HCM Bias Here? Advice Please!

[qpwoei]

Please give me some advice!

 

I had a consultation yesterday at HCM for transplant surgery. The next step is to meet with the physician before scheduling any surgery.

 

After several weeks of searching this forum, it is clear to me that the general feeling is one of disdain for HCM (and even more so for Bosley). But I am very curious about something.

 

I can easily understand a company building a poor reputation for a poor product (for example: IF the HCM hair "systems" and the HCM "method" of applying them was a problem).

 

But hair transplant surgery is not a commodity item. Doesn't the real issue come down to the skill of the performing physician? Wouldn't quality be completely dependent on the doctor (irrelevant of the organization they are affiliated with)?

 

The doctor at the local HCM office seems to have all the right credentials and claims over 10,000 procedures. The sales person (do they always use attractive women!?) was nice and seemed genuine, but I do understand that it is her job to make me feel good about HCM.

 

I've done some web searches for the doctor (Dr. Holzer) and (other than sites with just his background and credentials) only found one posting, and it was favorable.

 

Here is my question: The general advice on this forum seems to be "shop around" and "don't rush into it". Short of going to one of the highly acclaimed centers mentioned on the board, what difference will it make to go to another "independent" specialist? There will still be an attractive sales women telling me about the thousands of previous clients and the glossy before and after photos. Right?

[Am0986]

Welcome to the board! Let me be the first to say that there is a bias for a reason. I had my first ht done by the main guy in hairclub, Dr. Gaffney and my results sucked! Take a look at my blog and you can see the first results. Not to mention all the non-surgical crap they try to sell you. So my bias is based on their lies, bad ethical statements and results. quoting Gaffney.. "oh ya 1,500 should give you your hair back in those areas" ya right thanks.

[the B spot]

There will still be an attractive sales women telling me about the thousands of previous clients and the glossy before and after photos. Right?

 

 

NO.

[PD]

qpwoei,

 

i can see why there is a market for hair systems, if people just want to get-by for a few years and for instance, if they just want to look less bald at work or during the day, etc... and dont care much "how they really look" ... to me it was as simple as a baseball cap or a hair transplant, period!