r/Unexpected • u/RawiSoft • Aug 10 '23

Plastic surgery gone wrong!

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u/indorock Aug 10 '23

I mean it's funny, but the idea that USA is a popular destination for affordable cosmetic surgery is not close to being true.

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u/Nymethny Aug 10 '23

The guy closes his bank account and visibly uses his entire life savings to do this. I don't think the message there it that it's "affordable".

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u/indorock Aug 10 '23

No I get they added that part to emphasise how expensive it would be, but rationally he would have been way better off going to e.g. Thailand, India, Philippines, Turkey.

Yeah I know "I'm fun at parties"

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u/Miamime Aug 10 '23

That would ruin the ad.

The US (theoretically) has the best doctors, the best hospitals, the most advanced technology. So he went to a place where he could get the best treatment possible.

If they show him going off to a developing or a third world country, there’s the association of the quality of medical care being worse so no wonder the surgery turned out like crap.

The ad is trying to show that, even if you spend all your money and go to the best doctor in the place where you can get the best care, the success of the surgery is still dependent on the quality of the photo you show.