Sean Rameswaram

Totally. Adam's kind of locked into his procedure for life. He told us he'll be taking hair growth meds to keep his new hair, even with his old hair, until he dies. His new transplanted hair, even with his, you know, natural hair. That's a big commitment. I assume you haven't had this procedure, Alex? I have not had a hair transplant.

Totally. Adam's kind of locked into his procedure for life. He told us he'll be taking hair growth meds to keep his new hair, even with his old hair, until he dies. His new transplanted hair, even with his, you know, natural hair. That's a big commitment. I assume you haven't had this procedure, Alex? I have not had a hair transplant.

Totally. Adam's kind of locked into his procedure for life. He told us he'll be taking hair growth meds to keep his new hair, even with his old hair, until he dies. His new transplanted hair, even with his, you know, natural hair. That's a big commitment. I assume you haven't had this procedure, Alex? I have not had a hair transplant.

So as a reporter who's written about this procedure but hasn't done it himself, can you just tell us, you know, from your... objective vantage. Does the transplant look good?

So as a reporter who's written about this procedure but hasn't done it himself, can you just tell us, you know, from your... objective vantage. Does the transplant look good?

So as a reporter who's written about this procedure but hasn't done it himself, can you just tell us, you know, from your... objective vantage. Does the transplant look good?

Alex Abad-Santos from Vox.com. Adam Hurley from blue-print.co. Adam also writes for GQ. Traveling for your cosmetic needs or even your medical needs is nothing new, but it certainly is more popular than ever. We're going to find out just how popular it is next on Today Explained.

Alex Abad-Santos from Vox.com. Adam Hurley from blue-print.co. Adam also writes for GQ. Traveling for your cosmetic needs or even your medical needs is nothing new, but it certainly is more popular than ever. We're going to find out just how popular it is next on Today Explained.

Alex Abad-Santos from Vox.com. Adam Hurley from blue-print.co. Adam also writes for GQ. Traveling for your cosmetic needs or even your medical needs is nothing new, but it certainly is more popular than ever. We're going to find out just how popular it is next on Today Explained.

Today Explained is back. I'm Sean Ramos from and I'm joined by David V. Quist. He's the director of the Center for Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. David, you study medical tourism. Does that include the more cosmetic stuff we talked about earlier in the show?

Today Explained is back. I'm Sean Ramos from and I'm joined by David V. Quist. He's the director of the Center for Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. David, you study medical tourism. Does that include the more cosmetic stuff we talked about earlier in the show?

Today Explained is back. I'm Sean Ramos from and I'm joined by David V. Quist. He's the director of the Center for Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. David, you study medical tourism. Does that include the more cosmetic stuff we talked about earlier in the show?

Now I just think we should stop talking about everything we're talking about and just talk about how that happened.

Now I just think we should stop talking about everything we're talking about and just talk about how that happened.

Now I just think we should stop talking about everything we're talking about and just talk about how that happened.

It sounds like, from what you're saying, from that brief tour you gave us of all the medical tourism, cosmetic tourism, health tourism, whatever you want to call it, going on around the world, if we just took... Like a look at a world map and had sort of flight trackers for all of the flights that were taken for these kinds of purposes.

It sounds like, from what you're saying, from that brief tour you gave us of all the medical tourism, cosmetic tourism, health tourism, whatever you want to call it, going on around the world, if we just took... Like a look at a world map and had sort of flight trackers for all of the flights that were taken for these kinds of purposes.

It sounds like, from what you're saying, from that brief tour you gave us of all the medical tourism, cosmetic tourism, health tourism, whatever you want to call it, going on around the world, if we just took... Like a look at a world map and had sort of flight trackers for all of the flights that were taken for these kinds of purposes.

We would see like a fully colored in world map of people going from this continent to that and the other for various procedures.

We would see like a fully colored in world map of people going from this continent to that and the other for various procedures.