You’re spot-on Roger_that and there is also another issue to add to your point. Dr. Nigam is researching more than one treatment method. It isn’t all just donor-doubling. It is possible that donor-doubling may not pan out for a high enough % of people, or even at all. But his cellular/growth factor research might ultimately produce quality results. He is doing research on multiple treatments and one could prove to be a breakthrough that works for a high percentage of patients but not the other. This is all works in progress. Yes, he’s selling it now but before he perfects these treatments but that’s because some people want the treatments early. I’m not going to get the treatment yet because I can see that it’s still a work in progress. If I can see that then other people can see it too. We all know that what Dr. Nigam is doing is in the research phase but some of us want to get it now so he’s willing to offer it to those who want to get it now.
[quote][postedby]Originally Posted by roger_that[/postedby]
Hairman, I respect you as a smart and level-headed person here on the forum.
But, without knowing more about this whole situation and its background, I have to wonder about something.
Couldn’t someone just make up a fake story about being one of Dr. Nigam’s former patients, and having gone through a procedure that was a disastrous failure and “destroyed his life” despite false promises made by Dr. Nigam?
Without something more substantial or photographic evidence, just a record of some conversations doesn’t prove much. They guy could literally be making the story up. By the way, I am NOT saying that providing photographs necessarily proves what this guy is saying, either. But at least that is something more tangible.
Mind you, I also recognize it could be very real.
However, even if it is real, it still falls into the category of “anecdotal”. It is not necessarily representative of all of the doctor’s work.
Virtually EVERY SINGLE hair transplant doctor in the business, in the USA, Canada, Europe, India, etc., has some former patients who can tell horrible stories about mangled scalps, depleted donor hair with nothing to show, etc.
That is part and parcel of the business. It doesn’t make Dr. Nigam unique, or uniquely bad, if someone has a bad story to tell. It just makes him typical.
There is no guarantee, as far as I’m concerned, that any of these procedures will work in every case. When people undergo any of these procedures, be it HT or any of the various forms of HM, they are doing so at their own risk.[/quote]