Travel For Care Celebrates 50th Patient – Medical Travel Keeps Going Strong

As Travel For Care reaches its 50^th patient, the proud members of the firm’s specialized healthcare network in Monterrey, Mexico have a lot to rejoice about. This is not only a story of short-term success, but also one of an irreversible long-term trend. The country’s healthcare hubs are attracting thousands of medical travelers in spite of a tough year for the economy in the US and lots of frightening news about drug violence coming from some parts of Mexico.

As our CEO Gabriel Senior mentions: “Medical Travel has achieved proof of concept in Mexico as we now see Americans and Canadians commonly walk the aisles of our best hospitals and clinics and go back home talking about their experience in a very favorable way.” Travel For Care’s 50^th patient happens to be Alana, a 73 year-old lady from Dallas who has come twice for facial plastic surgeries with Dr. Rodrigo Munro-Wilson, MD and who’s returned home with a significantly younger appearance and great self-esteem. Most of the firm’s patients have been either plastic or weight loss surgery candidates who have come from the US and Canada to receive care from the top specialists in Monterrey and have collectively saved over half a million dollars.

As the firm enters its second successful year of operations, surgeries in the non-elective fields are becoming more common, like the HIFU prostate cancer treatment, which is non-invasive and encompasses the use of state-of-the-art technology still not available in the US. Although Travel For Care’s goal is to increase the number of patients who come for these new and innovative procedures, the market conditions in the US still make weight loss surgeries an ideal field in which Mexico can offer great value. With Gastric Band surgeries performed by US-trained surgeons at less than $6,500 or Tummy Tucks for less than $4,000, medical travel is here to stay and firms like Travel For Care have a lot of value to add.

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Heather Wicklow

Manager

Travel For Care

Heather@travelforcare.com

Toll Free: (800)571-0640

Medical Tourism was not meant to allow patients to get several plastic surgeries at the same time

Medical Tourism, also called Medical Travel, offers access to medical services at prices never before imaginable to a resident of the US, Canada, and the UK. However, when some see an opportunity to get several plastic surgery procedures done at the same time, they are putting their lives at risk. With lots of Doctors agreeing to do so, choosing only those professionals with the highest ethical standards pays off.

It’s well known by now, prices for surgery in a place like India or Costa Rica beat those in the US by at least 60%. A whole new population now have access to for example, a $3,500 tummy tuck, that was before only accessed by the lucky few with over $10K to spare. However, as plastic surgery turns less expensive, there are some who see an opportunity to get several procedures done at the same time, and being completely unaware of the danger they face. Maddy’s case better illustrates how patients don’t know they’re placing their lives at risk and how some unethical Doctors just find a way to comply.

Maddy is planning to revamp her whole look. The 45 year-old mother of three has lost over 100 lbs since her lap band surgery about two years ago. Now that she has achieved her desired weight, and with savings in her bank, Maddy begins to plan another major investment in her image and self-esteem. Looking beyond her local surgeons in Portland, Oregon, and especially if thinking about options abroad, the possibilities go way beyond the original tummy tuck she had thought about. The budget of $15 thousand that she had in mind for a tummy tuck with a prestigious local surgeon now (in theory) could also cover a thigh lift, an arm lift, a breast lift with implants and a butt lift as well. With a demanding job that makes it difficult for her to take time off more than once a year, she’s only happy to inquire about doing all this at once. She’s even thinking that perhaps all that uncomfortable recovery and pain is better handled all at the same time rather than in two or three different episodes. Upon inquiring and sending pictures to surgeons and medical travel firms in various countries she’ll receive two radically different answers from plastic surgery professionals. One option will stress the fact that she’s a perfect candidate to come for two (maximum three) of those procedures, and then return around two or three months later for the remainder. And another who immediately agrees to perform either all of them at once, or suggest her to come for two surgery sessions only a few days apart. The fact is, that the latter group is running unnecessary risks in uninformed patients.

