Cosmetic surgery abroad under fire from UK press

Medical tourism growth is to attract more attention to issues such as the quality of treatment, the accreditation of surgeons and dentists, hospitals and clinics.

The British Association of aesthetic plastic surgeons this week launched an attack "patched cosmetic work" undertaken by surgeons abroad, based on a "study" of 36 plastic surgeons in the UK who reported having to fix surgery carried out abroad. The "study" resulted in headlines like these:

Recently, dental tourism was also criticised, the British Dental Health Foundation, resulting in headlines like this:

Now .... you have to keep in mind the reasons of the British Association of aesthetic plastic surgeons and other professional associations in the disclosure of these issues. They and their PR agencies represent the interests of the United Kingdom surgeons, dentists and medical professionals. Is bad for your business if people start to travel for treatment!

Let's give the "story of dentist dishonest". The British dental Health Foundation reported that there was "a significant increase in calls to its line of support from people who have had bad experiences of dental tourism". In fact, they receive about 40 calls per month on medical tourism 3500 calls in total. Of 40 calls, 5 are reporting problems or who are unhappy with the treatment of patients. And, given the growth of medical tourism, you can expect an increase ....

The history of the British Association of aesthetic plastic surgeons is based on a study of 36 Members.

"Half surgeons who participated in a survey has seen at least" somewhat more "repair work than last year, while a third came to repair" much more "works as an increasing number of British opt for cheap surgery abroad"

Since the number of plastic surgery procedures in the UK increased by 40% last year and medical tourism based on cosmetic surgery probably increased by around 100%, you might expect there to be more visa problems?

In treatment abroad, we are pursuing several initiatives to combat such criticisms and promote the concept of medical tourism. Our current search medical tourism experiences of treatment abroad is one of these initiatives.

Another initiative is the development of a "code of practice for medical tourism." You can find out more about what we are trying to achieve on the page of the code of conduct for treatment abroad.