BHR Clinic - YouTube "Medics" v Bonafide Experts in the Field

[Raphael84]

With the phenomenal rise of social media, there is a flooding of experts in any field and this is not necessarily a bad thing. We all like to have entertainment and most of us appreciate education. The danger however is that we can equate online presence, subs, views, likes and comments with competency. Don't get me wrong, some individuals may be very talented and also in our field, that may carry into the operating room as well as on camera, but it would be unwise to listen to "experts" who are great at talking or presenting but really have no pedigree or portfolio of cases to share their own work.

We can all be guilty of it. We can be armchair footballer managers and could do better than any referee and find ourselves yelling at the TV, but that is a world apart from actually playing.

I have seen a rise of apparent "EXPERTS" conducting consultation and am often left very bemused that the outcome is zero empirical data and certainly nothing to base a hair transplant on. I am not referring to zoom calls or photo assessment but actual hands on in clinic consultation with the doctor, but with no data given aside from a casual "you are a good candidate" take home summary.

Always look beyond the videos to see the actual work, the history, the patients, the portfolio, accreditations, peer reviews etc..If they are not able to measure your density then will they be able to perform surgery?

 

[Kevboy]

Excellent points raised. Why any sane person would take advice from a Youtube expert is beyond me. Sure, watch their journey unfold but consulting with them when all the information they have is copied from some reputable source like this site, a quality clinic like BHR or someone with years of knowledge like Joe Tillman.

 

[sl]

Yes, this video was about patients who have seen actual doctors, not even influencers but doctors in clinics who gave really no data at all. Hopefully this will change and the doctors themselves will commit to learning the basics and measuring and seeing the importance of the data that comes out from it, rather than just looking with naked eye and saying, you are a good candidate..The irony is some of them have large followings or well known but have a real disparity with that and the actual empirical data they can give and the approach taken. I have countless examples of people going for consultations and the doctors don't even spot retrograde alopecia or see pitting or things that were obvious to me from even a cursory glance at a photo. And yes there is a lot of copying of content and terms for sure.

 

[Bigmac]

Thanks for creating this video. It shows how important it is to have a doctor who knows his trade provide an in depth thorough analysis.