Kiwidude

-I know this is a common issue but has anyone managed to get a reply lately or ever via email? All my emails get rejected and have mail delivery system errors saying recipients mail box is full. Surely it cant be this difficult to contact someone running a business -Also why when you check the clinic address on google street view is it a Taco restaurant of some sort with no clinic in site? Is it behind the taco place? Maybe i've watched too many cartel movies and i'm getting sketched out for no reason. -Is it true if you pay in cash you can get a discount of some kind? -Whoever has had surgery with him, how the heck did you manage to get a hold of him? any advice other than sending 30/40 emails which i've done with no luck.

Oh, and still no accountability for my slight over charge, even though it was only a few hundred dollars, it's the principal that should count.

I find the clinics response to my thread interesting. I am in no way saying he doesn't care about his patients and that the clinic is sub-par all i am stating is my personal experience and i believe it's healthy to post an honest review because often reviews can be extremely sugar coated. Yes as i said the drive to the clinic with Dr Bhattis driver Sachin was great, many great sights and i was told personally by a member of your staff Dr Bhatti had worked on 3 patients the day i arrived hence my delay in seeing him and my short pre-op meeting. I have no reason to lie about this, lying wont grow me anymore hair. As far graft numbers i can understand if numbers might end up being less than desired. What i don't understand is when i ask for an even distribution as i like my hair short and i get a clump at the front, then nothing in the middle then a clump at the back that ofcourse i am going to be disappointed as that looks awful when cut short. Secondly i may not have "needed" my FUT scar filled in Dr Bhatti's eyes but if a client has an issue with it and it's important to them to have it fixed to the best standard it can be, why would they not address this and satisfy the customer?????

Hi, yeah the comment regarding it sounding like a transplant mill is a perfect description. When you have an invasive procedure in a very foreign environment you kind of want to feel like they give a shit about what they are doing to you. I'm sure Dr Bhatti does care but i didn't feel it and this is probably vindicated by the fact i have had no follow up contact of any kind from him and it's been a month on from the procedure now. However i guess i could care less how i am treated if i end up with amazing results which will only be known in another 6 months obviously and seeing as i already didn't receive graft placement i asked for or graft numbers i asked for when i had plenty of donor supply annnnnd my regrowth around the donor area has been poor post-op i am not holding my breathe. If you see him for a procedure definitely be firm on what you want, what you expect, pay less pre-op, like half of graft estimate not in full like i did and be sure to ask for graft count updates as you go because I'm no mug, know alot about transplants, density etc and I'm pretty confident i didn't receive the amount of grafts i was told i had. If i had my time over again i think i would definitely save longer or get a loan and get less grafts by top surgeons. I think people who start to feel desperate see their eyes light up when they see some of the prices in asia but im a prime case of what you pay is what you get, basic and "push me through" treatment. Very disappointed with my treatment overall, over charged, no post op contact, just a heads up for others.

Hi all, first time poster, but been lurking on here for a good 5 or 6 years now. Anyway i'll keep this short. I flew a long way last month to see Dr Bhatti after reading some good things about him on here and obviously attracted by the price as i do not earn much. After about a dozen or so emails we agreed on 3200 grafts minimum prior to my arrival - note this is my 2nd transplant after a previous 3000 strip procedure in Thailand with average results. Luckily my scar heeled well and i've also had SMP which helps as i like my hair shortish and can manage to hide it with a number 1. I arrived in Delhi and chose to use Dr Bhatti's driver as i wanted to see some of India. The drive was amazing, you get to drive through many small villages and basically it's sensory overload although it's pretty sketchy on Indian roads, no rules it seems, was happy to make it to Chandigarh alive haha. Onto meeting Dr Bhatti and surgery. I only got to speak with him for about 10 to 15 minutes the day before surgery. His clinic had a few other patients waiting in reception and overall both days i kind of felt like i was getting rushed through and on a production line as he does up to 3 procedures a day i believe. We agreed 3200 grafts before i flew but once i got there he was trying to convince me to get 1500. That's a long way to fly to be left feeling like you'd wasted alot of time and money to hear that, needless to say i was left deflated, i know the state of my condition, have researched for years and 1500grafts wouldn't even come close, nor would 3200grafts but thats all i could afford. After some awkward chatting he simply said he would transplant as many as he could, essentially i still went to bed pre-op feeling left in the dark to what i would end up getting. I asked also if i could have some grafts from my beard put into my strip scar. I have a very dense beard, he said i didn't "need" grafts in my scar. Well!!! in theory no-one needs a transplant of any kind, no-one needs breast enlargements or tattoos etc, it was a want, a desire to have grafts put in my strip scar. This seemed to just get brushed under the rug, i asked politely if it could be done but it was dismissed. The day of the op, it was painless, sound of the punch going into your head is strange but you get use to it, they get you lunch, and all his female assistants actually place the grafts after he's done the recipient holes, they then get you to sit about for around 2 hours to let the grafts clot before you go anywhere. I was still not told the day of the op how many grafts had been transplanted. They had asked me to PRE-PAY for 3000grafts and conveniently told me a day later i had had 2910 grafts. For some reason i was asked to pay more money??? I added up all the payments and referenced it back to his pricing form on his website and i was over charged by about $250 NZD about $210 US dollars which im unlikely to get back after int. bank transfer fees etc. Lastly my final disappointment was seeing the grafts were only placed in the crown and the hair line as many surgeons seem to pack the front so you like fine face on until you turn your head and your completely bald from behind from poor coverage placement. I asked for just a simple even spread of grafts over the entire thinned area, but no, just a few in the front, Nothing in the middle and a bunch in the back. Note: no offer to count grafts as said on his website The day after the op i did not see Dr Bhatti, which seemed odd to me, it looked like he had another long line of clients to work through. Was shown how to wash the hair, it seems each clinic has very differing ways to treat the hair immediately post-op but i followed their advice. All in all, a 5 out of 10 experience. Painless op, didn't feel like a valued customer, more just get me in and out, however the staff were all friendly. Just thought i'd give people another perspective, i never normally bother posting but felt if your planning on traveling as far as i did be sure about your decision and demand definitive answers from him. He did seem like a nice enough guy just left pretty disappointing. End result will be a year away and if it turns out decent i'll re-post another fair assessment of his results. Hope this is of some help to a few, cheers