Dubai medical tourism set to top 500,000 patients per year
Dubai Health Authority has a set a target to attract 500,000 medical tourists a year by 2020. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Jan 19 2015
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Brazil’s Plastic Surgery Turns Toxic
In 2013, Brazil hip-checked the U.S. to claim first place in global plastic surgeries, performing 1,491,721 cosmetic operations to the U.S.’s 1,452,356. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Jan 12 2015
Plastic Surgery Tourism Brings Chinese to South Korea
South Korea is becoming a popular destination for medical tourists from China seeking body modifications. To read the full article click here.
- Posted on: Dec 29 2014
South Korea’s plastic surgery boom’s victims: dodgy doctors and botched jobs
The boom in South Korea’s $5 billion plastic surgery industry – the world’s largest – is facing a backlash, with formal complaints about botched procedures and dodgy doctors doubling in 2013 from a year earlier. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Nov 3 2014
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) Issues Warnings to Patients Regarding Unlicensed Practitioners and Medical Tourism
ISAPS Issues Warnings to Patients Regarding Unlicensed Practitioners and Medical Tourism. Click here to read the full press release.
- Posted on: Oct 30 2014
Missing the point
Venezuela faces a breast-implant shortage, according to reports noting women are having to settle for implants that are the wrong size or made in China. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Oct 30 2014
Venezuela’s newest shortage: breast implants
Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast implants, and women are so desperate that they and their doctors are turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less rigorous quality standards. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Sep 15 2014
Crop top: Trend boosting cosmetic surgery among teenagers
The 1990s trend of high-wasted trousers and Spice Girl inspired crop tops have made a comeback this year, but it has also resulted in an increasing number of young women opting for cosmetic surgery to get the perfect midriff, say doctors. Click here for the full article.
- Posted on: Sep 11 2014
Dubai, the world’s plastic surgery hub
Dubai has become a nip-and-tuck hub. Where once residents from throughout the GCC would venture to Beverly Hills, Brazil or Beirut for treatments, these days, they’re staying closer to home to have work done. Click here to read the full article.
- Posted on: Sep 5 2014
No buts about it: Buttock augmentation is a fast growing trend in plastic surgery
In this era of selfies and belfies, plastic surgeons have their work cut out for them. We look at which procedures are popular around the world. Click here for the full article.
- Posted on: Aug 13 2014
