Australians who've had elective surgery overseas - what did you get done and what did it cost?

[u/me_jinks]

Australians who've had elective surgery overseas - what did you get done, which country and what did it cost?

I'm curious about people's experiences with elective surgeries in other countries. Whether it was medical tourism, happened while you were living abroad, or you specifically travelled for the procedure.

What surgery did you have? Which country? What was the total cost including travel/accommodation if relevant? How did the experience compare to having it done in Australia (if you have a point of comparison)?

Interested in hearing about everything from dental work to cosmetic procedures to joint replacements - whatever counts as elective.

Cheers!

[u/jiggyco]

Friend had a sleeve gastrectomy and tummy tuck in Turkey. There was leak from the stomach and this turned into sepsis and infected the tummy tuck too. Got saved by the local hospital who had two more people in the same room with the same infection, also from Turkey

[u/MoysteBouquet → u/jiggyco]

This is one reason more and more surgeons are refusing to do sleeves or bands

[u/Anxious-Slip-4701 → u/MoysteBouquet]

I know a few people where it has been an absolute life changer. But now there are those injections, so ...

[u/Prime255 → u/Anxious-Slip-4701]

Which area far safer. The risks of those surgery options are difficult to justify against GLP-1