Healthy Holiday in Phuket
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We’re all delicate creatures and we need a lot of looking after. Find out how to get the most out of your body – how to stay fit in the tropics and what’s the best treatment among the many Phuket has to offer through our monthly health column.
It’s not something you’ll see everyday in Birmingham or Oslo or Bonn: you walk past a small shop on a main street and there, inside, is a row of comfortable La-Z-Boy-type chairs with footstools, each occupied by a tourist with trousers rolled up to the knee. At their feet kneel Thai women, kneading those overworked extremities. Read More...
Plastic and cosmetic surgery is a young and booming business in Phuket. Dr Sanguan Kunaporn, one of the pioneers, admits that he had no idea it would take off in the way that it has. Fifteen years ago he was working as a surgeon in the province's government hospital, Vachira Phuket. Read More...
Chocolate: You can eat it, you can drink it. You can make it into ice cream or cake. And you can now be massaged with it. This is just one of the innovative spa treatments which, when combined with age-old knowledge and skills, are adding luster to Phuket’s reputation as the top place in Asia for pampering and bliss, with additional health benefits. Read More...
Everyone likes a bit of a back rub from time to time, or a neck massage. But until you’ve tried a spa treatment in Thailand you really haven’t lived. Thais turned the back rub into an art form thousands of years ago, and have been refining it ever since. Read More...
It all really started when Phuket’s first luxury spa, the Banyan Tree Spa, opened in 1995. Seeing how popular this venture was, many island businessmen jumped in. Spas opened in resorts and hotels. Stand-alone day spas popped up like mushrooms on empty plots of land all over the island. Read More...
A happily-married man with two teenage children, Dr Sanguan Kunaporn has made his name in a controversial field: male-to-female sex reassignment surgery (SRS). This Phuket-based surgeon has been responsible for turning 200 Thai men and more than 400 foreign men into women - so far... Read More...
Yoga: What is it? A spiritual regime? A lifestyle system? A mental exercise? Or just a good way to get fit and beautiful? It’s all of these and more, and for those who are interested in trying it out, there are plenty of options on Phuket. Read More...