«Rid of excess weight and pay later» .. Logo raised by a number of medical centers and hospitals to reduce the cost of cosmetic operations for liposuction, skin tightening, orthodontics, hair transplantation, and other cosmetic surgery, after the decline in the number of operations due to poor demand for high cost, Health insurance companies covered.
Officials in these centers considered this step as a kind of facilitation for those who wish in these operations, which helps them to achieve their wishes and feel happy.
The Emirates Today has set up medical centers that publish advertisements in advertising magazines and social networking sites and distribute leaflets announcing a 0% discount on excess weight management, sweating, skin tightening, hair transplantation, laser hair removal, teeth whitening , And get a Hollywood smile.
The ads explained more than one system to facilitate the payment process according to the type of plastic surgery and credit card carried by the client, and said that all systems are characterized by small monthly payments, flexibility in payment, and ease of procedures.
Each of these centers has designated banks with credit cards to pay for the cost of plastic surgeries and all that goes beyond health insurance. Famous hospitals have sent text messages to their registered patients' base, offering up to 50% discount upon immediate payment of abdominal surgery. Buttocks, body sculpting, fat transfer, enlargement and miniaturization, plus various discounts on all types of non-surgical cosmetic medicine.
Officials at medical centers, including Ahmed Abdoun, Kathy Rotundo, Andrea Joy, and Mary Grace, attributed the idea of resorting to installment systems to encourage individuals to implement their wishes, especially that cosmetic medicine of various types does not fall under the umbrella of health insurance, So that the cost installment is a new solution for everyone to receive the appropriate treatment at the time he wants, explaining that the financing of cosmetic operations are based on agreements between the centers on the one hand and banks on the other hand, allowing the client to use the credit card to pay the cost and installment On the duration of the tira Between six months and one year without any benefits.
According to center officials, they have begun to provide flexible systems to address the complexities of dental health insurance coverage procedures, and refused to cover most cosmetic surgeries. In addition, the insurance umbrella carries a large part of the treatment bill paid immediately.
Aisha Al-Hawaidi, the family counselor, warned of the occurrence of young people in what she called "the trap of cosmetic operations", especially with the payment facilities promoted by hospitals and medical centers to encourage young people to receive them despite the absence of medical necessity. "There are young people who are subject to it periodically, which causes them to accumulate annual debts and threaten their future, in addition to the health risks resulting from these operations, which may cause serious diseases, pointing out that it is necessary to raise awareness and through all means, He needs conscious youth who looks To life from all sides, not by beauty only.
"Beauty centers are becoming increasingly enticing in ways of attracting young people. Each year there is a new fashion, once the orthodontics, and once again the Hollywood smile, hair removal, hair transplantation, nose reshaping, lip injection, Content and make them do not know the value of time, money and health », according to al-Huwaidi.
• Cosmetic medicine of all kinds does not fall under the umbrella of health insurance.