Regular Member altair Posted June 28, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted June 28, 2004 Today I drove up to Charlotte, NC and met with Ailene and Dr. Cooley. I was very impressed with how thorough and how much time they spent with me. I was there for over two hours. Dr. Cooley was very up front about what he could do to correct my current situation. (I will try and post a pic). I did not feel that I was being sold anything and they were very realistic about the outcome. Dr. Cooley does feel that he can repair the mess I have and give me a realistic hairline. Before I came to this site I did not believe that I had any recourse but to live with this problem. I know have hope and can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member altair Posted June 28, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 28, 2004 Today I drove up to Charlotte, NC and met with Ailene and Dr. Cooley. I was very impressed with how thorough and how much time they spent with me. I was there for over two hours. Dr. Cooley was very up front about what he could do to correct my current situation. (I will try and post a pic). I did not feel that I was being sold anything and they were very realistic about the outcome. Dr. Cooley does feel that he can repair the mess I have and give me a realistic hairline. Before I came to this site I did not believe that I had any recourse but to live with this problem. I know have hope and can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member tberry Posted June 28, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted June 28, 2004 Altair, if there is anybody on this forum that I'm rooting for it is you. Cooley is a good doctor and from everything I've heard about him he is a real standup guy. You are a brave sole to put your pic out there. Everyone will be watcdhing this one real close. Keep us posted with your progress and good luck to you. tberry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member western_star Posted June 28, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted June 28, 2004 Right on Altair. Keep up the faith. If you believe in good things. Good things do happen. I am so glad that Dr. told you that you can be helped. My vote is for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Brando Posted June 28, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted June 28, 2004 My vote is also for you. I feel so bad for you and your bad previous results. I'm sure Dr. Cooley will treat you right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member altair Posted June 29, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 29, 2004 Dr. Cooley said that he would remove the front row of old plugs one at a time. He felt that he would put a stitch in the large holes if needed. It will leave some scar but he felt it would heal nicely. However, it the scar was to obvious he would go back later and remove an entire strip with the old plug scars. He would then slice up the plugs into individual hairs and replant them higher up. He felt that he could get 2000 from my donor area. He felt that he could give me a dramatic improvement over my current situation. I will keep everyone posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairBeThere Posted June 29, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted June 29, 2004 That's great man.. 2000 from donor, and fixing up the disaster! That is an excellent start back to normalcy. I hope you the best man. Keep your hope alive, even if you don't win! I feel for ya buddy. You by all means have topped all! And deserve it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member NC30 Posted June 29, 2004 Senior Member Share Posted June 29, 2004 Good luck with your HT repair Altair. My experience with Cooley was a good one, and I don't think you can go wrong with him. When I had my consult/HT last year, there were a few opportunities he could have taken to give me the "hard sell", oversell me some grafts, and talk bad about other HT surgeons, but he chose the high road on all 3. Some guys here have already had repair work with him, and I'm sure he'd do you right. Again, best wishes and keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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