A consultant plastic surgeon has warned of the dangers associated with seeking surgery overseas, including the heightened risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
According to Rajiv Grover, a council member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps), seeking cosmetic surgery abroad is 'never recommended', partly because the inherent risk of DVT is increased by the subsequent flight home.
Mr Grover explained: 'The risks you would incur…with a lot of operations is the increased risk factor afterwards by developing deep vein thrombosis.'
The surgeon revealed that breast reductions, breast uplifts and tummy tucks are all operations that carry a significant risk of DVT, even if there is no travel involved.
'After surgery you could be coming back on a long aeroplane flight and you would increase your risk of getting [DVT] many times over,' he revealed.
The expert also pointed out that the last thing you will feel like after having surgery is a foreign holiday.
'[Companies] are trying to make cosmetic surgery holidays sound far more seductive than they are,' he concluded.
According to Rajiv Grover, a council member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps), seeking cosmetic surgery abroad is 'never recommended', partly because the inherent risk of DVT is increased by the subsequent flight home.
Mr Grover explained: 'The risks you would incur…with a lot of operations is the increased risk factor afterwards by developing deep vein thrombosis.'
The surgeon revealed that breast reductions, breast uplifts and tummy tucks are all operations that carry a significant risk of DVT, even if there is no travel involved.
'After surgery you could be coming back on a long aeroplane flight and you would increase your risk of getting [DVT] many times over,' he revealed.
The expert also pointed out that the last thing you will feel like after having surgery is a foreign holiday.
'[Companies] are trying to make cosmetic surgery holidays sound far more seductive than they are,' he concluded.
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