Pakistan’s Makeover Boom

• Wednesday July 5, 2006 in: Global Plastic Surgery Tag(s):

  

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  Somewhere in this blog is a post about the rising popularity of cosmetic surgery in the unlikeliest of countries-Saudi Arabia, a strictly Islamic country.

  Now, another Middle Eastern country is on its way to joining the cosmetic surgery boom in the region-Pakistan, another conservative Islamic nation.

  According to this Gulf Times report, the cheap cost of cosmetic surgery in Pakistan has made it a rapidly expanding business in the country. And its biggest customers, the report says, are expatriate Pakistanis who embark on the journey home just to have a nip here and a tuck there.

  Hamayun Mohmand's Hair Transplant Institute in Islamabad is typical of clinics in Pakistan that offer breast enlargement, tummy tucks, face lifts, nose jobs and hair transplants.

  He says most of his customers are people of Pakistani origin from overseas. "My biggest concentration of people is from the US. Second is the UK," Mohmand said at his clinic in the capital.

  Other customers getting treatment at a tenth of the price they would have to pay in the West include people of Pakistani descent from continental Europe, especially Norway and Denmark, and a few from Australia, he said.

  But again, religious issues couldn't help but crop up. Check out this ruling on cosmetic surgery based on Islamic doctrine and try to figure it out yourself.