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More and more people are travelling to Brazil for cosmetic surgery, Brazilian property investors may be interested to know...

With the cost of hospital fees a fraction of the price in the country, increasing numbers of men and women are jetting off to Brazil to get nipped and tucked, according to Female First.

Figures from the Treatment Abroad Price watch Survey reveal state that liposuction can cost as little as £517 in Brazil, compared to an average price of £3,000 for the procedure in the UK.

Now travel companies are offering cosmetic surgery holidays, with one company quoting a patient as saying their experience was "nothing put positive".

Meanwhile, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff is thought to have undergone cosmetic surgery.

A local newspaper has reported that Ms Rousseff - who is most likely to represent the ruling party in the 2010 presidential elections - had a facelift last month.

Source: www.uv10.com