In the United States, the clinics have a ready excuse for charging exorbitantly to carry out elective surgery procedures. Having most celebrities make significant patronage who are of the wealthy clan’s fuels this excess price tags. The average American who wishes to have surgery becomes unable to afford it. In Thailand, however, Western nation citizens can re-do nose surgery in “Khorat” (แก้จมูก โคราช, which is the term in Thai) at affordable prices.

Medical Tourism

Plastic surgery patronage in the United States had a massive decline, with about 1.5 million from the level it was in 2007. The fall is primarily due to the increase in medical tourism in Thailand. Most citizens of the Western states and on a general note visit to Thailand and other countries to get their surgical procedures carried out yearly. In the United States, abdominal liposuction values at $7,500 while it can be obtained in Thailand between $1,200 and $4,000.

Cost Differences

There is a gaping distinction between plastic surgery in Europe, Thailand, and America. You would pay between $8,000 and $10,000 for a breast implant in America, while such a procedure is valued at $2,800 in Thailand. A surgery in Korat (ศัลยกรรม โคราช, which is the term in Thai) surgery values lesser with a difference of about $3,000 in comparison to the United States. The types of equipment for such procedures nearly outweighs the one found in the United States of America and most Western countries, making competition impossible, and attracting more medical tourists to Thailand.

Habiting in Thailand costs lesser than living in other Western countries, resulting in the reason for a cheaper rate of plastic surgery procedures. However, the quality of a process is similar, and in some cases, top-notch, judging by the influx of medical tourists yearly. The Western country inhabitant having discovered this is re-mapping their routes when it comes to seeking a plastic surgery procedure.