75 Year-Old Patient comes to Monterrey for an Affordable Facelift
Monterrey, June 17th, 2010
Medical travel is growing at full speed in Mexico. As Americans and Canadians are more commonly seen walking the aisles of the country’s best hospitals and clini
cs than ever before, the trend has been catching everyone’s eye. However, when we begin to see even 75 year-olds coming to Monterrey for plastic surgery, it means that this trend is here to stay.
Al, from Houston, recently came all the way to Monterrey, Mexico’s nicest metropolis, for a facelift surgery. Even if it is a very common procedure among forty to fifty-somethings who want to regain a youthful appearance, this case was different. Al is 75. Having seen price tags in local plastic surgery clinics range from $7,000 to over $10,000, he decided to look for options elsewhere. These included slightly less expensive prices in Florida, and then several even lower priced surgeons in Latin America. His choice was easy. He decided on Dr. Rodolfo Flores, a board certified plastic surgeon in Monterrey who has more than a decade experience in private practice. Dr. Flores offered the facelift for $3,500 and performed it with top materials and in a very nice clinic. As Heather Wicklow, manager at Travel For Care-the Health Travel specialist that assisted Al all the way added: “We not only helped Al achieve his dream, but also made sure that he would get surgery from a professional, who would evaluate Al’s condition and make sure he’s in good health before letting him go into surgery.”
In his own words and speaking about his experience “I am planning to live over 100 years, and I want to look my best for these next 25”. It is easy to see that combining a nice week-long trip to a modern city, being in the hands of professionals to guide him through the process of having surgery in a foreign country, and having to spend less than $4,000 for everything made him very happy. Patients like Al are everyday more common in Monterrey and Northern Mexico as Medical Tourism (also called Medical Travel) is allowing hundreds of thousands to accomplish their dreams.
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
Dr. Rodolfo Flores is one of Monterrey’s top plastic and cosmetic surgeons. He works in private practice and operates in fine hospitals like Clinica Vitro, Ginequito, Christus Muguerza, and Hospital San José.
