Been meaning to comment on this doctor for quite some time now but held back due to not wanting to anger you or the lengthening community. First I'd like to congratulate you on your successful recovery, well done, you've achieved what Ive been meaning to do. But Im going to ask the 'hard' question here which I dont think anyone really asked you thus far or atleast I hope not. Why should we potential patients go with Dr. Muharrem Inan over the other more experienced doctors in Europe if they are roughly the same price? Genuine question and I hope it didnt have a rude undertone to it, not my intentions, sorry in advance if it sounds like it does.
Im talking about internal femurs here, the Euro doctors(Betz, Guichet, etc) have more experience, have a proven track record particularly Guichet and more diaries on both the forums compared to this one who just has you. And now that you work for this particular doctor also, it adds more questions 
Personally I dont think you are shady or have a secret agenda or dare I say it another Apo, I think you genuinely want to help foreign patients but can you blame us for thinking this way? It will always be in the back of our minds. Sorry but after the Apo incident I find it extremely hard to trust anyone who is affiliated with their respective doctors for obvious reasons. Yes I know you also have a day job and this is just a plus on the side and thats great for you, really is
The only pro from my perspective, Im currently still saving and nearly there and will way up my options in due time, is that unless you live in Turkey or its neighbouring countries and save on accommodation, flights and such I really dont see why anyone would choose him over the Euro doctors. You said so yourself in your earlier posts that you wanted to stay in your home country hence why you decided to go with him but for foreign patients we dont have that luxury. His externals prices however seem decent but internals is about the same. 150,000 TL is already quite a bit more than what Guichet charges for his surgery. Again, I dont mean to be rude, just like to get your answer for my question. Thanks
Thanks, buddy! Why would I be angered by these questions, on the contrary, I think they're excellent. And you couldn't have asked in a better time, as I had a meeting with the doc yesterday. In fact, I was asking myself the same questions as you did. So I did a basic price/SWOT analysis.
Dr.Guichet's price (45,000 euros plus 5,000 euros monthly) adds up to an amount close to 170,000 TL including accommodation and physiotherapy. Dr.Betz's price is in the 140,000-150,000 TL range, excluding accommodation and physiotherapy. Therefore I agree that Dr.Inan's internal lengthening prices are not competitive when compared with his European counterparts. In my analysis, I have found that the most competitive price packages are offered by Dr.Birkholtz in South Africa ($52,000 or 110,000 TL including everything, however he has a lengthening limit) and Dr.Jamal (about 90,000 TL plus extra $2500 for every extra cm of lengthening after passing his limit). I also came to the conclusion that Turkey could be the best option for potential patients planning to lengthen with the LON method at a price level of 45,000-50,000 TL ($25,000) as it is a more competitive price level than Korea or USA ($40,000, Dr.Lee and Dr.Mahboubian), and even less than China (their package is 25,000 Euros, or 75,000 TL approximately). LON prices go as down as $9,000 in India but this is a good package for patients who want to avoid places like India and choose a more safe destination for LL. I definitely agree with you that the internals price at the moment is only attractive to local patients (who can afford it) and patients from nearby countries, and I've told Dr.Inan yesterday that we need to find methods to bring the price level down a bit. We are currently considering a few options including important nails from Europe and I'll definitely let you know about these, but it's still a very early stage in our plans. I'll start working on it when I get back from New York. I'll be in NYC between the 17th and the 25th, for about a week. I'll be meeting Yellowspike before his surgery with Dr.Rozbruch
I would gladly meet anyone there who would like to see a post-LL patient who has recovered well.
I believe that Dr.Inan has a proven track record of more than 20 years of limb lengthening putting him on par with his European and American peers, however I agree with you that if we define the basis of track record as "diaries on a website", I understand why you feel this way. I didn't go to Dr.Betz or Dr.Guichet firstly because I didn't want to lengthen with a ratcheting mechanism - I was nervous about accidental clicking, although many people had very successful results with the Betzbone and Guichet Nail. I met Dr.Guichet and he was a great person. I was keen on lengthening with him, but he said that I could only lengthen 3,5 cm at the time, due to my lack of flexibility. I also met Dr.Paley and he disagreed, he said that he could lengthen me between 6,5-8 cm's safely. Sometimes doctors disagree with each other. Dr.Guichet then offered me to lengthen 5 cm's, go back home and recover, and then come back to lengthen another 5 centimeters. I thought that would take too much time, hence I went with Dr.Inan.
Yellowspike and Rgkey already have my personal contact information (phone number, etc.) I would love to meet others from the community as well when I'm in NYC. So don't worry, no shady stuff going on here
Peace,
Chris
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