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There is a good chance Medical Tourism may be in my future for nips and tucks. I plan to reach out to my WLS for advisement but I plan to research on my own as well. I'm a bit of a planner so I'm researching now.

I came across a very alarming article from this past July about a facility that performs both WLS and plastic surgery.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/die-cheap-plastic-surgery-article-1.1395106

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Scary! I feel like I hear bad procedures all over the place, in the US and abroad. You are right to do your homework. Keep us posted on what you learn please.

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Yes, keep us posted! I certainly trust you over any advertisement.

I'll let you be my Cordinator :D

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There is a good chance Medical Tourism may be in my future for nips and tucks. I plan to reach out to my WLS for advisement but I plan to research on my own as well. I'm a bit of a planner so I'm researching now.

I came across a very alarming article from this past July about a facility that performs both WLS and pastiche surgery.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/die-cheap-plastic-surgery-article-1.1395106

I read that article a couple of weeks ago..

I can say one thing. As major as the sleeve surgery is, body lifts are all that more complicated and painful. I guess for me the take away would be no strip mall "hospitals".

But really if I were to have plastics I would not travel for them.

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Some have been sleeves there?

Many people have VSG surgery at Jerusalem Hospital.

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I get texts quite regularly offering me surgery at Jerusalem Hospital. Talk about aggressive advertising.

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I get texts quite regularly offering me surgery at Jerusalem Hospital. Talk about aggressive advertising.

I did too. From "local" numbers. I finally told them I've been sleeved. They said to keep them in mind for plastics.

Yeah. Right.

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