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I saw Dr Poletes around 2010 for a tumor removal.
I had a bad experience w Dr Messenger the elderly male dermatologist in the initial part 1 of the surgery so I was a little scared coming into the situation.
Dr Poletes made me feel so incredibly comfortable that I left not having fear the “what if I have to do this again?”. I have a severe needle phobia and he had to give me dozens of shots to perform the surgery while I was awake and visually near the surgical site. He was able to keep me calm rather than hysterical. The entire process was pretty painless.
I also need to note that the previous doctor, Messenger, left me with a very nasty scar. He gave wrong directions for its initial surgery healing and caused an infection by waiting too long for the stitches to be removed.
Dr Poletes however did not leave me with hardly any scar. He did wonderful work with my skin and much of his work is not visible, even though he opened me up much further in my arm.
He is one of the few wonderful genuine doctors I have been lucky to come across in the Lansing region and many of those are retired or passed away these days. He’s not judging, he has a nice calming demeanor, is very intelligent, forthcoming with as many details as possible on your situation, and has confidence that radiates outwardly onto his patients.
Very happy with his work and character, and hopefully get to see him again for the good enhancing plastic surgeries before he retires!
I had a bad experience w Dr Messenger the elderly male dermatologist in the initial part 1 of the surgery so I was a little scared coming into the situation.
Dr Poletes made me feel so incredibly comfortable that I left not having fear the “what if I have to do this again?”. I have a severe needle phobia and he had to give me dozens of shots to perform the surgery while I was awake and visually near the surgical site. He was able to keep me calm rather than hysterical. The entire process was pretty painless.
I also need to note that the previous doctor, Messenger, left me with a very nasty scar. He gave wrong directions for its initial surgery healing and caused an infection by waiting too long for the stitches to be removed.
Dr Poletes however did not leave me with hardly any scar. He did wonderful work with my skin and much of his work is not visible, even though he opened me up much further in my arm.
He is one of the few wonderful genuine doctors I have been lucky to come across in the Lansing region and many of those are retired or passed away these days. He’s not judging, he has a nice calming demeanor, is very intelligent, forthcoming with as many details as possible on your situation, and has confidence that radiates outwardly onto his patients.
Very happy with his work and character, and hopefully get to see him again for the good enhancing plastic surgeries before he retires!
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