If you plan to do it in India Dr. Parihar is one of the better options. Although the accomodation prices you quoted below seems way off the chart 15k rupees = 200 USD those are the prices for staying in a 5 star hotel
Not surprising. In Delhi in 2014 it was 115 a night at a standard hotel with nothing special. There are some amazing hotels in Mumbai that might be worth 200 a day, but many hotels will give discounts for long-term reservations. I stayed at Hotel Maharana a few blocks away from Dr Parihar's clinic and they gave me a deal of $50 a day.
Hi Kilo, I am aware you have first hand experience of doing surgery with Dr. Parihar, who i also believe is a a competent doctor. I have visited him few years back and did some research on him.
I am still curious to know your reasons for rating him higher than Dr. Lee, is it mainly due to your personal experience?
Aside from my personal experience bias, I also think that even if South Korea is a more appealing destination than India for most everyone, certain things make me favor Dr Parihar:
1) He's $30,000 - 40,000 more inexpensive compared to Dr Lee for internal methods.
2) His criteria for patients is more strict and the patient-doctor relationship seems more personal than being one of Dr Lee's assembly line cosmetic cases.
3)
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64486.msg176547#msg176547"Oh yea.. I just remembered haha, he doesn't like people asking too many questions. I got yelled at by Dr Lee when I was questioning my x rays too much...
He basically said "something something... trust him hes the doctor" which is true, but in my opinion its my legs and I am the type of person that likes to understand so it wouldn't hurt to help me do so."A doctor yelling at someone for asking questions doesn't sit well with me. Cosmetic patients are naturally going to be more concerned/demanding over pain or what have you as opposed to a deformity correction patient, and a doc who heavily caters to a cosmetic market should have the patience and understanding for that.
4) Most of the highly regarded doctors such as Paley will tell you to only go to surgeons at the top of the pyramid for cosmetic lengthrning for the reason that you want a doctor who can not only prevent complications, but also has the experience to deal woth the ones that arise. Both Dr Parihar and Dr Lee definitely have the experience to deal with potential complications, but Dr Parihar's location has him treating more patients with complex, gnarly birth deformities and bone injuries from road accidents and bomb blasts, etc, so I'd have that extra bit of confidence that he has seen just about everything that can go wrong and knows how to respond accordingly.
5) He did his residency with Dr Paley 19 years before Dr Lee did his. Maybe it means nothing, but that extra 20 years of experience doesn't hurt.
6) Dr Parihar is also a knee replacement specialist, I'd hazard a guess that if permanent knee pain is something you're worried about, a specialist in both fields is a good person to talk to.
The one advantage Dr Lee has over Dr Parihar that is significant to most people is the location. Dr Lee's location is much nicer than Dr Parihar's, but at least for me personally it doesn't matter because when youre in the hospital for a week, you're practically bed ridden and just eating light meals while watching TV and doing small movements. After that, the location factor can be mitigated by staying at a hotel in Mumbai. Could probably use that extra amount Lee would cost to stay at one of Mumbai's 5 star hotels for the lengthening period.
Just my 2 cents, don't take it as an absolute fact.