A Milwaukee man has had a transformative surgery funded by kind-hearted strangers to remove 40 pounds of extra flesh from his neck.
Keith Crowell, 56, started dealing with the keloid, a type of scar that heals improperly, after getting cut on his neck at a barber shop 13 years ago.
He lost a battle with his insurance company to pay for the surgery, but after a segment about his ordeal aired on Fox 6, viewers responded by donating more than $25,000 to help him using Go Fund Me.
“I feel a lot lighter. It’s a lot of weight off my shoulders,” Crowell told Fox 6.
“I’m energetic. I feel more of myself. I feel more alive,” he added.
Crowell traveled to a specialist doctor in New York using the donated funds. The procedure to remove the keloid was performed in two steps: removal and radiation.
Crowell underwent the first step in May and returned to New York for the final step in July.
