So glad to see you come back and update this thread, it's such a bummer when you spend time reading a thread and then people just disappear from the forums. I'm researching Cooley so I've been going through all his patient-posted threads.
Looks great, to be honest I don't think it looked bad at all after the first surgery but I get it that if you are gonna spend all this time and money then you want it to be perfecto.
A few Q's for you if you don't mind:
1. So with the benefit of hindsight would you choose Dr Cooley again for your first procedure?
2. Anything you would have done differently (i.e. emphasize how critical a dense hairline is for you to be happy during your consult, show him example pics of hairlines you like, etc.)?
3. What'd Cooley say about using 900 additional grafts for hairline refinement, was he concerned about using too many grafts in this part of your head?
4. So Pic 2 and 3 with the bathroom lighting is the full 12 month results of the touch-up right?
5. How did Dr Cooley react to your concerns? Like was he annoyed and did you sense that he felt like you were being overly picky or did he seem to genuinely understand where you were coming from and wanted to help you achieve your final goals.
6. For your original surgery thread titled "finally bit the bullet!" you might wanna shoot the admins a quick note and ask them to add "Dr. Cooley FUT X,XXX Grafts" to the thread title. I wasn't aware of your thread cuz I was searching for keyword "Cooley"