Why we emphasize this point
We deliberately draw attention to this point in many places on our homepage – and for good reason: it’s about your health and safety.
Misconceptions about medical monitoring
Many patients mistakenly assume that private medicine in Germany is strictly monitored and controlled by the state. They wrongly assume that every doctor who offers treatment is qualified to provide it and will be held accountable for it. Unfortunately, this is not the reality.
The reality of misleading advertising
Numerous offers on the internet – even on reputable-looking websites and from doctors with trustworthy titles, including on social media such as Instagram, YouTube or TikTok – are based on misleading advertising claims. Qualifications are invented, patient numbers manipulated, ratings falsified and certificates faked. Established procedures with known disadvantages are advertised as “innovative” methods with great results and minimal risks. The discrepancy between advertising and reality is often considerable.
The consequences for patients and practices
The patients who initially suffer are those who trust these promises. Later, they turn to us – often too late – with a request to correct the treatment results.
These follow-up corrections take up appointments that we can no longer offer to other patients. In addition, this damages the reputation of proven surgical methods that we have been advocating for three decades. Patients then often believe that the treatment method itself is inadequate, without realizing that the problem lies in the inadequate qualifications of the treating doctor.
A widespread problem
This problem is not limited to private medicine, but also affects the statutory healthcare system. If operations do not bring the desired success, this is rarely due to the method itself, but usually because the doctor has insufficient experience or performs the treatment too infrequently.
Our appeal to you
We wish that patients would take at least the same care when making decisions about their bodies as they do when buying a new smartphone.
It is disturbing how gullible people are to put themselves in the hands of doctors just because they have appealing titles, professionally designed websites or content written by copywriters.
Why our texts are different
Our texts may sometimes seem bulky – that’s because they don’t come from marketing experts. It is important to us that you receive authentic information directly from us, rather than sales-oriented content that has been optimized primarily for search engine rankings and sales success.