Have an Extreme Makeover on your next Costa Rica vacation

by crv.staff
09.12.09
4:33 PM UTC

Filed in Costa Rica, Costa Rica Medical Tourism

By Richard Barone

A vacation to Costa Rica should include relaxing on a beach, having dinner next to an active volcano, doing yoga with new friends, ziplining through the trees, touring through the capital city, monkey, coati, parrots and toucans, fresh tropical fruits, smiling ticos and sunshine, sunshine, sunshine.

But surgery?

Actually, many thousands of happy people combine their yearly Costa Rica vacation or holiday, with numerous types of surgeries. Non invasive techniques are the rage in cosmetic surgery now and Costa Rica can offer these services at greatly reduced costs. For years Costa Rica has developed a serious following of health enthusiasts, some recuperating from tough circumstances others improving on there good fortune.

From dental work, breast implants, Lasik eye surgery, reconstructive surgeries and now for the first time in Costa Rica, non surgical face lifts and skin rejuvenation through phototherapy. And I don’t mean Photoshop editing away the age, but a sophisticated computer controlled therapy machine run by three beautiful technicians.

“One of the perks of having your cosmetic procedure in Costa Rica is the privacy”, said an anonymous actress who recently went through the innovative uplift with light. At a third to a quarter the cost of the United States, the highly professional technicians are a world bargain.

Great accommodations are available that specialize in your recuperation while still keeping you in the vacation atmosphere. Healing in such an exotic Eden-like environment, (the whole country feels good to relax in?, speeds up the healing process while keeping your mind off the procedures discomforts.

Put that pampering high on your list and Extreme Makeover yourself while on vacation. Instead of just getting a t shirt and a tan from Costa Rica you can bring home a whole new image.

Rating 2.20 out of 5