As much as the former group of surgeons would love to have Maddy come and get all this at once, their ethics go beyond just the money. They know well that:

1)   Keeping a patient under anesthesia for more than six hours (suitable for around two the mentioned procedures) is dangerous and raises the risk of blood clots in surgery

2)   Not all of these procedures should be done simultaneously in order to allow for better blood irrigation to wounded areas

3)   The amount of blood loss when doing only half of those surgeries at the same time is recoverable in no less than a month, making the patient run the risk of going into shock during a second surgery, if done within a short timeframe

4)   The amount of pain and discomfort even two weeks after the first surgical session is still an issue for undergoing a second set

However, it is increasingly common to see other surgeons fall into the latter group and please unknowing patients with up to six plastic surgeries in one trip. Such is the typical case of surgeons from distant parts of the world, which since the patient face much larger airfares and travel times when flying from the US (figure some parts of Asia) cannot compete against Mexican or other Latin American counterparts in relatively inexpensive fields as plastic and weight loss surgery. In order to offer attractive prices, some are coming up with creative, albeit dangerous packages like the one Maddy chose. She traveled to India to get all the mentioned procedures in two surgery sessions, only two weeks apart, and spending a whole month in a hotel room. At Travel For Care, we care about our patients’ health. We will continue working only with surgeons who have the highest ethical standards and will never please patients while compromising their health and well-being. Our offering is valuable enough and our location is close enough to anyone in North America that coming for several sessions is never a problem. We’ve had several repeat patients and will continue to see them in the future. Our message is that when planning a huge set of plastic surgeries, base your choice  on quality more than price.

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Heather Wicklow

Manager

Travel For Care

Heather@travelforcare.com

Toll Free: (800)571-0640

Travel For Care Launches Institutional Video – How You Can Benefit From Medical Travel

Travel For Care has just launched an institutional video in which we explain how medical travel can help you save on healthcare. With Travel For Care it is now easier to achieve substantial saving in the best medical network in Mexico. Enjoy.

Video Contents:

1. What Is Medical Travel, or the Globalization of Healthcare

2. How can you benefit from Medical Travel, Health Travel, or Medical Tourism

-Elective Surgeries

-Non-Elective Surgeries

3. What Travel For Care Is

4. The Travel For Care Value Proposition

-Great Healthcare in Mexico
–Top Mexico Hospitals
–World Class Mexican Surgeons

-Very Affordable Healthcare
–Affordable Gastric Band
–Inexpensive Tummy Tuck
–Cheap Facelift
–Low Cost Knee Replacement

-Healthcare Very Close To Home
–Monterrey Surgery
–Tijuana Healthcare Options

5. Contact Travel For Care

Produced by:
Rodrigo Fernandez
Jr. Manager
Travel For Care
rodrigo@travelforcare.com
Toll Free: 800-571-0640
http://www.travelforcare.com

Plastic Surgeons: Specialists or Jacks-of-All-Trades?

Monterrey, Mexico, April 26^th, 2009

Plastic surgery is different from many other medical fields since US regulations do not require those practicing it to be licensed in this specialty. This has given shape to an industry with players ranging from doctors who are occasional plastic surgeons, to generalists in cosmetic and plastic surgery, and then even to the very specialized ones. What’s important to a patient considering affordable plastic surgery is to research properly when choosing within available options.

Although specializations in plastic surgery are usually all encompassing and within just a few years of theory and practice take a newly minted MD to the level of being a very good generalist in cosmetic and plastic surgery, it takes more than that to excel in specific areas. Since no young surgeon has the option of devoting years of limited and disciplined self-practice to only a few procedures when starting his/her career, the best Mexican plastic surgeons commonly achieve this by doing fellowships that provide practice alongside experienced American or European surgeons and which focus on certain techniques or areas of the body.

The same way that some of us are more inclined to like and distinguish ourselves in science rather than literature, professionals in the medical field also develop talent for traits that can make them better for certain plastic surgery sub-specialties. Take facial cosmetic and plastic surgery, for instance. A person’s face is without a doubt the most visible, noticeable, and important part of the body when it comes to physical presence. In order to change the look of an individual’s face to make it look younger while continue giving a very natural first impression, a surgeon must be extremely good with small and delicate details. Our specialist in this field is Dr. Jaime Rodriguez Sierra MD, who is well known for the facelift, a procedure in which he has years of experience, and whose results in men and women of all ages speak highly of him.

