Treatments & Procedures

What to know before you decide: who each treatment suits, how it is done, recovery time, expected results and risks, backed by trusted international medical sources.

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Hair Transplant

Hair transplantA hair transplant is an outpatient surgery that moves healthy hair follicles, usually from the back of the sca…

Dentistry

Dental implantsDental implants are small titanium or ceramic posts placed in the jawbone to replace the roots of missing teet…Hollywood smileHollywood smile is a popular marketing term for a cosmetic smile makeover that gives very white, even front te…

Cosmetic Surgery

Breast augmentationBreast augmentation is a cosmetic operation that enlarges or reshapes the breasts, usually with saline or sili…LiposuctionLiposuction is a cosmetic surgery that removes stubborn pockets of fat through a thin suction tube to reshape …RhinoplastyRhinoplasty is surgery that reshapes the nose by altering its bone, cartilage and skin, either to improve its …Tummy tuckA tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is cosmetic surgery that removes excess skin and fat from the abdomen and, in mo…

Bariatric Surgery

Gastric sleeveA gastric sleeve (sleeve gastrectomy) is a weight-loss operation that permanently removes about 80% of the sto…

Men's Health

Penile implantA penile implant (penile prosthesis) is a device placed entirely inside the penis during surgery so that a man…

Ophthalmology

LASIKLASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) is laser eye surgery that permanently reshapes the cornea to cor…
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