My name is Marianne Guarena and I live in Las Vegas. I have undergone several cosmetic surgeries myself, more than the average person I should say. I have also had quite a few mini procedures such as Thermacool TC (also known as Thermage or Thermoplasty), Perlane and Restylane injections, Radiance (Radiesse), 2 Sculptra treatments, the Feather lift (APTOS threads) procedure and more. I have always sought to better myself in every way and see nothing negative regarding anyone's aesthetic enhancement pursuits. The technology is out there and one need not wait until it is too late. I say if you have the desire to make yourself happy by improving your appearance, then go for it! Just remember that you should try to improve your inner self, as well. No matter how attractive someone may be on the outside, if their personality is lacking their appearance will also lack. This goes hand in hand, cosmetic surgery doesn't make you a different person. Not only Marianna , it is true for both men and women. All are looking for plastic surgery even abroad.
THE ALLURE of exotic locales, lower prices and a vacation experience have many people heading overseas for plastic surgery. Surgery is no vacation, and the risks you take if you travel abroad to save money are as dangerous as heading into the desert without water.
Even in the United States, where health and safety standards are among the highest in the world, no surgery is without the potential for unexpected events that adversely affect your health during surgery, or during healing. Before you make the decision to head out of the country to have plastic surgery, there are some things you should consider:
Process
Have you consulted with an appropriately qualified board-certified surgeon in your community for his or her recommendations, a cost estimate and a thorough discussion of the potential risks and unexpected outcomes? By traveling overseas to have surgery, you likely will meet or consult with your surgeon only a day or two before surgery. The advantages of a doctor at home are that you can take your time, ask many questions and you have the opportunity to develop a trusting relationship with your doctor.
Safety
In the United States your best choice is an accredited hospital or surgery center accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care or equivalent. With a doctor at home, you can have access to all the safety measures and precautions that will protect your health in the event of an emergency before you make the decision to have surgery. Overseas surgical facility standards, and even the accreditations vary greatly. The only opportunity to visit the surgical center for your surgery abroad will be when you arrive for surgery.
Unexpected outcomes
Outcomes from surgery, no matter the precautions involved, are not always predictable. If your results are less than expected, a doctor at home is close by to address your questions, concerns and the potential need for secondary treatment. If you choose surgery abroad, who will correct the unexpected?
Support
Traveling overseas means that you will be missing one of the most important aspects to cosmetic surgery — the support of friends and family, your own bed and many of the comforts at home that are to your advantage as you recover. And if you choose not to recover at home, there are fully accredited and amply luxurious recovery facilities for every budget and preference right here in the U.S.
Cost
Consider not only the cost of your surgery and travel, but also consider the value. If you are considering surgery that requires breast implants, they may cost less abroad, but is that same implant approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration? Your safety is priceless. The experience of your doctor is invaluable. The potential for mishaps are real. Use the "sale" rule of thumb: if you would not find value in paying full price for something, don't buy it just because it is "on sale." Unlike a dress or a sofa, you cannot return plastic surgery.
Reality
There are no bargains in aesthetic surgery. If you cannot afford surgery, don't wrap it into a vacation: choose one or the other
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shelbi bitch : i dont think it is a good idea at all!!!
it will just make you look face.
virginie : Also , look on this site : it's the international society of plastic and aesthetic surgery : http://www.isaps.org/
Look on the right side of the page : members listed by country. Choose the country of where you plan on going and look if the surgeon is listed if not, it's probably not a good one. Be careful, surgery should not be a bargain.
Do your research! : ALL,
Please, please, please - do your reseach when considering a plastic surgeon abbrad. CHeck references, certifacations, and carefully inspect before and after pics.
Most importatly - establish communication with the PS and keep the information flowing.
How do I know this? I've been researching for months. ALso check out www.plasticsurgeryjourneys.com There are hundreds of people there who have posted thier first hand experience about plastic surgery outside the US. Lots of good and bad expereinces to read through and a definate must for anyone consideing this adventure!
best,
Mary
virginie : Hi marianne green, unfortunatly we are not able to see your comment completely. I really wanted to know what you wrote because I was planning on going to bolivia with makeover travel. Did you have a bad experience ? I know that makeover travel pays some people to advertize so I don't know if what the other girls are saying is true! Please write back! I also give you my Email : lovivirgi@hotmail.com
good bye !
marie from Guam : i live in guam and i went to mexico to get plastic sugery and now i look even more uglier than what i did before.
I am Marianne and I did not write the majority of that... : It is only implied that I wrote that. I wrote the first paragraph ending with, "goes hand in hand, cosmetic surgery doesn't make you a different person".
Where it begins, "Not only Marianna, it is true for both men and women. All are looking for plastic surgery even abroad. THE ALLURE of exotic locales..." and everything after that, I did not write).
People who know me would see that it is obvious I never wrote such things as the following: "amply luxurious" or "your own bed and many of the comforts at home that are to your advantage as you recover." (I have had surgery away from home and recovred in many a hotel. But mostly this: I don't only hawk board certified plastic surgeons, as my first surgeon who did my breast implants, rhinoplasty and lip implants, was not a board certified plastic surgeon. He was a cosmetic surgeon. Also, I recommended many a surgeon in and outside the US. I have always recommended surgeon who ar...
Ziaul : Nice Information!!
JENNY HOWARD : I have read all the article and I want to tell you my experience too, I also travel to Bolivia with Makeover Travel and I had a great experience that change my life for ever!!!Hi my name is Jenny , I live in Miami since 8 years ago.
I have been a house wife for 10 years, I have to tell you
that the first 6 years where wonderful for me , many people told me marriage really
helped me, that was true I looked shining all the time but unfortunately at the 7th year
our marriage suffered a terrible disaster, my husband started to be apart from me and day by day I start forgetting about Jenny, I didn’t want to get up, I didn’t want to go out, the smile disappear at all, no one could help me, I was depressed 2 years and in that 2 years I took 40 pounds, too much for small person. One day in the supermarket reading some articles I found a big publicity of Makeover Travel, an organisation in the heart of south America that help people to change their physical aspect, I remember that the fist...
ginny : Yes - it is safe - if you do your research.
I had over $18K in plastic surgery for the cost of about $5K. The care and results are great and I would have not been able to afford surgery without this option.
It's not what people imagine - we are not getting butchered in back alleys - its safe, clean, and the technology is just as advanced as the US>
I would have never have been able to do this without a support group run by patients called plasticsurgeryjourneys.com It shows the positive and negative of going abroad for surgery and tracks the adventures of many who have gone all over the world for surgery. The best way to research is to meet others who have been there and had that done...
Good luck
Miss J : I find Marianne Guarena's attitude toward plastic surgery abroad jingoistic and xenophobic. Within it is the implicit assumption that if it's done here, it has to be some how "better" or "safer" than if done 'over there'.
She fails to tell her readers she vested financial interests in promoting US surgeons. Marianne is the owner of a popular plastic surgery website: Yestheyrefake.net. She recently sold part of it; the message boards and forums to MyChoiceMedical; a company that markets and manages US plastic surgeons taking part in their financing programs. (MCM's parent company is VERTRUE which is currently being sued for consumer fraud.)
The USA, undoubtedly has some of the best plastic surgeons in the world. But so do places like Brazil and Europe. It's a matter of finding them. Plastic surgery in this country is not without it's problems and I'm talking about more than just the standards 'risks' of surgery. Presently, we have a situati...
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