cosmetic surgery vacations???

No.  That is not the only reason why I would want to be in the US for surgery.

Do you mind my asking?   What did you have done, and the total cost?  I am ver interested, I dony live far from Olympia either, up inn the Hoodspoprt area.

Cindy

I like Dr Dry up north, if cost isn't an issue. I had a lower body lift w/TT, with inner thighs and butt aug, and will be getting arms and boobs and face done later. It will be around 20,000, maybe a little more, but would have been well over $60 for the doctors I liked in the states.

There is the residency program at UW in Seattle as well, but they only do one procedure at at time, like not combining arms with boobs, and I don't want to be put under 10 times. They also said panni only, no TT and no restoration of belly button. Other than those things, I really liked their program.

    Be really really careful here.  Don't get me wrong, I'm all over medical tourism and not only did i have WLS in MX i plan on going back for plastics.  But the medical tourism type companies that you are referring to usually make the price increase and they don't typically work with the better doctors.  You can work with the doctor's office yourself and save a ton of money.
They just aren't the way to find your surgeon, it's kinda like this.... you get to pick the best of the butchers from what they have to offer. ;o)

If you want to do a bit of vacationing I don't see anything wrong with it.  Go to Mexico or Brazil or wherever you choose ahead of time, have some fun, then get your surgery.

Just remember, many (most/all?) of these medical tourism places will sign up any doctor that owns a scalpel and will sign on the dotted line.  Everyone wants a piece of the bariatric money pie right now including plastics guys.