Quote from: Body Builder on December 06, 2022, 07:09:03 AMFor me it is not a good idea to give so much money for doing LL with a doctor that is just the apprentice of Betz and his previously field was hair transplant.
If he had very reduced prices then maybe the risk would worth it but paying for a ferrari to have some car from a new company that some ferrari mechanics made the plans seems not wise for me.
There are plenty very experienced doctors in Europe like Giotikas who cost less than some inexperienced German doctor. So I can't find any reason to choose him over them.
Maybe in 5+ years he would be a good idea if he had a successful record of surgeries but now, without Betz (from the new year) I would have never bet my money on him.
Quote from: RealLostSoul on December 06, 2022, 12:27:52 PMAlso one thing that I want to add is that Becker seems to more conservative and strict than Dr Betz was. Me and other patients definitely got the feeling that Dr Betz saw this process very biased, as if everything is easy and you can do crazy things quickly again like driving etc (impossible to drive under heavy medication). Also Dr Betz allowed people to go home after 2 weeks but now Dr Becker changes it to a longer required stay at the rehab there. Which means the price will unfortunately be more soon.
Quote from: RealLostSoul on December 06, 2022, 12:10:48 PMBsA really successful LL surgeon needs many years and hundreds of successful surgeries to be consider as top and charge as much as Betz did who was the most expensive european LL surgeon together with Guichet.
You return to the forum after some time like me and immediately go on and judge.
He is a specialized orthopedic surgeon and did it for quite some time. He is not doing anything but LL anymore and I was very surprised how knowledgeable he was. Eg Dr Betz only assisted them in the surgery room and after that I never saw him again.
I do understand concerns about when Dr Betz retires and only one surgeon does the surgery. But let me tell you for literally everything post OP Dr Becker was amazing.
I don‘t like promoting anyone I think people should go wherever they want and I am sure there are plenty of great options but me personally, very glad I chose them.
Quote from: Body Builder on December 06, 2022, 07:52:18 PMA really successful LL surgeon needs many years and hundreds of successful surgeries to be consider as top and charge as much as Betz did who was the most expensive european LL surgeon together with Guichet.
If you believe that a new doctor that is just his apprentice can charge that much and is a better option than a surgeon like Giotikas who has many successful cases and charges much less, then I terribly disagree.
And you mention about what Becker did post op. But for a good LL result more than 80% is the surgery itself and then some relatively slow rate of lengthening together with sensible amounts of lengthening.
So post op it doesn't matter that much how knowledgeable a doctor is if he is not enough experienced and capable to do a completely successful surgery.
And I don't believe that Becker , who is mentioned here that previously was a cosmetic doctor for hair transplants, is more experienced than Giotikas who was a trauma surgeon before doing mainly LL.
And even Betz wasn't as good in the end. No sensible doctor let people lengthen 10+cm as he did.
And after all we are here to write our opinions. Its ok to disagree but its not ok to tell me that I am writing bs. Because I always support my opinion with arguments something that you didn't do, at least on this topic.
Quote from: Body Builder on December 06, 2022, 07:52:18 PMA really successful LL surgeon needs many years and hundreds of successful surgeries to be consider as top and charge as much as Betz did who was the most expensive european LL surgeon together with Guichet.
If you believe that a new doctor that is just his apprentice can charge that much and is a better option than a surgeon like Giotikas who has many successful cases and charges much less, then I terribly disagree.
And you mention about what Becker did post op. But for a good LL result more than 80% is the surgery itself and then some relatively slow rate of lengthening together with sensible amounts of lengthening.
So post op it doesn't matter that much how knowledgeable a doctor is if he is not enough experienced and capable to do a completely successful surgery.
And I don't believe that Becker , who is mentioned here that previously was a cosmetic doctor for hair transplants, is more experienced than Giotikas who was a trauma surgeon before doing mainly LL.
And even Betz wasn't as good in the end. No sensible doctor let people lengthen 10+cm as he did.
And after all we are here to write our opinions. Its ok to disagree but its not ok to tell me that I am writing bs. Because I always support my opinion with arguments something that you didn't do, at least on this topic.
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