In a similar fashion, excelling at body plastic surgeries is not as easy as it might seem. Performing a liposuction requires a lot of precision while operating a device held under the skin. Lifting and removing saggy skin from parts of the body which have suffered from the effects of age and other mishaps may not require the precision that a face would require, but more substantial work is needed in the muscles below. Placing implants under skin or muscle is also a very simplistic way of generalizing the hard work involved in making these items fit through minimally invasive openings in the skin and still attaching them well to underlying tissue. Specialists in body plastic surgeries are therefore well experienced in having the largest positive impact on large parts of the body, while leaving no trace behind. Travel For Care counts on Dr. Rodolfo Flores MD, an experienced plastic surgeon who devotes most of his practice to liposuctions, liposculpture, breast and buttocks augmentations.

After-Weight-Loss plastic surgery is another area worth mentioning. As a person loses large amounts of body mass in short periods of time, the body is not given enough time to normally absorb and hide the skin and flesh that typically remains over fat that was lost. As a consequence, patients looking to regain a trim shape, with a healthier waist, arms, thighs, and buttocks, may choose to recur to plastic surgery. Procedures like the tummy tuck, circumferential lipectomy, as well as the arm, thigh, and buttock lifts are those that intend to remove a person’s excess skin, while doing so in a way that underlying tissue supports well the new shape, and also that such large wounds are given all the necessary blood irrigation to heal quickly and leave the least scar tissue possible. In this area, Dr. Rodrigo Munro MD and Dr. Lionel Dignowity MD, two Mexican surgeons who work under the Perfecta Beauty Hospital brand, specialized for several years in the United States alongside some of this field’s pioneers.

To better exemplify the degree of specialization required for a surgeon to not only perform these surgeries, but also for their results to be high quality and enduring, a great facial plastic surgeon can be compared to a precision jeweler. Likewise, a body plastic surgeon can measure up to a fine tailor, and lastly, an after-weight-loss plastic surgeon may be associated to a car body shop specialist. As in these analogies, all three types of surgeons are able to perform across all areas, but there’s always one in which they are better at, and choosing wisely will render its benefits.

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel start-up firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Heather Wicklow

Manager

Travel For Care

Heather@travelforcare.com

Toll Free: (800)571-0640

Affordable Tummy Tucks For an Inexpensive Great Look

Monterrey, Mexico, October 6th, 2009

Affordable Tummy Tucks in Monterrey, Mexico

Latin America’s top cities are becoming a showcase of plastic surgery results. With very experienced doctors performing affordable cosmetic surgeries, more men and women are refreshing their look. This trend is also reaching out to Americans and Canadians as the region’s healthcare hubs are attracting thousands of medical travelers.

The Tummy Tuck, or Abdominoplasty, is a surgical cosmetic procedure used to make the abdomen more firm, remove excess skin pockets of fat from the lower abdomen, and tighten the muscles of the abdominal wall. Women that have been left with loose tissues after pregnancies and people that have lost weight quickly are the ones that benefit the most from such a surgery. Coupled with liposuction, it makes a safe and popular cosmetic surgery that is returning youthful looks to more people every day.

Even better news is that experienced surgeons as close to home as Mexico are now offering these procedures starting at prices as low as $2,700. Heather Wicklow, Manager at Travel For Care states, “Monterrey, Mexico is soon-to-be the number one Medical Travel destination. We offer excellent internationally trained surgeons and JCI-accredited facilities at very affordable prices. If you are considering surgery, you should have no where else to look!” These prices allow US patients to bring along a relative, include leisure in their trip, and still achieve interesting savings.

At Hospital San José, it is easy to find an array of highly trained plastic surgeons with years of experience. Dr. Jaime Rodriguez Sierra, a renown surgeon trained in Houston, TX; Oakland, CA; and Monterrey, says “US patients are beginning to realize the benefits of being so close to a first-rate healthcare city like Monterrey. Our former patients are going back home and showing their friends how inexpensive it was for them to get back a nice and youthful look they were wishing for…”  As the Medical Travel trend gains acceptance, millions of U.S and Canadian patients are gaining more options, while Latin America’s medical sector is booming. All are set to benefit.

Hospital San José TEC de Monterrey is one of Monterrey’s best regarded healthcare institutions, accredited by the Joint Commission International, and part of the Monterrey TEC, Mexico’s largest private education system. For more information, please visit www.hsj.com.mx

Travel For Care is an innovative Medical Travel firm headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, marketing Medical Solutions to American patients looking for elective and non-elective procedures. For more information, please visit www.travelforcare.com

Contact:

Gabriel Senior

General Manager

Travel For Care

Gabriel@travelforcare.com

Toll Free: (800)571-0640