Plastic surgery and dentistry in Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Poland and Hungary.

An article on medical tourism covering plasticOf course there is a "do it yourself" alternative.
surgery and dentistry in Mexico, Costa Rica,Some try to find clinics in Mexico, Costa Rica,
Thailand, Hungary and other countries. The articleThailand, Hungary, Poland etc. without the use of
focuses on an alternative for the service providedmedical agency services. But, researching an
by hundreds of medical tourism agencies in theentire health industry in foreign countries seems
USA and UK.to be time consuming, confusing and could be
Medical tourism also referred to as health tourismrisky. Despite higher than local pricing of medical
or health outsourcing means traveling to otherprocedures it seems better to take advantage of
countries to obtain cheap medical, dental, andthe experience and expertise medical tourism
surgical care. The exorbitant costs of healthcare inagencies have.
industrialized nations has led to the worldwideHowever there is a new medical tourism trend
popularity of medical tourism. More and morefinding its way on the Internet: do it half yourself
people are traveling abroad as an affordable andafter the agency has taken care of the other half
enjoyable way to undergo plastic surgery andfirst. This alternative is offered by the companies
dental procedures."Dentist Abroad SA" and "Plastic Surgery Abroad
Practically all medical tourism agencies, most ofSA" both operating from Tijuana Mexico. For $15
them located in the US and the UK, promote thethe companies provide a thoroughly screened
dentist and the plastic surgeon abroad on theexclusive list of dentists, plastic surgeons, doctors,
Internet. Those agencies have contracts withhospitals, cosmetic surgery clinics, dental surgeons,
hospitals, doctors, dentists and plastic surgeryand clinics in Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Hungary,
clinics overseas. Using the service of medicalPoland and several other countries. The service
tourism companies includes the fact that crossincludes contact info, pricing, years of experience,
border medical facilities usually add 10-20% forworking procedures, specialties and the necessary
commissions payable to the agency that refersbackground information. Since there are no
the patient. That makes medical treatments morecontracts, the companies claim not to receive any
expensive than local pricing. Moreover patientscommissions. If this is true, then it makes
cannot choose their own plastic surgeon ortreatments much cheaper and patients may have
dentist. Usually it's the agency that selects the100% freedom to choose their own doctor or
doctor or a limited group of doctors or medicaldentist.
facilities the patient can choose from.