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JON86

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  1. First thing you need to do is relax. You chose one of the best surgeons around. I know this because I had a procedure with him over a year and a half ago. I don't think you have anything to worry about by cutting your hair. What I will tell you is that you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow so if possible try and get some rest. I am guessing you are staying at the Hilton Garden. I would suggest getting up a little early and getting some food at the buffet in the morning. The hotel with provide you transportation to the clinic which is about 5 minutes away. The nurse will check your vitals when you first arrive then Dr Cooley will come in and go over the procedure. If I can remember correctly my surgery was over about 6pm. Trust me when I say they day flies by rather quickly. I spent a lot of time talking to Dr Cooley and Brandi his amazing lead technician. I wasn't in very much pain after the surgery. I actually walked to the food lion grocery store after I got back to the hotel. I expected to be bed ridden but it wasn't like that at all. Most important advice I have is follow the instructions about using the spray they give you it makes all the difference in your healing. The day after your surgery you will go in for a hair wash and an examination. Then it's a big waiting game. I wish you best of luck but trust me you are in great hands with Dr Cooley.

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  2. He is my favorite fue surgeon from what I have seen and Diep is second from what I have seen. Yes I have ripped Diep for his fut and bed side manner but he has produced fantastic fue results hard to ignore. I really love Konior at fut but I honestly believe Diep is better at fue than him or H and w. After what I personally have been through I would never choose anyone over Cooley but just my opinion of what he did for me. When a doctor comes through and does what he says it's normal people vouch for their doctor. Lupanzula does great work from what I have seen .

  3. I agree with the others I would do nothing for now. That hair line is way to low and unrealistic for when you age. You could get it done and continue to lose hair behind it and stuck with an island of hair and look really bad. You will constantly need to have surgeries and will run out of donor. Believe me many of us were where you are when we started thinking about having something done but learned what is realistic through research. Before you decide to do anything you need to have a long term plan for the future as hair loss is progressive. You are so young it may at this time be difficult to establish what your eventual hair loss pattern will be. It doesn't mean you can't eventually do something about your hair loss but take your time and don't rush into anything. If I had gotten a transplant done five years ago and put my hairline where I wanted I would be screwed now.

  4. Dr Cooley explained it has a lot to do with the centrifuge that is used. Problem with the bad rap prp gets is there are a lot of people doing it wrong so people think all prp treatments are the same and they are not. I wouldn't do it with anyone that didn't do research to back it up. There are some very interesting videos Of Dr Greco explaining it on the internet.

  5. Most on here regard it as snake oil . I saw some pretty good stand alone procedures when I was in Dr Cooley's office. He never tried to sell me on it in fact he said I didn't need it. From what he told me it can shorten the amount of grafts a person might need but is not a replacement for surgery. The problem is there are a lot of clinics doing it wrong just using it as a profit tool. Dr Cooley has done studies and published medical reports on prp. The guy that pioneered prp is a Doctor Joseph Grecko in Florida. There is a bunch of info on him online. He was featured on the radio show from that other website. From what I have seen prp is mostly used for women who can't have transplants or in someone with dupa that is a non candidate for surgery.

  6. You got some amazing improvements from the meds. I don't know if I would change anything. I was doing 1mg had sides and cut it down and sides have gone away. Still seems to be doing it's job. You might not get sides seem like a good responder but let me tell the sides are miserable. Mine were not sexual more brain fog and confusion enough to scare the hell out of me.

  7. Ah! I think I saw one of those videos previously before I knew who this doc was, got it thanks for the heads up man.

     

    I know he doesn't post here anymore, but wonder what happened to the extent that we can't even mentioned JoT's name ?! Curious..

     

    It didn't end pretty there was some kind of falling out with the higher ups on here we never got the whole story. If you check history on here it may be in there.

  8. Hi Wibbles180,

     

    Does Dr. Lupanzula do all the extractions and graft placement himself? What part of the surgery are the techs involved in?

     

    There is a former patient advisor of your first doctor that has information on his personal website as he represents him. I don't think we are allowed to say his name but I am sure you can tell who I am talking about. Dr Lupanzula does all of the extractions and slits himself but not sure about graft placement.

  9. Fantastic video for visualizing what a procedure at ASMED would be like!

    The laster treatment was interesting as had not seen that at other clinics related to HT surgery.

     

    Two quick questions, (1) if your final graft count is lower than the initial graft estimate they send you, do you pay the lower price? (paying only for actual grafts received ?)

    (2) Do you know any former ASMED patients who had partial shaving? (shaving only donor and recipient areas, but not the entire head)

     

    After looking at a patients thread today I saw Dr Gabel also does the laser treatment after surgery. Does it help? Who knows?

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