{"id":10107,"date":"2016-07-15T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premierplasticsurgerypa.com\/?p=10107"},"modified":"2016-07-15T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:03:04","slug":"travel-plastic-surgery-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premierplasticsurgerypa.com\/blog\/travel-plastic-surgery-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Travel for Your Plastic Surgery Procedure?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re considering plastic surgery, you may have come across various incentives to travel to a different country for your procedure. One such \u201cdeal\u201d in South Korea has recently been announced. It allows any non-native person choosing to have plastic surgery in that country to be reimbursed for taxes paid on the procedure. While this might seem an attractive reason to consider traveling outside the U.S. for your surgery, please think twice before packing your bags and hopping on the medical tourism bandwagon.<\/p>\n

What Is Medical Tourism?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Previously, medical tourism referred to patients traveling from less-developed countries to highly developed countries in order to obtain medical treatment that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Now, however, the reverse is becoming much more common. Medical tourism in today\u2019s sense more commonly refers to citizens of developed nations who travel to other countries, generally for elective surgeries and in order to pay a lower cost. Additionally, some people may travel to another country to obtain medical services that would be illegal in their homeland. (<\/span>News Medical<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dangers of Medical Tourism<\/span><\/h3>\n

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. The low cost is appealing, but the dangers of medical tourism can far outweigh the financial benefits. Some of the risks involved in traveling to another part of the world for plastic surgery include:<\/span><\/p>\n