Plastic surgeons in Brazil

Discussing about plastic surgery abroad, there are several options, but Brazil is definitely a no-brainer if you want world-class quality at an affordable price. Fortaleza, in northern Brazil, is close to the USA, and home of some of the best Board Certified plastic surgeons in the world.

Now let us compare the popularity of Plastic Surgery in Brazil and US. In the US, in 2005, as many as 1.7 million cosmetic surgical procedures were performed. In Brazil, approximately 600,000 procedures were performed and it has a population of about 186 million. It is not easy to compare these numbers since the American Society of Plastic Surgery and the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery include different procedures in their calculations, but it is a fact that Brazil has a very high rate of plastic surgery per capita.

What is interesting though is that about half of the total number of surgical procedures is done for aesthetic reasons. Now that is no surprise considering the size of Brazilian thongs and bikinis. Another reason that makes Brazilian plastic surgeons more appealing is that the country is ethnically very diverse and that gives doctors a lot of expertise in operating on people of different body types and skin colors - two things that can make a big difference.

And according to news reports, cosmetic surgeons in Brazil undergo rigorous training and certification despite the fact that some American doctors (for competitive reasons) may often criticize non-American doctors by calling them poorly trained or using questionable medical techniques.

So my advice is that do your research before picking a Brazilian clinic but it is definitely something to think about.