Nice topic Melvin. I certainly deal with a lot of “victims” of black market HT. Just few things that I gathered from my direct interaction with clients coming to us for some help:
1. They bombard you with calls and texts before booking, but once you have the procedure, no follow up exists. Clients even call us to ask about aftercare instructions, which you would think should be discussed after having any procedure.
2. It is almost exclusively run by unlicensed techs.
3. Exaggerated number of follicles promised and all in one day sessions with multiple patients in the same day. Says a lot about quality control.
4. They attract clients with attractive prices, BUT most of them end up forcing them to buy PRP kits for the full year, products, shampoos etc that will cost more than the actual procedure. So clients end up paying double the advertised price.
4. They are creative in naming techniques. By that, I dont mean FUT or FUE (since they only do FUE anyway). But it’s also giving names such as ICE FUE, CHOI FUE, Sapphire FUE, DHI, etc etc. There is a new name almost daily. A lot of people fall for names thinking that this is the latest technology. They even claim to have robots doing the surgery despite the fact that their prices dont even cover the kit price of the robot per surgery.
At the end of the day, you would hardly remember the price you paid for a good procedure, but you will remember the price of a bad one!