Beauty From Afar - Buy in Bookstores now!
Hi all,
I just wanted to share a new book out in stores about plastic surgery abroad called “Beauty from Afar.” This book is written by Jeff Schult, who is a well-known and respected member of the PSJ community. This book offers insight into the WHY of PS Abroad and offers much detail into how to research and plan.
I highly reccommend this book for any American who is considering plastic surgery outside the US.
Here is a note from Jeff:
My book on traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery, dentistry and other medical care is now available wherever books are sold in the U.S. and Canada and online. Beauty from Afar: A medical tourist’s guide to affordable and quality health and cosmetic care outside the U.S., was first conceived of more than two years ago when I went to Costa Rica for major dental work I could not afford to have done in the United States.
The publisher is Stewart, Tabori & Chang of New York.
Of particular interest to PSJers is that Plastic Surgery Journeys is (of course!) in the book. I singled it out as the best patient forum about traveling overseas for cosmetic surgery and dentistry.. In no way could a book do for patients what this web site does, and I did not try. Instead, the book consolidates all my research on the subject of traveling abroad for medical care. It is a more general resource and I filled it with information that is perhaps not so easy to find out for one’s self. The book is about the phenomenon of medical tourism and is also a consumer guide on where to go and how to research and choose doctors, surgeons and medical facilities. The book takes a reader around the world to the various countries where surgeons and hospitals are pursuing the U.S. market for medical care. Why is it less expensive? Is it safe? Where are the best places to go? Beauty from Afar has the answers.
From the back jacket:
“Jeff Schult’s “Beauty from Afar” is the first step to what so many of us have been praying for: how to match our bodies to the years in front of us and how to do it safely, inexpensively and exotically!” — Frances Kuffel, Author of Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self.
“Having read Beauty from Afar, I believe that seeking health care from abroad may be one solution to America’s current health-care dilemma … it could be the tidal wave of the future.” — Felicity Harley, Executive Director, World Affairs Council, Connecticut
“I thought I knew a lot about medical tourism, having lived it for 10 years. Jeff has opened a whole new world of possibilities and he has made me a student again.” — Curtis J. Schroeder, CEO, Bumrungrad International hospital, Thailand.
There is a web page for the book at www.beautyfromafar.com where I will update information about the book as time goes on. It is easy to find the book for sale at online booksellers by searching for the title. In fact, Google the title or my name and you will trip over me or it.
There was a full-page article on the book in the New Haven (CT) Register on 6/17 with a picture of me! LOL … and I will be doing radio and TV interviews in coming weeks … and perhaps even visiting book stores in various cities. I’d love to meet some PSJers if and when that happens.
I look forward to hearing from readers as I continue to research and write about health care around the world. I’m hoping to have Lasik this year, if I can afford it. Where will I go? I haven’t decided yet … so many options. Costa Rica, India and Thailand are top of my list for that procedure, at the moment.
-jeff
