Choosing A Doctor - Safety & Budget (Merged)

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I dont know if that LLuster says is true or not, neither do I care (Since I dont consider to be operated by mongreal)... BUT, I do think that people should think about safety before they think about budget when it comes to a surgery like this (Or to any medical procedure of any kind). Dont let money be the thing that make you choose to which doctor to go to. You dont have enough money to go to the top notch docs? Save it up

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 03, 2016, 01:54:07 AMI dont know if that LLuster says is true or not, neither do I care (Since I dont consider to be operated by mongreal)... BUT, I do think that people should think about safety before they think about budget when it comes to a surgery like this (Or to any medical procedure of any kind). Dont let money be the thing that make you choose to which doctor to go to. You dont have enough money to go to the top notch docs? Save it up

Couldn't have said it better myself.

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The sad truth, which unfortunately people don't recognize is that good doctors don't perform cosmetic LL on normal patients at all. A doctor needs to be ruthless to do this. Therefore i can only recommend to everybody not to go to a doctor who does cosmetic LL in case they get complications. Better go to a doctor who doesn't perform cosmetic LL at all. The simple reason is: they won't lie to you.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 03, 2016, 01:54:07 AMI dont know if that LLuster says is true or not, neither do I care (Since I dont consider to be operated by mongreal)... BUT, I do think that people should think about safety before they think about budget when it comes to a surgery like this (Or to any medical procedure of any kind). Dont let money be the thing that make you choose to which doctor to go to. You dont have enough money to go to the top notch docs? Save it up

No, not doing the surgery is what makes sense if safety is your concern. More money doesn't mean significantly less risk. We don't have a situation here with a few cheap rogue doctors ruining patients, and then a few experienced expensive guys with little risk and awesome results. There's *signifcant* risk everywhere you go, throwing more money at "good" doctors doesn't change this.

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scary.     this makes me change my plan

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on February 05, 2016, 08:05:42 AMNo, not doing the surgery is what makes sense if safety is your concern. More money doesn't mean significantly less risk. We don't have a situation here with a few cheap rogue doctors ruining patients, and then a few experienced expensive guys with little risk and awesome results. There's *signifcant* risk everywhere you go, throwing more money at "good" doctors doesn't change this.

  There is always a risk. But a doctor with 20% complication rate and one with 5% complication rates it what makes the difference

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Quote from: hanshi on February 05, 2016, 04:38:02 AMThe sad truth, which unfortunately people don't recognize is that good doctors don't perform cosmetic LL on normal patients at all. A doctor needs to be ruthless to do this. Therefore i can only recommend to everybody not to go to a doctor who does cosmetic LL in case they get complications. Better go to a doctor who doesn't perform cosmetic LL at all. The simple reason is: they won't lie to you.

 So I can conclude that every plastic surgeon is a ruthless doctor? A ruthless doctor is one who will tell you "With me, nothing will happen to you". A good doctor will tell you "even with the best complications may arise". The first trait to know if a doctor is good or not is honesty... Afterwards come to rest.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 05, 2016, 09:24:04 AM  There is always a risk. But a doctor with 20% complication rate and one with 5% complication rates it what makes the difference

Try 50- 60% (probably higher!) vs 30- 40%. Based on diaries anyway.

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on February 05, 2016, 10:06:26 AMTry 50- 60% (probably higher!) vs 30- 40%. Based on diaries anyway.

mostly diaries with third world countries... Frankly, I have no idea how can someone even think to go to india

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Quote from: hanshi on February 05, 2016, 04:38:02 AMThe sad truth, which unfortunately people don't recognize is that good doctors don't perform cosmetic LL on normal patients at all. A doctor needs to be ruthless to do this. Therefore i can only recommend to everybody not to go to a doctor who does cosmetic LL in case they get complications. Better go to a doctor who doesn't perform cosmetic LL at all. The simple reason is: they won't lie to you.

By your logic, you're saying Paley and Guichet are not good doctors. I better cross those guys off my list!