Newstart…
First off … I would like to thank you for sharing your story. Im sure that your emotional roller coaster hit home some some people and I’m sure that they were happy to see that they weren’t alone. To those people who said something along the lines that this forum isn’t for talking about these types of feeling… thats rubbish. This forum is an open canvas to be painted whatever colors one wishes as long as it pertains to an HT. Whether it be the emotional or the physical things that may happen to someone concerning either a decison or a reult of an HT is 100% fair game.
Now…
Let me start by saying that those of you who are stating that a Dr. whom implies either a company minimum or that has proposed to the patient a larger amount than another doctor is either bad business, in any way inferior as a Dr. or even more so are questioning his business tactics are being completely childish and are obviously uninformed to say the least.
I see it as COMPLETELY the opposite.
Allow me to explain.
This gentlemen following the evaulation/advice of his first Dr. did only 500 or so grafts (which based on his photo… needed at least 1500 - 2500 depending on expectations to get a nice head of hair)
He went through a recovery (both mental and physical of lets say an average of 4 months until they have fallen out to a small regrow stage) stage 3 differnt times. Now in his case he went through a very rough mental, physical and as a result a bad financial time in his life as a result of the minimum results that naturally you would see from a very small procedure as 500 grafts. Then he went back AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SMALL PROCEDURE!!!
Yet again a second set of the same/worse emotional, physical and financial problems with ANOTHER RECOVERY TIME.
And then a THIRD and now a fourth!!!
Now if he would of been advised by a Dr. who would of considered his mental, physical and financial recorvery mind… a GOOD BUSINESS SOLUTION to his situation would of been… LOW MENTAL STRESS, LOW PHYSICAL RECOVERY/PAIN, and LOW FINANCIAL
LOSS. Not 3 separate ones!!!
You see the recovery of all three of these emlemts for 500 grafts or 2500 grafts is roughly the same. So why because that very day he might of (according to the Dr.) needed only 500 (which i COMPLETELY DISAGREE) would he have proposed only a temp and VERY TEMP solution to his patient knowing VERY WELL what is entailed in recovery and the future.
PLUS there is the X FACTOR that I call it that a good sales rep will pick up on which in my case Chad @ Armani did flawlessly. I am an emotional guy that took my loss in a devastating way, and he evalauted that I would be better
off seeing my results really change me rather and how a small temp/cheaper (less grafts) change would of only prolonged my depression and sad state.
One shot, one recovery timeline, one day and BOOM. A result that changed my life.
People are free to conduct business in ANY WAY THEY LIKE and it seems like the Armani clinic and any other clinic that doesnt really do smaller procedure would like to focus on results that changes lives rather than a temp solution. That in my opinion is better business than someone who would scrape whatever business they can even WELL KNOWING that you would have to come back VERY SOON in order to get the full result.
What do you tell a guy with one black eye?
NOTHING!!!, somebody already told him once.
In this case a fellow poster has 3. not including the emotional suffering that he endured.
A Dr. no matter what kind is responsable for a patients WELL BEING. Not just his physical end result but the mental and lifestyle well being as well. And whomever suggests in your case 500 grafts is not making in my opinion a good
assesment to help your life. Its dragging it in a physically and mentally painful way.
I own 2 of the most influential and most revolutionary recording and post production studios in Canada at 28 with zero help from anyone. I have worked on everything from 70 million dollar hollywood number one hits in both film and music to miniscule budget indy films. And I must say that my bsuiness model it that of quality and honesty. A rare quality in my field as in the medical im sure as well. At 28 years old now I think ive proven that my way of doing business is FAR SUPERIOR than the rest that have been in business for 30 years yet I am MORE EXPENSIVE at the initial state yet if 20 feature films comes to Canada, ill get 15.
Why?
Because in the end my model is ROCK SOLID. I dont underestimate jobs. I properly evaluate. Someone will come in saying that they can get the job done for 1000$ but yet I now after years of experince know that I wont get involved with people who are completely set in their ways and brainwashed by a bad evaulation from another sudio thinking that they can get the job done in the timeframes that other studios claim they can. Its how you get reeled in. And its how in the end a customer will end up being billed DOUBLE to get the result he really wants and because he didnt listen in the beginning.
Thats why Armani and some other clinics im sure wont do smaller procedures. In their experience they know the complaints and headaches that will come with small sessions UNLESS the customer just needs a touchup I GUARANTEE that Armani and any one else would do it.
But frankly…
YOU NEEDED MANY MORE THAN 500.
A very famous man who is a client and now my mentaur and dear friend for 6 years now taught me an expression about business and life …
Pay me now… Pay me later… You are still going to pay me.
You needed many more than 500 from the start and 500 was a horrific evaluation.
As you see, you have paid the eqivalent of 1500 or so grafts and are nowhere near happy.
You have endured hell in many ways and I feel youyr pain. But in some way… A better initial decision would of avoided all of this.
DOnt make the same mistake again brother…
Like some posters on here I have my own story… and it really hit home woth a lot of people and if you have any questions, like most posters are… im here to help.
But dont make the same mistake again.
You going to pay more in the end in many more ways than one.
Cheers my friend. Head up
MoM