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I have a question about month one: If I'm not experiencing pain 48 hours after surgery will I eventually have pain in my first month? Question about month 2: What kind of weird things are going to happen to make me ask those questions?

Hey man, I just got a transplant about 48 hours ago from Dr. Cooley in Charlotte. It was an amazing experience and he's a top notch guy in his field, one of the 10 best in the world. I had no pain or discomfort and have not to this day with 1500 grafts to restore my hairline. I highly recommend him as do most on this site. You can find his info from the homepage on here, but his office is called Carolina Dermatology. If you just want to google "Dr. Cooley Charlotte NC" you'll find his info. He does free consults and they take care of you very well. His main goal is to comfortably graft as much as possible so that you'll never have to see him again. I actually paid for 1500 grafts and after taking out my donor strip he had an additional 160 that he put in for free. He really really enjoys his work and thinks of it as an art form that he takes a lot of pride in. He's got an extensive DVD collection that you can view during the surgery and he even gets you takeout for lunch. You need look no further in NC.

Hey everyone, This is my first post, but I have been coming here for answers and hope for over a year now. I'm about to turn 26 in a month and after being on Propecia for one year and eliminating the loss of hair, I went to the amazing Dr. Cooley in Charlotte NC for a transplant yesterday. First off, I want to say that Dr. Cooley and his entire staff, Ailene, Brandy, etc. were completely amazing and everything went so smoothly it was unbelievable. I listened to my iPod for an hour or so, then dozed off for about an hour during the actual procedure. Then a nice lunch and a couple movies later, I was out of there. They gave me all these pain killers and Valium, but to be quite honest, I have absolutely no pain... I'm still poppin those suckers though... shhhh. I had 1500 grafts that renewed my original hairline, which had receded about 3/4 of an inch on the temples and 1/2 an inch in the front with no hair loss at all on my crown. I can't tell you how excited I am for the coming year. I'm starting law school next fall, so I'll finally be able to cut my hair in a more professional manner when the time comes without being self conscious. As shallow and cruel as it is, the professional world is definitely a lot easier when you're good looking, and as smart and naturally handsome as I may be, a receded hairline could cause self consciousness to a noticeable point, which my future employers in the cut throat law field could judge as something it's not and blah blah... I never reach my full potential. Anyways, my hair is fairly long for a guy. I've got the whole skater sideways swoop thing going on with bangs that come down to my eyebrows, which worked out extremely well since I've rocked this do for the past 5 years so no one ever knew my hairline was receding, plus I've had no thinning in my crown or anywhere else. However, my hair is wavy so I've always blow dried it straight to style it the way that I like and even use a straightening iron from time to time. Dr. Cooley told me to air dry for the first three days, then it would be okay to blow dry on low heat as long as I don't drag a brush over the skin in the area that I had hair transplanted. I'm not an idiot, so I'm going to be extra extra careful in the front when blow drying, but my question is: After 3 days shouldn't the follicles be in there enough to blow dry over the area on low? I've searched the site and can't seem to find anything mentioning a definite time table for blow drying or the exact reason why you shouldn't. I mean, it's not as if a gentle warm breeze of air can uproot surgically implanted hair follicles is it? It's just that I want to style my hair exactly as it was before the surgery so no one knows that anything's up, know what I mean. Dr. Cooley said it's OK, but I could use some peer reinforcement from the knowledgeable contributors of this forum. Thanks