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Its not always perfect
Pros:
Look better..have cheek bones again.
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Cons:
Uncomfortable for a while. After 3 months, still have tight feeling in neck. Not completely satisfied.
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Cost:
$6700
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Healing time:
5 weeks
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Pain-o-meter: 5
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I wanted a face lift due to my jowls. I am thin and have a very thin face, but it was sagging. I talked to a couple other people who had used this doctor, and they thought he was wonderful. Also checked him out with my dermatologist. I had a face, neck, under eyes, and supposedly corner of eyes lifted.
I looked terrible the first couple days, and I slept in a recliner for 3 weeks, so I wouldn't lay on the sides of my face. I had a drain in the back of my neck for blood to drain. It is supposed to be removed the day after surgery. After it was removed, blood collected in my neck. I looked like I had a sausage around my neck. The doctor had to remove it. I now have a kind of a lumpy area where that skin had puffed out. It supposedly is supposed to go away with time.
I never left the house for 3 weeks. I was not in a lot of pain, just uncomfortable. I had pills for pain and infection.
It has been 3 months, and I still have a tight feeling under my chin, and in my neck. I also have some numb spots, but they don't bother me. I think the swelling is all gone. I am not completely happy with my eyes, my lumpy neck, and the one side of my face. I think the left side is tighter than the right. I will be going back in a month to see what the doc says.
I definitely look better, and feel better, but I keep wondering if this is it now, or will it keep changing and go back to how it was. No one other than my husband and doctors know I had anything done. If anyone suspects it, no one has said so.
I am 56, and I had a doctor who I had never met before my surgery tell me that he thought I was about 45.
I would say I'm about 80% satisfied.. I would tell anyone who is really unhappy with how they look to go ahead and do what makes you feel good about yourself.
Here are more details:
How results differed from what I expected:
My eyes are not as I would like. They are not raised up at the corners as were supposed to be. My left eye has a little ridge, which seems to give me a hollowed out look under my eye. My neck is very lumpy, and tight feeling, after 3 months. I also have a deeper laugh line on the right side than I do the left. The left side is about what you should have, but the right is more saggy looking.
Biggest fears pre-procedure:
Anesthesia, heard too many horror stories.
Not getting the results I wanted.
Healing aids used:
No
Number of doctors consulted:
1
Number of years I thought about having the procedure:
5
Had an elective procedure before:
Yes
Complications or follow-up procedures:
Blood settled in my neck. Had to have it suctioned out. May have eyes done over, if doctor agrees.
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Gender:
Female
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Age:
56
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Ethnic group:
Caucasian
Education:
High School or less
Country:
United States
State/Province:
Minnesota
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About 52 percent of American women consider themselves to be overweight and 40 percent are currently trying to lose weight.
(Source: The Role of Weight Management in the Health of Women" by Sachiko T. St. Jeor, professor and director of Nutrition Education and Research at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine)
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