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Venezuela!

Via The Age:

Breast augmentation, at about $US2,000 ($A2,700), is a third of the price in the US. A nose can be sculpted for $US1,500 ($A2,000), as little as a tenth of the US price.

Which prompts the question, how long before there exists a vibrant sector of the travel industry—cosmetic tourism. Venezuela! Get a new tan, breasts. Michel Houellebecq's novels seem ever more prophetic.