During my stay at the El Mouradi Gammarth Hotel in Tunis, I’ve been surprised by the number of women walking around with bruised, bandaged faces.

To begin with I thought I was seeing the same woman each day, but gradually came to realize that in fact there were at least 4 different people staying at the hotel with what looked like similar injuries – a broken nose and bruised, swollen eyes.

On one night I stopped short at the eerie sight of a woman seated at a table in a dark corner, her bandaged face lit by the glow of a laptop computer. And on another occasion, a woman sat in the hotel foyer looking at her face in a hand mirror whilst she fiddled cautiously with the plasters covering her nose.

After a quick Google search I discovered that Tunisia promotes itself as a high quality and affordable plastic and cosmetic surgery provider.

Inflict enormous pain on yourself then recuperate poolside at one of Tunis’ holiday resorts.

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