PIP breast implants: A legal precedent for medical tourism?
PIP breast implants There is very little case law on medical tourism, but the PIP breast implants scandal could provide an indication on who is liable for what when treatment does not go as planned. In December 2011, news broke that breast implantssupplied by the French manufacturer, Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) and used in Europe [...]
Cosmetic surgery facts from figures
Cosmetic Surgery in 2009 The figures in the diagram below are from 2009 so a little outdate, but the percentages are roughly the same. The cosmetic surgery industry has grown almost 20 % since 2009 – 2011, a staggering amount! Still about 10 % of all cosmetic procedures are carried out by men with breast [...]
PIP Implants – LMI Guarantee
Worried about PIP Implants There has been a lot of attention in the media recently regarding the now-banned French Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) implants being used in Breast Augmentation Surgeries. Lotus Medical International wishes to reassure our clients that we have never used this type of implant. As such, our clients do not need to [...]
PIP breast implants – latest from the National Health Service (NHS)
Worries about the implants have emerged since news of a major investigation into them in France was widely covered in the media in December 2011. It is thought that around 40,000 women in the UK have the implants, with about 95% of them having been provided privately for purely cosmetic reasons. What’s the problem? The [...]
Cosmetic Surgery Holiday in Thailand: An Affordable Reality
Jake has experienced the Medical Tourism Industry in Thailand first hand on many occasions- it is through these encounters that he wants to share from his journey. Cosmetic surgery can make huge differences in people’s lives, regardless of their age or the nature of their needs. But tragically cosmetic and plastic surgery are often beyond [...]
Model tells of surgery holiday nightmare
An Australian model claims her career has been ruined after a “surgery holiday” to Thailand that left her with botched breast implants.Mindy Bouchet, who appeared in Zoo Weekly’s Beach Babes competition 2010, purchased the budget holiday and surgery package last year. But after her surgery, the 25-year-old Perth woman was left with uneven breasts, [...]
Patients have a right to safe surgery
The rise in cosmetic medical tourism has put into question the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship and is endangering many who seek low cost surgery, argues the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). That the organization is both protecting its members, most of whom only work on domestic customers, and seeks to sell [...]
Now they’re slapping a tax on facelifts: Taxman plans £500 Million VAT raid on Britain’s booming cosmetic surgery industry
Chancellor George Osborne plans to raise up to £500 million a year by slapping VAT on cosmetic surgery. The move – already being dubbed a ‘boob tax’ by the cosmetics industry – would send the cost of operations such as breast enlargements, facelifts, tummy tucks and liposuction soaring by 20 per cent. Until now, VAT has been [...]