What are the pros and cons of Parihar vs Giotikas for Americans?

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So the point of the "Americans" part is the currency exchange issue for someone who has USD. In greece I think they use euros and in India they use rupees (lakh is 100,000 Indina rupeees evidently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh). I believe that young people in Greece and India are taught English in school in addition to their native languages, though I imagine Mumbai has more English speakers overall?

1. Which is cheaper overall when all the costs have been added up?

2. What are the other pros and cons?

On one hand, the cleanliness of Parihar's facility and the stomach virus Kilohan got are very scary. I'm under the impression that westerners/people who haven't lived in India don't always do so well when they go to India in terms of stomach issues and getting diseases.

On the other hand, Parihar's interview on youtube did make him look very good and if he is cheaper (ex: if the Indian rupee/lakh depreciates relative to the USD moreso than the euro relative to the USD) then its a real consideration. The other issue that makes Parihar look like a good option is that he says that he will have access to Stryde just like Giotikas.

I've saved up about 155k$ USD, hoping to do both tibia and femur internal with stryde in about two years after covid. I'll probably have like $160k ish max saved by then but maybe still 155k.

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Thanks!!!! When all costs are factored in, is Dr. Parihar considerably cheaper than Giotikas for someone who has all his money in US dollars?

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If you traveled to India again, what would you do differently to decrease the odds of catching something?

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Thanks for replying RB!!

1. If you were leaving from D.C. to see Dr. Giotikas in Athens for a consultation, how many days total would you budget for the whole thing and what day would you leave?

2. What would you bring with you to Athens for the consultation?

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Thanks!!!

Online consultation with Giotikas? Wait so he doesn't need to take X rays or examine or measure your legs? What was this process like, what kind of doctors did you go to, and what documents did you need to send to him?

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Right? Except I'm a bit confused because I read from Assayag's page is like 100k not 70k so I'm not sure what's going on. But then I would not be able to afford internal tibias too if I did this in America.

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Thanks, I really appreciate it.

With Dr. Giotikas, how far in advance can you schedule a surgery after the online consultation?

 I'm planning on the doing the surgery the year after getting a covid vaccine and am concerned about prices rising oer time. Currently hoping to do a consultation late 2022 and then start surgery in January of 2023. I wonder if doing a consultation early will let me get earlier prices or if I'll just need to do a second consultation if I do it too early

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Thank you so much, indian!!!!!

Things sound very good so I'm just going to ask some questions in case

1. What do you feel are the worst things about doing this in Mumbai?

2. What do you feel are the worst thing about Parihar? I imagine he hasn't done alot of cosmetic cases and then probably hasn't done alot of tibias then?

Maybe some more forum members should go with Parihar and write diaries, 43,780 USD for stryde and a Paley student sounds amazing

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Man, I'm having second thoughts on my Greece plan even though I've been listening to intro greek language audiobooks in prep for Athens (originally was planning to be doing it fall 2020 but then covid struck and I got embroiled in other things)

43,780 USD with Parihar whereas with Giotikas it is 55,511.51 USD

That's almost 12k$ USD difference which is a big difference if you do two surgeries. 24k$ difference total?

And the hotel people being helpers sounds nice.

If Giotikas changes prices and the euro gets stronger relative to the dollar, I wonder if in two years after covid if Parihar is the only way I'll be able to do internals on both with a budget of 155k-160k

I was thinking of maybe getting an FUT hair transplant in Athens though which would be slightly cheaper than USA and Athens does look cleaner than Mumbai. But the Mumbai stomach virus reports are still scary. And Athens will feel more like America I'm sure b/c its western. Wonder if the weather feels better in athens in January 2023 vs January in Mumbai? I've never thought about researching FUT hair transplant in Mumbai, I assumed it must be too dangerous for some reason?

AAAAGH decisions, decisions