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Lifestyle Lift recovery - Swelling and pain normal?

Posted 22 Dec 2009

I had a Lifestyle Lift on July 12. Today, July 18. I am still experiencing swelling and pain especially on my right ear. The swelling is very hard and is causing me discomfort when sleeping. Is this normal? How long does it really take to recover from the life style lift procedure? Do you have any reviews or comments regarding this procedure?

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Sami Fye 1 Dec 2006
I've looked through the LSL site and I can't find a description of the surgery.  Can anyone tell me where they cut?  I'm a singer like the other lady and I could not handle permanent unnatural tightness. 
Bits 14 Dec 2007
they say a small incision in front ou the ear. what u get is all the way around your ear, like they almost take the ear off, but don't. I have what they think will be permanent tightness, numbness& horrible pain.
kimberly soard (unregistered guest) 18 Jan 2008
My sister and I both had the LSL this past Monday the 14th, and I have taken pictures of my jawline daily. I was looking for some other pictures of peoples results, and like you I'm not finding any. If you send me your email address, I will send you the day after picture, but it might scare you a little. But I swear, I was talking thru the whole procedure, and the night of the surgery was a little rough, but even thru the brusing and swelling,as of this moment, I'm pretty sure I would do it again.
Joyce Peterson (unregistered guest) 3 Feb 2008
How old are you and your sister? Where did you have the procedure done?
oldtimer (unregistered guest) 16 Mar 2008
Hi, I'm thinking hard on getting this. Could you send me pics? (before and after?) Are the incisions really noticeable? thanks so much
Pam Pardue (unregistered guest) 20 Mar 2008
I am trying to decide on the LSL. I have an appt in April. Very interested in you pics and how you feel at this point.
debra weintraub 28 May 2008
Dear Kimberly , Can you tell me whether you and your sister are happy with the LSL. Since it has been a few months, do you still see an improvement? Some of the posts are very bad, they all seem to have had lousy results.. Just curious if you still have any pain and has your jowls or jawline dropped. Many thanks for any advice u can give me.
debra weintraub 4 Jun 2008
Has your situation improved in your LSL.. I heard tightness, and numbness are normal after this type of surgery. Are you looking better than before and would you advise doing this again in a couple of years. I hope you are ok. I am thinking of having this done here in vegas, but am concerned about the cutting and lipo. I need lipo under my chin. did you have this done. I hope you can answer some of my questions. Regards to you.
debra weintraub 4 Jun 2008
now that you are into almost 5 months later, what are your improvements, if any. Were you satisfied.? I hope you are ok and all this was not done in vain. Have you completely recovered and would you do this again down the road if you needed it. I am so confused after reading this site, that I truly respect your opinion since you have undergone this procedure. thanks for anything you can do to help me.
sandra crt 1 Jul 2008
Debra I am following your comments...Where were these done?? I am thinking about having it and I am like you--these bad accounts are scaring me. I am looking at Dallas location.
Bits 11 Jan 2009
YES> VERY,VERY noticeable!!!! My pics are here somewhere as other others. check out uglyscars. Maybe you can do a search on her or ask "sharon' to direct you. Many have scars like this..
Bits 19 Jan 2009
all the way around the ear& in the back straight outward a bit. Visible scars, more downtime than they promise. PLease ck your dr out w/ the american plastic surg. board, ama& your state medical licensing board. Get or talk to others that had it done by the dr. you select. Good Luck, cause i had none, 3 yrs later, still in terrible pain
David in California 18 May 2011
I am 63 year old male and I had the LSL done 2 weeks ago and I have had no trouble so far. Yes the numbness and tingling which they say is normal. But the bruising and swelling are almost gone and the incisions are healing beautifully. I followed my aftercare by the book exactly. My surgeon and his staff were great. The aftercare is great and as I said it's only 2 and a half weeks. I have read the stories good and bad and so far my story is good. lets be real we are all different and there are no real guarantees in life.
bebby 24 Oct 2011
I have had the lifestylift over a year and a half ago and I have tightness and throbbing pain that won't go away. It is unbearable sometimes.
bebby 24 Oct 2011
I had it done in St. Louis almost two years ago and I still have severe tightness and pain.
guest (unregistered guest) 1 Dec 2006
It looks like the information on how this procedure is done is a top secret. All I can find is general phrases and before and after photos. Can somebody please help me to find out what is actually done to one's face and how is it different from the traditional face lift?
Bits 14 Dec 2007
Thats cause they tell you a small incision in front of the ear& ity's almost totally all the way-front&back of the ear& down your neck. If you as LSL, they have a pre-typed form that has mumbo jumbo the average lay person doesn't understand, but maybe another dr will.
cjordan2 26 Jun 2008
You are given a local anesthesia by a shot. Honestly I had my eyes done as well, and do not remember a thing, even how I got to the car after it was all over. Then they cut from your temple along your hair line very close to your ear, under it, up behind it and sometimes jog out a little into the back of your hairline. ( I had a little shaving in these areas just before the surgery which was a surprise to me) They pull the skin back from your cheeks and up from your neck and trim off what is not needed and then sew you up. A traditional Face lift is much more extensive. You have general anesthesia - more risky- and your face is laid open and the muscles underneath your skin are all pulled, cut and tightened and sewn back together. Then your skin is pulled and trimmed and sewn back over this. The recovery is much more extensive as is bruising etc.
Sharon at RealSelf (Community Manager) 28 Sep 2008
That's a very popular question! Here's a link to help explain things: How is a Lifestyle lift different from a traditional face lift? Hope this helps!
Motiva (unregistered guest) 5 Dec 2008
DON'T LET LIFESTYLE LIFTS TOUCH YOU! MY WIFE IS OUT $7000 FOR A FACE LIFT, INCLUDING CHIN, AND EYE LIFT AND AFTER 6 MONTHS MOST ALL RESULTS ARE GONE. THAT IS $7000 FOR MUCH MORE PAIN AND RECOVERY THAN THEY CLAIMED AND NOT ONCE AFTER THE SURGERY DID THE DOCTOR WANT TO SEE HER AND THE RESULTS. I REPEAT, DON'T LET THEM TOUCH YOU BODY!
Mick 2 Feb 2009
My doc cut in front of and behind my ears within the hairline. Once in, he took a tuck in a muscle that supports the jaw, sutured it so it is shorter and sewed up the incision lines. That is what I was told, and fairly accurately what I remember. You retain a small "bump" on either side of your neck that is fairly invisible (but you can feel it with your fingers) under and to the rear of your ears. In my case, it was not disfiguring and the scar in front of my ear is "in the crease", straight and not unsightly. My hair is long and covers it entirely.
destiny1234 11 Dec 2011
Shouldn't sign anything you don't understand. Just passing the buck looking for some to blame.
scarface55 4 Dec 2006

