I really don't see any new breakthroughs with the LSL procedure. In fact these techniques have been around for a long time - Minimal scar, suture plication of the SMAS and Platysma and Liposuction of the neck and jowl fat.
In my opinion, the problems with the LSL are as follows:
1, The Television Marketing campaign creates an unrealistic expectation for this type of operation.
2. Consistent use of before and after photographs with the neck extended in the after and flexed down in the before photographs. Look in the mirror and lift your chin up then drop you chin down - see the difference.
3. The ethics of heavy marketing to the general public and then franchising this "new" operation to non-plastic surgeon practitioners who are not Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery is a problem. The American Board of Plastic Surgery sets a very high ethical standard for the members of the Board. Other practitioners, and other so-called boards especially "cosmetic surgeons", in my opinion are more interested in increasing their market share of cosmetic procedures, while at the same time attempt to obfuscate their true formal training (eg. Ob-Gyn, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine) to the public. I just don't think this is in the Public Interest. This is why I applaud open forums such as RealSelf.com who indentify Board Certified Practitioners and attempt to disseminate non-biased information to the public. If you read this forum, these practitioners and most patients who have had the procedure are not positive about this procedure. I don't see doctors who actually perform this procedure responding or defending the operation.
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