Doctor808 Plastic Surgeon Honolulu Hawaii

Well the recent troubles with Ushers wife going to Brazil and having a cardiac arrest make this a very topical topic. Many people travel to places other than their home towns to have  procedures. Here in Hawaii I have spoken to many patients who come to my office after travel for cosmetic procdures. Some go to Korea, Thailand and other parts of Asia. Recently a woman told me she was going to Mexico to have the procedure we discussed at half the cost. 

Basically there are good plastic surgeons all over the world which is not the problem. You can find good surgeons in Mexico or in any of the other countries I mention no doubt. The problem is when there is some difficulty. Not only are you miles away from family or any support, but the money you would have saved now is lost  and most likely has become so much more than the original cost quoted locally.

What comes to mind was doctor and her husband who went to Brazil to have the LASIk procedure done to correct some vision problem. She and her husband both had the procedure at a substantially reduced cost,  than they would have in the States. Yet she had a problem after surgery which she had to travel to London eventually to correct. As london indeed had the only expert in her problem. Although she saved money with the initial surgery it cost her over 8 times more and she is still receiving treatment.

This story has been repeated many times in my practice a girl who traveled to Thailand who had some rubber unknown sack used as a breast implant which I took out for example. She wasted her money. Even when people have quality plastic surgery done away from home if they have a problem they have to fly back to the place which cost additional money.  It can work but dont think you will save in long run , the numbers do not work out.

I have patients fly in to see me as well. Yet we require them to stay till everything is ok. Even then we tell them that if they are from Japan for example  we may have a doctor they can see there,  but it may require a plane trip back to Hawaii. Its not that I condemn the practice,  but I want to make sure they are appraised of the risk and know that in long run saving money will not be one of the benefits.

Well these are some of my thoughts Summary: You can fly far away to have plastic surgery and it may be good idea if you find the right surgeon. Yet do not think you will save money and you best be able to be prepared if something goes wrong to pay extra. The only reason I can see to take this risk is that you are traveling for special expertise. You pay for that, so going for cheap is not a good reason.

Doctor808

This is a rather personal writing not too much exciting but gives the reader a little insight.

What is Monday ?

Monday Hair

What is Monday? It is the start of the week after Sunday, family day. As a plastic surgeon who also CEO of a web development firm and one who trains in a the sport of Muay Thai almost everyday my time is limited. Thus, I usually divide my day up in sections, of what to get accomplished. Each day of the week I have also designated for particular things to get done. Monday is revision surgery and small cases with staff a meeting, tuesday is big case day , Sunday is family day and so on……. Let me dissect Mondays for you to see if you find it interesting. Monday I am up at 5 or 6 am as most days and I go to computer, check emails. look at schedule and fool around with my three dogs. Samantha is my oldest dog who is 12 years old and needs the most attention. I try to do stretching every morning although when I am training hard I go to the gym. So after taking care of Dogs , computer work , planning some things I go to pick up one of my employees on the way to work before 8 am. We discuss our web business , google news, SEO stuff , our clients etc. I get to office and my nurse will have the first patient ready along with my operating assistant. I check the patient and do what ever was required. Today for example we did a scar revision, a liposuction touch up and lower lid blepharoplasty ( lower eye lid surgery). Everything went smoothly this morning as usual. After 20 years of doing this stuff, it better go smoothly one would think and it does. Then the fun starts–the mandatory staff meeting at lunch. This occurs every monday and even though its mandatory I spend an inordinate amount of time being irritated because certain people dont feel the same way I do about it. Yet with legitamate excuses what can I say. Every monday we go through the same thing….where is so and so. “Dont you recall Doctor she has school or her child is sick or bla bla bla”. Anyway that is always an irritation. So Monday is irritation time at least for few minutes, regular, steadfast and like clockwork every monday i get irritated at the start of the staff meeting.

The dreaded staff meeting.

Some Staff

Next we have our staff meeting, we review new patient statistics, we talk about supplies which are needed and not in yet, we discuss any issues at hand and finally we review how to make things better for our patients, staff and all concerned. The staff meeting usually ends around 1 pm and the rest of the day is spent seeing a few patients and taking care of the important things that cant wait. I try usually unsuccessfully to take Monday afternoon off. Today for example I left at 3:30 pm which is early for me. If I am lucky as I was today I can make it to Muay Thai training on time 5pm or so. I train for minamum two hours and by then its usually 8pm. I travel home , say hello to my other half who inevitably makes a nasty comment about how I am getting too old and will hurt myself about full contact Muay thai. Its hard to argue with the truth, but I pretend to even though she is probally right I don want to admit that I am getting older and few people my age do such a sport. I take a shower and then head to the computer again getting my web work done. Oh I usually don’t eat much after training, but a small meal and plenty of fluids. After this I checked some search terms on google analystics tonight, answered some emails and then worked on my latest web site. Monday is never that exciting and I am glad really. I work on the internet to about midnight and then off to sleep. When I look at this I think I am rather simple guy. Not exactly 9-5 but kinda, as my internet work is play as much as it is work. I enjoy it that much designing , content writing and even thinking how I can take over the internet world of plastic surgery web site design and marketing……

Oh I forgot to tell you I always try to listen to my Japanese language disk to and from work and Muay Thai. I have listened to them so many times that I am sure I speak like a japanese female as opposed to a male since the voice is female on the disk.

Future Monday?

Future of Monday

I think in a few years I will change my Monday’s I look forward to that. Yet after many years of these Monday routines I may become confused or something. How is your Monday dear reader ?

Well one secret to staying fit and youthful is not plastic surgery in itself. Though I should be saying plastic surgery is your answer to all of life’s problems, I can’t.

plenty of water during exercise

So many of my patients expect me to change with one operation years of neglect, but it’s not going to happen. As I have learned good exercise and diet can do more than I can. Plastic surgery can help, but a sound foundation of a good lifestyle cannot be beat.

My personal reccomendation is to mix up your program with cardio, resistance training and a stretching such as Yoga. It takes time and discipline but will take years off of you. I kick box muay Thai style 3-5 times a week and weight lift 3-4 times a week.

Diet I keep on the high protein low carb. This keeps my weight down. I actually had some liposuction around my mid line which allowed me get a six pack finally. I could lose the fat around my belly but when I did my face looked hollow. So liposuction did the trick.