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

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on December 31, 2020, 06:55:12 AMThanks!!!

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?

You don't need to send him x-rays as they do all that the day before the surgery at the pre-op checks. It may be a different process for tibias as they need to determine if the stryde can fit in your tibia as it is a smaller bone than the femur. I also completed a questionnaire about my medical history and height goals etc on a form before the consultation. I had my consult back in October and am doing the surgery in March. I believe you can schedule the surgery and do the consult a maximum of 6 months out.

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The price for stryde with Parihar is 900k + 2300k INR which is 43,780 USD whereas with Giotikas it is 55,511.51 USD. You can go to this website and read reviews about Parihar https://www.practo.com/mumbai/doctor/mangal-parihar-orthopedist/recommended for non-cometic procedures. Also, If you'll avoid street food then you won't get any stomach infections. There are apps where you can order healthy and hygienic food (swiggy, curefit). The cost of living is also cheaper compared to Greece. You can live in an Airbnb and also hire a helper who can speak English. I think for 3 months the total cost will be 400k INR for all this which around 5500 USD.

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I think finding a hotel to stay in is the best option lengthening in Mumbai. Not only do most staff act as helpers essentially, but you have an extra layer of security and the rooms are likely to be much nicer.  Plus if an outage occurs, hotels are quick to fix it. A three star hotel should average $1500 a month with an extended stay discount.

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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 

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Hmmmm if you walk around in Mumbai with a face mask + face shield + gloves even after covid, will taxi drivers refuse to pick you up/people get weirded out? To decrease the chance of getting a disease if you're a westerner who presumably hasn't built up the immunity to diseases in the new location?

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You can get the vaccine for the stomach virus. But this shouldn't be a problem if you order from good places. Also, you can just call an uber you don't have to worry about taxi drivers and stuff. No one uses those taxies these days.

1. What do you feel are the worst things about doing this in Mumbai?
A.I don't think you'll face any issues because of the city itself. There are a lot of apps for everything like food, taxi, pickup and drop etc. You can order anything you want from Amazon and other apps. Everything is in English. Medicines, physio, caretaker everything will be cheaper compared to Greece.

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?
A. He hasn't done a lot of internal cosmetic cases. But he has done some complex noncosmetic cases and he fixed bone infection and other complex things for people. He is a popular doctor in India. I think Giotikas has more cosmetic and precise experience than Parihar. If you can afford Giotikas then It's better to talk to both docs and then decide.

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Quote from: InStrydeMyFaith on December 30, 2020, 01:04:43 AMParihar is like 40k+ for stryde (if it is even stryde, maybe he does only precise 2)

Giotikas is 45k for stryde. Needless to say Greece is a much better country, food is especially better and cheap

Giotikas is euros, he is over 54k in usd

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I am from India but live in the UK. As I’ve lived in India, I know how it is the good and bad...
This is how I know India
- The county is beautiful and does has good people, but most of them are bad,
- The government of India is corrupt and hence there are bad people

The good thing about India is it is fairy cheap and there are many decent places, decent hotels, decent restaurants and many more things.
A lot of tourist spots and Dr Parihar is a great surgeon according to many people

But there are more bad things then good about India.
First of all India has too much population, too many people hence there is a lot of beggars and slums and poverty

You could land at the airport and even get robbed ... that’s how bad India is. It’s not really a safe place, the police are corrupt, they take bribes and there’s a lot of thief’s and all kinds of people.
They scam people who are foreigners, outsiders knowing that they are new in India.
As much as I love India, I don’t love its people.
Infact I hate the Indian government

In my opinion Greece is a better option if you want to live in a good place and feel safe
But if you want something cheaper I believe India could be possibly cheaper also I believe Dr Parihar is possibly cheaper.

I am not saying India is a bad place but from my experience India is not so safe,I’m an Indian and I know how the people are ...

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Also as I said Indian government doesn’t really care about its people hence the hospitals and other places are filthy... and the street foods are not hygienic either...

It’s the Indian government to blame for making India a shxt place

Anyways there are good sides of India and it’s people so goes both ways