What is Medical Tourism?  Medical Tourism is the innovative approach to a global sanitary system, by which people who live in one country travel to another country to receive surgical care at a significant saving, while at the same time receiving equal or greater care than they would have in their own country.  Cosmetic surgery is becoming always more "acceptable".  Medical tourism prices make cosmetic surgery affordable for lower income groups.  The number of operations grew last year by 40%.  TV/media have popularised the "makeover", creating also a great request of surgical treatment.  Significantly lower cost for best practice care is usually the primary motivation.  Some people want to have cosmetic surgery and keep it secret.  They go abroad, have surgery, take advantage of the opportunity to have a vacation and visit the host country, then after taking a holiday go back to their own country.  The most common cosmetic surgery procedures for patients travelling abroad are breast augmentation, tummy tuck, liposuction and facelift.  A saving of over 30% is easy to achieve, even when allowing for travel and accommodation.  Why so many people choose our equip? Our staff is composed of international medical professionals and Patient safety in the providing of international healthcare services is our goal.  The chef of the equip is dr. Fabio Massimo Abenavoli, was born in Roma in 1960 and speaks fluently English and Portuguese. He is a plastic surgeon, specialized in Rio de Janeiro under Professor Ivo Pitanguy, the most famous surgeon in the world.  Dr. Abenavoli has also three other certificated residency course in Italian Universities: Maxillo-Facial Surgeon at "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Ear, Throat and Nose Surgeon at "Tor Vergata" University of Rome and Abdominal Surgeon at "La Sapienza" University of Rome. Moreover Dr. Abenavoli is the Plastic Surgeon Consultant and Reference for Cleft Lip and Palate at the Fatebenefratelli Hospital "San Pietro" in Rome, at via Cassia 600 and he is Author of more than seventy scientific articles .  Finally, Dr. Abenavoli is President of the Humanitarian Foundation Smile Train Italia Onlus.  How does it work?      1. The patient with a friend or familiar normally books his/her surgery consultation in Rome. After arriving at the International Airport of Rome, a driver will be waiting for the pickup and transfer to the hotel situated right in the center of the city, near via Veneto.      2. The same day or the day after the patient is visited for the planned surgery, which will take place the day after the visit.      3. The day of the operation the patient is brought to the Clinic Villa Benedetta, Circonvallazione Cornelia 65, (see photo 1 :: 2 :: 3 ) a modern and efficient private hospital      4. After one or two nights the patient will be brought back to the hotel, provided with all the drugs and medications prescribed and under the supervision of the equip can start to visit the city, depending to the surgery performed.      5. The length of the residency will depend on the kind of surgery, anyway if the patient wants to visit other cities (such as Florence, Venice…) our office can organize the tour.      6. The patient will maintain contact with the medical staff through the dedicated interactive area of the website and through telephone calls.