| After suffering from an extreme case of bells palsy in 2007, I was left with the right side of my face droopy, my eye and eybrow was left with no muscle tone at all. My eye was almost closed and watered all the time, and my mouth was left sagging, on one side, causing me to dribble when I ate or drank anything. After receiving treatment in Australia from neurologists and loads of other specialists, which included Botox injections and months of being on steroids and morphine because of the pain and weeks in and out of hospital, I became housebound and very very depressed and started to seek advice from Plastic Surgeons here in Australia. Desperate to be restored to my old self, the only options I was told was to have a face lift and the cost would be anywhere from $15,000 to a whopping $25,000 with no guarantees.
Knowing how bad I was feeling, my husband noticed an article in the Sunday newspaper that advertised Plastic Surgery in Thailand with a saving of up to 70%.
I did some research on the internet and found some scarey stories and some great stories, some stories of how dirty the hospitals were and how they didn't sterilize their needles etc , then other stories saying what a high standard the care was so I was very dubious, and not knowing much about Thailand at all, I thought about it for some days before phoning the number on the ad. That phone call literally changed my life.
I discovered that 3 doctors from one of Thailands top hospitals were visiting Australia and giving free consultations, and answering questions. I went along to the meeting unsure of what I was going to find, and met three of the most compassionate, caring, warm and friendly thai gentlemen. They spoke good English, showed me a dvd of the hospital, the facilities and also what to expect as a tourist visiting Thailand.
I had a long consultation with one of the surgeons, and was so impressed by how caring he was, he explained what could be done to rectify my problem, he explained what he didn't think could be rectified, he did sketches of exactly how the surgery would be performed, explained in great detail the aftercare required and told me the cost, which was far far less than anything I had been quoted by surgeons here. He also explained that the hospital limo would pick me up from the airport on arrival, take me to my resort, and all my transfers to and from the hospital were included . After the surgeon gave me his email address and phone number and told me to contact him at anytime if I had any questions I would like to ask.
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