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There is a dark side of plastic surgery in
Thailand that hasn't been covered until now
and the BBC did a really job in talking about
how the lack of regulations in Thailand has
led to a number of serious injuries and also
death when it comes to plastic surgery now
a lot of people thousands of people flock
to Thailand on a regular basis in order to
get plastic surgery procedures because it's
a very competitive market in fact according
to the BBC the prices are typically a third
of what they cost in Europe or the United
State the medical facilities are often first
class and Thai doctors have developed specialist
expertise in some cosmetic procedures but
as I mentioned earlier in some cases it doesn't
end so well we have a video explain why let's
take a look last October a British woman Joy
Williams died under anesthetic at this Bangkok
clinic her doctor Sompob Sansiri was arrested
and charged it turned out he didn't have license
to carry out surgery today his clinic has
been closed down but that hasn't stopped him
from practicing there are literally hundreds
of clinics like this one across Bangkok offering
all different kinds of surgery and mostly
they're pretty good but the regulations are
a different matter for example the staff at
this clinic has told that the same doctor
who's been charged in the death of Joy Williams
is still practicing here today so this doctor
shut down his clinic after that woman and
then he just went to a different clinic and
started doing the same thing again now it's
difficult because in a lot of cases it's hard
to prosecute for doctors for negligence in
Thailand in fact police have little medical
expertise and they are usually the ones that
people go to when they feel that a malpractice
has occurred so they rely on the Thai Medical
Council for advice on whether or not to prosecute
but the council is made up of representatives
of the medical industry with arguably little
incentive to expose wrongdoing by their colleagues
so there's that issue and there's also the
issue of lack of regulation and when you have
a lack of regulation people are going to do
things inappropriately they're going to cut
corners and you don't want to cut corners
when it comes to something like plastic surgery
no no I think the Libertarians have this right
you after you pass away from a botched plastic
surgery then you'll know not to go to that
doctor anymore you see the market fixes itself
it really does yeah you see that and then
other people will know not the go to Thailand
anymore except they keep going anyway interesting
so look here's one thing I don't want to skimp
on which is medical procedures I mean I get
it I guess cause people are desperate and
they're obsessed with their bodies and wanted
to quote unquote fix things to look better
etc and a lot of people don't have to the
money that's why they're doing this but sometimes
it's literally killing you and the idea of
paying less to do a procedure like that is
a devastatingly bad idea I mean if someone
sad to me hey why do we go to a foreign country
and then you can get that medical procedure
done I mean it depends maybe it's a foreign
country that does it better right but when
you have lack of regulation that's when you
have trouble because there's a point to regulation
to keep things safe so I was actually talking
to Steve Oh about this and he talked about
how you know in places like South Korea the
plastic surgery market is booming and you
know the doctors there are known for the plastic
surgery because so many people get certain
procedures on a regular basis so and they
focus on a specific thing so here in the U.S.
usually you'll have a plastic surgeon whether
it's breast reduction breast enhancement nose
job lips whatever in South Korea he said that
a lot of people are experts at one particular
thing so if you want to get a good nose job
you go to one specific doctor but even that
I mean I would feel a little unsafe unsure
uncomfortable I'm not saying that the doctors
are the best here in the United States but
at least you can do more research you can
talk to them can consult with them before
you make your decision and you want to be
as well informed and as educated about it
as possible before you actually undergo the
procedure and one final thing I do understand
that a lot of people travel to other countries
to get necessary medical procedures because
a lot of those procedures are expensive here
in the states but that's something that people
do out of desperation when it comes to a plastic
surgery procedure that just as to do with
aesthetics just think about how much of a
risk it is it is invasive it's not a simple
thing so just be careful that's all I'm saying
I once went to Turkey to get a dental procedure
maybe that's what scarred me in the middle
of the root canal which was a very complicated
one actually I'm sorry it wasn't a root canal
I Brian Williams-ed that I was getting one
of my wisdom teeth removed and it was hard
to get it out it was crooked and the electricity
went out and then and then so here's what
happened the and it was two dental students
the story only gets better and they went oh
no the power went out we're going to have
to use another machine but it's a little medieval
I was like oh great I can't wait to have dental
surgery where it gets a little medieval and
then in the middle of doing that the second
thing at one point they both looked at my
mouth and went oh no so look I don't know
if it's jingoistic whatever it might be but
I'm going to keep all my surgeries here in
the U.S going forward yeah absolutely man
dental work is serious dental work is ridiculously
expensive by the way like yeah no why do you
think I went to Turkey do you that Dogan my
dad was going to pay for dental surgery in
American no I have great friend who will do
it for you Turkey little medieval but it's
OK it gonna be alright
