I would have respected this doctor if he politely refused to perform the surgery on me because I am someone who is attentive to details (which I am) and hence not his type of patient. He rather chose to be dishonest and expressed overconfidence before backing off the last minute.
At first he was indeed very good, listened to me and attended to all my questions including on whatsapp (giving him 2 stars for this).
On the day of surgery, I was shocked with the attitude and treatment. I had a concern from the start that my brows might be affected by the surgery, I asked this doctor on Instagram DM and on my first consultation whether this would be the case and he said ‘No’, on second consultation he said ‘Maybe but very slightly’ and on the day of surgery shocked me by “YES they will be affected quite significantly”.
When I told him these were not his previous answers, he said “Ok I was wrong previously!” as if we’re playing a game, as if it’s a matter of guess that you can change your mind on whenever you feel so. There’s a difference between giving no absolute guarantees to a patient and managing their expectations (which is understandable) and between shocking them with something that is the exact opposite of what was informed and agreed previously.
He was so infuriated by me referring back to our consultation and reminding him of what we agreed on, as if it’s not the right thing for people to stick to what they agreed together. Whenever I asked him to clarify, he shouted “Don’t do the surgery if you don’t want”. He kept criticizing me for being too attentive to details (when this is is none of this business and would not have bothered him in the first place had he been clear and direct).
He could have been honest from the beginning and said “I don’t know if your brows will be affected or not” instead of pretending to be confident at first and then giving contradictory answers. I, being a picky person, would have moved on and not proceeded with him and wasted my time, my energy, and my money on consultations and blood tests.