Cosmetic Surgery Tourism: Risks and Allure
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The Advertising Standards Agency has banned all advertisements for cosmetic surgery tourism in the UK.

False

The cost of a private cataract removal in the UK is £5,000.

False

The UK healthcare system is under strain due to a lack of funding.

False

The number of people choosing to go abroad for medical procedures is in the thousands.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Brazilian butt lifts involve the injection of synthetic implants into the buttocks.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

There was a 10% increase in searches for “Turkey teeth” – slang for dental veneers gained on a cosmetic holiday to the country, after the contestant Jess Harding described her type as a “pretty boy with Turkey teeth” on Love Island.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons recommends trivializing the risks of cosmetic surgery by promoting it as a holiday.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ASA upheld a complaint about an email ad for cosmetic surgery that stated a procedure could improve wellbeing and skin condition.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

At least 50 British citizens have died during medical tourism trips to Turkey since January 2019.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Melissa Kerr, 31, from Gorleston in Norfolk, travelled to the private Medicana Haznedar hospital for breast enlargement surgery in 2019 and died at the hospital on the day of the surgery.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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