Booking a procedure abroad is 20% research, 80% questions no one wrote the answer to. The Itinerary is where we write those answers — one at a time, as they come up in real WhatsApp threads.
Every legitimate physician practicing medicine in Colombia is in a public national registry. Most patients booking a Colombian surgeon never look. Here's what ReTHUS is, why it exists, and the four fields to check before you send a deposit.
ReadPoblado is where Instagram takes recovery photos. Laureles is where locals actually live. Neither is objectively better — but one is much better for the two weeks after a Colombian cosmetic surgery, and the wrong choice is a rough landing at exactly the wrong moment.
ReadThe clinic quoted you $6,200. Now they're asking how you want to send it. Here's what every payment method actually costs — in fees, in friction, and in the risks you'd rather not think about at 30,000 feet.
ReadThe wire instructions just landed in your email. Before you hit send on a $2,000 deposit for a surgeon you've never met, ask these three questions. Here's what the right answers sound like — and what to do when they don't.
ReadEvery dispatch here is written to help you ask better questions before a deposit. When you're ready for the answers on your specific case, request three quotes.