Without you saying the name of the doctor, I can tell who it is. While I agree the communication could be better, it’s difficult to provide an accurate analysis based on photos when consulting over email. When it comes to the pre-consultation in-person, I agree, it happens very quickly and more questions should be asked by the doctor. While this doctor is extremely talented, if he/she wants to truly manage expectations with their clients, there needs to be more asked during that process. With that said, no doctor will be perfect and sometimes the clients have to engage the conversation to truly convey what it is exactly what they want. Without any pictures, it’s tough to say how much better of a job the doctor could have estimated this ahead of time.
On another note, do you still expect to get a HT? Even with an estimate of 7k, that’s a lot of grafts. Since I trust the doctor in questions estimations, I don’t think any other doctor will be able to achieve the density you want with the grafts you have available.