Cheap cosmetic surgery lures U.S. citizens to Mexico. Kidnappings reveal the dangers they face beyond the operating table.
It is not clear if the Americans, who had gone to Mexico so one of them could have a, were aware of the area’s notoriety. The U.S. State Department has said U.S. citizens should not travel there, citing violence, including kidnapping and armed robbery.
The amount of Americans who come to him for cosmetic procedures has grown so much in recent years that Americans and Canadians together now comprise 40% to 50% of his clientele, he said.But not everyone who goes to Mexico comes out of surgery happy. “Is that a risk that you’re willing to take to save just a couple thousand dollars? I know people say you sound like such a snob when you say, ‘Oh my God, it’s only a couple thousand dollars you’re saving,’” he said. “It’s your life.”
Estimates of how many medical tourists travel to Mexico vary. Patients Without Borders, an international health care travel publishing and consulting firm, said that pre-pandemic, some 1.2 million American citizens traveled to Mexico in 2019 for elective medical treatment — mostly cosmetic, complex dentistry and bariatric treatments.
The discounts overseas can be significant: Sobel said he has heard of procedures costing up to 80% less in Mexico.
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