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The only thing unethical, in my opinion, is that doctors, even after they know that fue and bht can really help the patients acheive their requirements, are not learning the new techniques. They rather want to close their eyes and try to make the new changes go away.

Bspot, Your agenda is very clear. You are trying to systemetically discourage patients from saying anything if that includes good reveiws of Dr. A. Who are you to decide that Dr. A acted unethically? Do you say the same thing when H/W patients recount their good experiences? I know Dr. A's body hair transplant results are becoming a problem for many American doctors. Is that the reason you want to shut me up? So that the status quo of mediocre results from other clinics keep continuing? You want to call me a defender of Dr. A, fine go ahead. The good doctor changed my life for the better from the living hell that it was. Does that make me a shill? LOL. You hanging around the forums day in and day out are not a shill in your opinion. The fact is becoming clear to me that Dr. A is bashed on this forum primarily because his techniques and lower costs is harming the bottomline of the sponsoring doctors of this site.

What you say is very strange Pat. You decide that the clinic knowingly used pictures even when they say that was not the case. You want to say that any patient who posts good things about Dr. A is in their pay. So, you may as well say that you do not want the name Dr. A mentioned on your site. Is that your intention? Because if that is so, I would be happy to be told on my face about that. If that is not so, then why do you want to cast a doubt on my credibility. There is no covert marketing process as you seem to think. If anything, I think there is a covert plan to discredit Dr. A because of what his clinic can deliver. If you wish to ban me, please give me the reasons on this forum, in front of everyone.

Jagdish, There is a sliding scale for the graft cost. I paid 1,17,000/- for my 2500 HT. The body hair were complimentary. I went to a plastic surgeon in Mumbai and he gave me a horrible doll's head. Atleast, you do not have the big plugs. I did research a lot after that and found Dr. A. Like you, I found only good things about him. Now I am a supporter of his work.

Its a long time since I came back to this site. I was miffed by Pat's attitude. Yes, you will find many members of ISHRS, Indian as well as american, performing poor hair transplants. The issue of Dr. A has been talked over before. I and Pat do not agree on Dr. A. But I will say one thing. I got a bad transplant in Mumbai by Dr. Rajput. Now, I look a human once again after repair transplant with Dr. A. I have yet to meet a patient who had anything bad to say about Dr. A.

BTW, if I were a shill, I WOULD have given a telephone no. to you or your friend. Is that very hard to understand? I have been thru a lot with a botched HT. I have researched this field and been to more doctors and went thru a lot of misery. I do not need to defend my opinions in face of people like you. The forum moderator and owner of the site decided not to recommend Dr. A. I respect their decision. This is their site. They have every right to do so. I hope to give back to the forum what I got from it all these years.

Black_eyes, I do not understand your logic here. Someone asked for my telephone no. by email and I refused. Was it you? I prefer to keep some aspects of my life private. As I am sure do many other posters. If you do not know, that is a prudent thing to do. Are you bullying me into giving my telephone no.? I do not have to justify my not giving my telephone no. to anyone who drops me an e mail. I do not WORK for Dr. A. So, why should I give out my no. so that you or your friend or any Tom, Dick and Harry can intrude into my life. I do not defend nor promote Dr. A. If you feel otherwise, please do not read my posts. As to your comments, if Dr. A is so busy, as you say, why does he need to be after more publicity? Get a hold on yourself.

I have no intention of holding pictures over anyone's heads. Least of all yours. If my pointing them out has disturbed you in any way, then I apologise. What I gather from the thread where the pictures were posted, the clinic that did the work was situated in Beverly hills and its director was the recipient of the platinum follicle award. I do not think it should be very difficult to figure from the information, who the operating clinic was. It would not be right on my part, as a poster to go about accusing doctors. You will be in a better position to inquire from the clinic concerned.

This pretty much tells who the clinic was that did this work. I know you will do the right thing and tell us the reasons for this subpar work. Curious Tue Jun-07-05 12:53 AM Member since Jul 21st 2003 133 posts #24937, "RE: A Repair using body hair" In response to Reply # 8 The work done by that well known clinic in Beverly Hills doesn't look too good. The director of that clinic, the recipient of the platinum follicle award, is not reluctant to criticize other doctors. I would like to hear his explanation of this result. Four surgeries to achieve this?

Pat, I respect the information that this site has given me all these years. It has been invaluable to me. I have no problem as far as you decide not to recommend Dr. A. Its your site and you have every right to it. I do not wish to downplay other clinics either. But it does rub me the wrong way when doctors/clinics who do subpar work (my opinion), take a high and holier than thou attitude. I came to know of the pictures when I read up a thread on another site. [link to promotional site removed by forum moderator - Robert] All that apart, my issue was that the poster scientist had at no time in his post or on his blog, "blatantly" promoted Dr. A. P.S.- You are owner of a respected international site. Comments like "a zebra does not change its stripes" do not befit you.

Thanks for permitting me to post my experiences. However, going by your own yardsticks, it seems strange to me that you recommend a clinic that does, in my veiw, a substandard hair transplant. If you really should be banning anyone, it should be doctors who perform such transplants. Instead of banning doctors like Dr. A . Check the pictures for yourself. The person is supposed to have received 3000 FU grafts. Which ethical clinic would transplant a 3 hair graft in the hairline. Right in the front. The Beverly hill based clinic surely made sure that it skirted the density issue in this patient. I do not think it was just an "oversight". This clinic, if any, does not deserve to be recommended. Based on merit. But it is recommended on HTN. May I ask why? [photos removed by forum moderator for reasons cited below - Robert]

When it comes to being ethical in practice, I think it is about being ethical in treating one's patients. Dr. Arvind has been performing hair transplants for the past 9-10 years. If he were unethical, we would have had a spate of cheated/disfigured patients on the forums. I do not see nor have heard of any. All I have met and read about are people who vouch for his integrity and level of comittment. I think that should speak for itself.

Robert, Its an "oversight" when one physician forgets to mention the density v/s coverage, knowing full well that the prospective patient's concern is both, but it is "highcrime" when another physician pleads inadvertant use of pictures by webdisgner? Moreover, the pictures were removed long back. There are many hair transplant doctors, who duck around the density issue even today. All you need to do is to check out the graft estimate charts on their websites. I do not say that all those ht doctors are unethical. But I do feel that the reasons forwarded to ban Dr. A, in my opinion, were not sufficient.

Pat, You are well within your rights to point out the use of other doctor's pictures by Dr, A's web designer. The blog the poster scientist had created, however, may be very useful to many patients desirous of researching the field of bodyhair transplants. Here is a case where even the poster and the clinic do not know beforehand, what the final results may look like. I think scientist's thread deserved to remain. I also know that this is your website, so you have the final say.

I cant seem to locate the thread started by scientist8041 about his bht experience. Can someone point it out to me?