Thailand offers tourists chance to win a new face

By Karla Cripps, CNN • Updated 5th March 2014

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Nearly 1 million medical tourists visited Thailand in 2012 for services such as hip
replacements, dental treatments and cosmetic surgery. In this file photo, a Thai therapist gives a deep laser stimulation treatment to a client at a medical spa in Bangkok.

Medical tourism contributed 9% of global GDP (more than $6 trillion) in 2011.

Medical tourism contributed 9% of global GDP (more than $6 trillion) in 2011.

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