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Posted on Sep 24, 2017, 4:09 am
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I know some doctors have this policy where one of your parents must be informed of your LL. I do not want any of my relatives. parents, friends, acquaintances to know about it (of course I will provide emergency contacts, but I will not ifnrom them, both are different things), it is my personal choice , but still the doctors would enforce it? which doctors enforce this rule? thanks.

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Posted on Sep 24, 2017, 3:44 pm
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Quote from: prakash419 on September 24, 2017, 04:09:50 AMI know some doctors have this policy where one of your parents must be informed of your LL. I do not want any of my relatives. parents, friends, acquaintances to know about it (of course I will provide emergency contacts, but I will not ifnrom them, both are different things), it is my personal choice , but still the doctors would enforce it? which doctors enforce this rule? thanks.


anybody? thanks.

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Posted on Sep 27, 2017, 4:41 am
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Man, you gotta understand that people have differen thought process, I value my privacy above everything else in the world. There are things that I want to take with me to grave. LL will be one of those, I wish even the surgeon doing the LL did not know about it which doctors make it must to inform your parents/friends of LL?, LOL. So, seriously, do you know if it is mandatory for all doctors? or can it be waived?

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Posted on Sep 27, 2017, 6:50 pm
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Thanks team, much appreciate your help and inputs. Yes, I believe some more doctors other than Parihar also require this, for example I believe Paley does. Zeo, the reason I want to keep it secret is now because I am ashamed ot it, trust me I am the most shameless person I know of (to give you an idea - I used ot roam around without pants during my undergrads and I sleep nked in my room at home - even when I know a family member can walk in which doctors make it must to inform your parents/friends of LL?, I will stop here - but you got the idea), but because I want some things to be private affair, it is just a preference.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 2:31 am
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Quote from: KiloKAHN on September 28, 2017, 01:50:25 AMUnethical how?

Just as patients have the right to choose their doctor, doctors have a right to create their own stipulations for accepting patients.


Unehtical is not the right word, i agree with Kilo here. but at the same time I believe that it is a questionable practice. If you see the pratcices in US or Europe, a person's privacy rights are of high importance and anybody who has lived or born is US or Europe will find it unacceptable. I am an indian, lived 30 years in india nd 6 years in US, 4 months in Europe and one of the reasons I left India to study and live in US is because of lack of respect for privacy and no protection of an individual's privacy. THe poster above (Andy) is right Kilo, in many countries it will be illegal. That is not to say that Parihar is wrong, I am sure he has good intentions, but this practice does violate the law of many western countries, maybe it is legal in India.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 2:43 am
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Quote from: LLSouthAmerica on September 27, 2017, 05:38:29 AMDr. Parihar sounds like a sensible person. Of course it is important to have at least one person fully aware of what you are doing.


How so? I hope you realize that LL is an elective cosmetic surgery, akin to chin implant, lipo. So in what way you feel it is important to inform someone else? No need to inform anybody. Informing anybody is of no use and violates privacy rights.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 3:18 am
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Quote from: onemorefoot on September 28, 2017, 03:11:37 AMThey do It becuase ir you are in danger someone has to take care of you, becuase you are not mobile, but If you dont want, they shouldnt push you if you sign a paper or something like that.


Boss, you are confused between two things - whenever you visit a doctor or get a surgery or even any kind of medical treatment (and even for non medical issues) you have to put names of people that would be contacted in case of emergency, those are called emergency contacts, But nowhere would they say that you have to disclose to these contacts beforehand that you are visitign the doctor or undergoing a surgery. providing emergency contats makes full sense and I am sure nobody in no country in the world would be foolish enough to protest that, but this (informing people of your cosmetic surgery) is not acceptable.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 5:06 am
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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 5:08 am
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Quote from: onemorefoot on September 28, 2017, 05:03:21 AMI know dr Parihar asks for the number of one contact, but am not sure he pushes you to tell him/her about It, It is confused.


Ok, I hope he does not contact them beforehand, anyway - thanks to all for the inputs, if/when I chose the surgeon I will ask him/her but would push back if the doctor asks for disclosure to relatives/friends.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2017, 5:11 am
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Quote from: The Dreamer on September 28, 2017, 04:49:42 AMLL like a lipo/chin implant ? You must be joking


It was an example. I am not saying they have same complexity level or risk level or downtime or cost. But all of these are invasive cosmetic procedures, LL is much more invasive, complex and riskier for sure. Also, other procedures are much more well established and has long history. There will come a time when LL will be perfected more.

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