When I first started thinking about limb lengthening I thought for sure I would have surgery with Dr. Guichet. Now, after reading this and the old forum, I think that Dr. Guichet is over rated and charges way too much for his service. He basically charges as much as Dr. Paley. His lengthening nail is very old technology, actually there's no technology in his nail at all, it's more like a medieval torture device, and I personally think his expensive training programs are a complete waste of time and money.
Most importantly his patients don't seem to have good outcomes. After reading through posts on this and the old forum, i've noticed a lot of complications with his patients. That's just among the patients that stick around to post throughout their lengthening, a number of his patients just abandon the forum before they even finish lengthening.
Does anyone else have the same opinion and notice the same problems with Dr. Guichet?
Dr. Guichet is over rated, over priced, bad patient outcomes. Do you agree?
Over priced, yes.
But he stay one of the better for internal.
Also that's more dangerous to do internal for tibias, and most accidents are tibias patients
I forgot to mention that in the very first email I ever received from him it says "you can do 10cm or more of lengthening in your femurs"
To me that is so unsafe and just insane for a doctor to allow a patient to lengthen that much in one bone segment, but then Dr. Guichet goes on to advertise it in his emails. Seems like a sleazy sales job to me.
I have my ideas of him.. But its not true that all patients had bad outcomes.. There a guy here who did 5cm who had good recovery and then there is guy on old forum who did approx 4 inches who also had a report on him who recovered well. All the others though.... Bad outcomes or simply very slow recovery
slow recovery not a very important except if you have a physically work
for quite awhile i was obsessed with guichet i agreed with his extreme training program and from his videos i could tell he had the personality that pushes patients to train hard which you will need the extra motivation however it seems to me that almost every doctor has bad outcomes. ive yet to hear about a doctor that hasnt been called a butcher by someone at least once. even paley has been attacked by that negativity. i just dont get my info from the internet anymore. u never know if people are spreading fake diaries/experiences to drive us away from the doctor because the doctor is competition to whoever. for all we know ur apo in disguise lol but u cant put the outcomes solely on the doctor but on how they take care of the problem i would ultimately rather have a pre-cautious,overly-safe doctor rather than a chill laid back one. every doctor has had patients with minor to major complications and if he hasnt then,to me, he is inexperienced. there are tons of good patient outcomes by him as well. never overlook that.
I am now very confused, because I always want to go to guichet.
Quote from: 1683131665 on February 28, 2017, 02:00:47 AMI am now very confused, because I always want to go to guichet.
Yea, I assumed he was a good doctor. I don't know what to believe anymore.
10 cm in one go??? Come on. Every surgeon I meet dont recommend going beyond 3 inches IN FEMURS: so if a guy offers you 10 cm........Hmmmmmm
Imo Guichet is totally overpriced and his work out routine is more like a body challenge than something that really works and has a true benefit in LL.
Also, his nail is completely outdated.
I don't think he is an incapable doctor but considering his weird character and his over the top price, I'd never consider him as a choice to do femur LL
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