Cosmetic Surgery Funded By Bitcoin? Yep.
There's no short of things one can now buy using Bitcoin. But cosmetic surgery? Yep. Miami-based Vanity Cosmetic Surgery - the largest plastic surgery facility in all of Florida - will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for their services this month. This is the first of its kind, so far as we're aware, and Vanity seems relatively excited to start accepting the digital currency. "What does this mean to patients? They can now use their loaded Bitcoin account to pay for a breast augmentation or a nose job, or maybe a laser hair removal treatment. This will definitely transform the way people....
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Bitcoin continues to infiltrate and benefit numerous industries around the world. Just this past week, Vanity Cosmetic Surgery chose to accept payment for services in Bitcoin. After reading a news article on BTC China taking Bitcoin to 200USD per BTC, Vanity Cosmetic Surgery's team decided to accept Bitcoin as a method of payment. Vanity Cosmetic Surgery issued the following press release: Miami, Florida (PRWEB) November 02, 2013. Since Vanity began doing business, they have gone through extraordinary lengths to facilitate payment options for their international patients. Since they treat....
A Miami-based cosmetic treatments clinic has decided to accept bitcoin as payment for services. Vanity Cosmetic Surgery, which specializes in plastic or reconstructive treatments, is now allowing its patients to pay in bitcoin, which is a first. "We are the only cosmetic medical center to officially accept bitcoin in the world as a valid form of payment," says Carlos Yela, advertising and PR manager for the clinic. Bitcoin as a payment method for customers was an idea brought to management by Yela, who has been put in charge of spearheading the medical centers' online presence. He said:....
Add this to the list of things you can do with Bitcoin. Nordorthopaedics, a Lithuanian orthopaedic surgery clinic in the capital city of Vilnius, just recently announced that it would provide its services for Bitcoin. This includes services such as total hip replacements, knee replacements, foot and ankle surgery, and hand and wrist surgery. Why are they choosing to accept payments in Bitcoin? To quote Nordorthopaedics' spokesperson Jekaterina Kirpa, "Transactions in bitcoin are sent easily via the Internet, and there is no need to rely on any third party. Also, there are little to no....
A growing number of clinics and doctors around the world are embracing digital currency and using Bitcoin as an option for patients to pay their bills. Generally speaking. However, this option is only available for minor procedures and standard doctor's visits. One forward looking hospital is about to change all of that. A private hospital in Poland is about to become the first medical facility to give its patients the option to use Bitcoin to pay for a wider range of healthcare services, including major surgery. To make the process even easier, they are planning to launch a Bitcoin ATM at....
London takes it easy with Cointelegraph exclusives: Bitcoin’s price hike and then drop in January explained, the new bOObCoin launches in Essex, Assange invents Proof of Life and Satoshi spotted selling the Big Issue outside the Bank of England. BOObCoin to aid breast surgery. London Correspondent Nick Ayton speaks with Debbey Fulcro who owns a salon in Billericay Essex. CT: How did you come up with the idea? Debbey Fulcro: Plastic surgery is very expensive and unaffordable for most girls that are unhappy with their bodies so we created bOObCoin so that girls can raise money for breast....