Black Friday in Singapore

What Does It Mean to Have Affordable Rhinoplasty?

For someone intent upon changing his or her nose—arguably the most striking feature of the face—affordable rhinoplasty might require traveling abroad in order to avoid the $3,000 to $8,000 that many in the US have to pay for the procedure. 

 

It’s wonderful that making a trip to Singapore, Thailand, or India can save you massive amounts of money.  But is your medical vacation safe enough to justify the savings?  Certainly not if you develop an infection or complication that could cost you even more money than you saved; not to mention a reduced quality of life.  Low cost or not, plastic surgery is still surgery and complications can occur for any number of reasons.  Fortunately medical tourism is too lucrative an industry for hospitals to take safety lightly.  For some countries, like Singapore, medical tourism is expected to account for approximately $3 billion in revenue by 2012.

 

Singapore Lowers Cost of Elective Surgery without Lowering Quality of Care

Around the holidays, bargain shoppers get up early and stay up late for low cost electronics, jewelry, and clothing; so it only makes sense that people should be able to do the same for plastic surgery, right?  The same principle applies; people looking for lower prices for the same items.  Still, some wonder if the dramatic discount of a medical vacation makes it more dangerous for medical tourists?  Continuing the bargain shopping comparison, we’re often wiling to make tradeoffs when searching for savings.  We may accept lower quality at a lower cost; but those tradeoffs don’t directly carry over when shopping for plastic surgery.  Most people aren’t willing to sacrifice quality of care to save money.  Fortunately, well-researched health vacations to Singapore and other medical tourism destination countries offer equivalent care to what patients would receive in the US.