May 4, 2003 --
THE SECOND OF OUR TWO PART SERIES ON PLASTIC SURGERY VACATIONS:
Anthony and Amy go to Africa for their nips and tucks, and why some doctors think it is just not a good idea. Read the fascinating story...
Anthony, 56, an American business owner and his wife, Lisa, also 56, could have could easily afforded a New York or Beverly Hills surgeon. Instead, they signed up with Surgeon and Safari last July to keep their surgery secret from friends and family, but especially from Anthony's co-workers. Both got facelifts and eyelid surgery, and Lisa had breast augmentation. After surgery, the couple spent several days exploring Cape Town.
'I have to compete with 40-year-olds, so I wanted to get a facelift so that I would have a refreshed appearance all the time," says Anthony. 'I didn't go the Michael Jackson route and get anything drastic.' Anthony says that upon returning to work, people commented that he looked more intense and focused but no one guessed he had gotten surgery.
We can only assume it was a little more difficult to explain Lisa's newly augmented breasts ('It must have been something in the South African water').
A frequent globe-trotter, Anthony says he was not worried about the professionalism of South African doctors or the quality of their hospitals. After all, it was the South African doctor Christiaan Barnard who performed the first human heart transplant, back in 1967.
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