The power of these discussion boards!

[Dr. William Lindsey]

I only recently started posting on discussion boards for hair loss/tranplantation patient education and was immediately amazed at the broad spectrum of this audience. In the past 2 months I have had patients from all walks of life, from the building repair man to a prominent national legislator who have told me that they frequent these sites.

 

Sites like this offer an in-depth review by patients and doctors on a variety of topics. While everything one reads on the web is not true, it is pretty easy on these sites to pick out what is "way out there"; as the crowd tends to express its opinion fairly quickly and often loudly.

 

I applaud this and the other couple of quality sites for allowing these discussions, and expressions of patient experiences with different doctors. A consistent review of these sites shows obvious leaders in the field from postings and positive comments from patients, staff of other clinics, and moderators.

 

This should never substitute for a thorough consultation with a physician(s) but certainly gives more information that an infomerical.

 

Keep up the good postings.

 

Dr. Lindsey RESTON,VA

[Dr. William Lindsey]

I only recently started posting on discussion boards for hair loss/tranplantation patient education and was immediately amazed at the broad spectrum of this audience. In the past 2 months I have had patients from all walks of life, from the building repair man to a prominent national legislator who have told me that they frequent these sites.

 

Sites like this offer an in-depth review by patients and doctors on a variety of topics. While everything one reads on the web is not true, it is pretty easy on these sites to pick out what is "way out there"; as the crowd tends to express its opinion fairly quickly and often loudly.

 

I applaud this and the other couple of quality sites for allowing these discussions, and expressions of patient experiences with different doctors. A consistent review of these sites shows obvious leaders in the field from postings and positive comments from patients, staff of other clinics, and moderators.

 

This should never substitute for a thorough consultation with a physician(s) but certainly gives more information that an infomerical.

 

Keep up the good postings.

 

Dr. Lindsey RESTON,VA

[Guest Happy in Maryland"??]

Hi Dr. Lindsey,

 

I believe someone is looking for your kind of openess and willingness to educate a patient, in a receint post. Once again thanks for sharing with us.

 

Happy