Ladies go to see the NBC10.com website, watch the 3 segments I told Hank about.  If that doesn't help, they also have  video of a REAL LIFESTYLE LIFT SURGERY.  It's graphic but shows you what happens.  You are all right, they give no info on the actual surgery only the result.  In the office they do the 'face pull' to show you how you'll look, which did not come true for me and many others I now know after seeing the NBC story.

Be careful.

Audrey 5 Dec 2006
Hi Scarface, I read on another post that you aren't a lady who had a face lift, but a lawyer who is pretending to be a lady. I must say, by reading your posts I'm suspicious too. Smells fishy to me.
guest (unregistered guest) 7 Dec 2006
Audrey, Who are you? I've been posting on several boards for about a year & the first & only tme I mentioned an attorney was about 3 weeks ago when we found him. I watched the segments on NBC10.com, maybe you should also. That's how I found the other girls from my area. Other NBC stations are running the reports too so now there's women from other areas as well. After complaining for almost 2 years we're all fed up with LSL's stall tactics. We believe they are designed to stall us long enough for our statute of limitation to run out. I never knew we had one until I met with the attorney. I feel for those girls that have been fighting the longest, some over 3 years, they are out of luck. Believe me, if I was an attorney, I would have sued them myself a long time ago. I believe this is just another desparate attempt by LSL to put people off. In fact, almost anytime anyone says anything bad about LSL there's someone on the boards that accuse them of being an ps or a lawyer. I believe LSL employs plants to post on al the boards in an effort to control public opinion of them & keep the girls with complaints separated.

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