about the level of service the company offers, it will be far better for you to back-out, and just lose the money than to risk your health. You may be able to pursue the company through the courts, if it appears that the agency was insufficiently transparent.
For more advice and information like this, visit Cheaper Cosmetic Surgery Abroad.com
Doing this does definitely have its benefits, but a few words of caution...
You will still need to make sure that the referral service itself is reputable. There are several agencies that are seemingly unconcerned about the services that the clinics that they refer patients to are of the highest quality. This can understandably lead the patient to go into surgery with a false belief that their clinic is going to be of a high standard, with an accredited and experienced surgeon. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
The kind of referral service that I would advise all prospective patients to steer well clear of are those which ask for an upfront referral fee. Unfortunately, these are the kinds of agencies that are most heavily-promoted on the internet, as webmasters will get a good commission for placing adverts for these types of services on their websites.
The smart cosmetic surgery patient should avoid paying any upfront fees. It can, in effect, commit you to using the services that the referral company has recommended to you, as the patient is unlikely to want to lose such a large sum of money, with nothing to show for it.
I suspect that is what these kinds of offers are counting on!
If a patient would like to research several of these kinds of companies offerings, then they will have committed to hundreds of dollars-worth of expenditure before the actual cosmetic surgery fees. I'm sure that there are some reputable companies offering this kind of service, but I am equally sure that there are plenty of dodgy ones, as well.
For this reason, I would recommend anyone considering cosmetic surgery to research a little further, before committing to any referral fees.
Also, if you have paid a cosmetic surgery referral fee, but are having doubts about the level of service the company offers, it will be far better for you to back-out, and just lose the money than to risk your health. You may be able to pursue the company through the courts, if it appears that the agency was insufficiently transparent.
For more advice and information like this, visit Cheaper Cosmetic Surgery Abroad.com
Tuesday 30 November 2010
The Advantages of Arranging Cosmetic Surgery Using a Referral Agency
Whether you are planning to get cosmetic surgery abroad or in your home country, there are a number of benefits to using a medical tourism referral agency. I would say that, at the very least, it is well worth your consideration, especially if any of the following issues are of concern to you:
If you are interested in getting the most out of your money, then one of the major advantages of using a cosmetic surgery referral service is that they can help you track down the best deals. It is a fact that plastic surgery prices do vary quite considerably, from clinic-to-clinic, state-to-state, and especially from country-to-country.
It is quite possible to compare prices for cosmetic surgery at different clinics, however, this is a somewhat time-consuming affair. Plus, you should remember that until you have had a proper consultation with a surgeon, the price quote will generally be just an estimate.
The second benefit of using a referral service is that you will not be needing to research the qualifications of the operating surgeon. Knowing that your cosmetic surgeon is reputable and skilled is a MUST. Although things can go wrong with even the best cosmetic surgeons, you must be aware that the chances are multiplied countless times, if your surgeon is not skilled and accredited by a proper official body. Naturally, you could check out the clinics you are considering, all by yourself, and that is how quite a few patients arrange surgery, but a company with several years of dealings with different clinics will be able to have a much more informed idea of which clinics are the best and most reputable.
The third reason that so many patient do find a substantial benefit in arranging their surgery with a referral agency is that when getting cosmetic surgery there is always a risk that the operation may not turn out as you hoped. By this, I am not talking about the life-threatening types of complications, but more that if the surgeon is not skilled enough, then there is a high chance that you will be less happy with your appearance than you were before surgery.
We have all seen the "plastic surgery gone wrong" photos that are all over the internet. Lumpy-looking boob-jobs, oddly-reshaped noses, and terrible scarring after liposuction.
If you are concerned that the results of your surgery should be an improvement on the natural you, then you do need to be very careful to make sure that your surgeon is skilled and experienced, not only in plastic surgery in a general sense, but also in the specific procedure that you are having. There are a great many different disciplines within cosmetic surgery, and just as you would not get a hip replacement with a heart specialist, so your cosmetic surgeon will need to have received training in each particular area.
Cosmetic Surgery Referral Services can help you to arrange surgery with confidence, and so unless you are able to promise yourself that you will properly and thoroughly research your options yourself, this is definitely the route I would suggest.
A visit t0 Cheaper Cosmetic Surgery Abroad.com can help you to weigh up the options available, and can even point you in the direction of a couple of decent referral agencies.
- The Price of Cosmetic Surgery - you would like to be able to compare the costs between clinics.
- Your Personal Safety - You would like to avoid unnecessary risk of complications.
- Making Sure that you Get First Class Results From Your Surgery - it's a given that not all surgeons are equal. If you would like to make sure that yours has the necessary expertise, then you may like to consider a referral service, who has already checked out the best clinics.
If you are interested in getting the most out of your money, then one of the major advantages of using a cosmetic surgery referral service is that they can help you track down the best deals. It is a fact that plastic surgery prices do vary quite considerably, from clinic-to-clinic, state-to-state, and especially from country-to-country.
It is quite possible to compare prices for cosmetic surgery at different clinics, however, this is a somewhat time-consuming affair. Plus, you should remember that until you have had a proper consultation with a surgeon, the price quote will generally be just an estimate.
The second benefit of using a referral service is that you will not be needing to research the qualifications of the operating surgeon. Knowing that your cosmetic surgeon is reputable and skilled is a MUST. Although things can go wrong with even the best cosmetic surgeons, you must be aware that the chances are multiplied countless times, if your surgeon is not skilled and accredited by a proper official body. Naturally, you could check out the clinics you are considering, all by yourself, and that is how quite a few patients arrange surgery, but a company with several years of dealings with different clinics will be able to have a much more informed idea of which clinics are the best and most reputable.
The third reason that so many patient do find a substantial benefit in arranging their surgery with a referral agency is that when getting cosmetic surgery there is always a risk that the operation may not turn out as you hoped. By this, I am not talking about the life-threatening types of complications, but more that if the surgeon is not skilled enough, then there is a high chance that you will be less happy with your appearance than you were before surgery.
We have all seen the "plastic surgery gone wrong" photos that are all over the internet. Lumpy-looking boob-jobs, oddly-reshaped noses, and terrible scarring after liposuction.
If you are concerned that the results of your surgery should be an improvement on the natural you, then you do need to be very careful to make sure that your surgeon is skilled and experienced, not only in plastic surgery in a general sense, but also in the specific procedure that you are having. There are a great many different disciplines within cosmetic surgery, and just as you would not get a hip replacement with a heart specialist, so your cosmetic surgeon will need to have received training in each particular area.
Cosmetic Surgery Referral Services can help you to arrange surgery with confidence, and so unless you are able to promise yourself that you will properly and thoroughly research your options yourself, this is definitely the route I would suggest.
A visit t0 Cheaper Cosmetic Surgery Abroad.com can help you to weigh up the options available, and can even point you in the direction of a couple of decent referral agencies.
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