Can Diabetics Have a Lifestyle Lift? I Am a Type 1, Insulin Dependent (photo)

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Latest answer by Richard Ellenbogen, MD
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It takes me longer to heal than folks that don't have diabetes. Would I be able to have a lift sucessfully? I am very healthy in spite of having this disease for over 54 years. Have great eyesight and have all my limbs.

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Diabetic and Lifestyle lift

My personal recommendation is this can and should be done while you are fully monitored. Lifestyle lift doesn't have an anaesthesiologist there monitoring your blood sugar and you are under oral anaesthesia doing surgery and I think this is vital. Also the followup is vital and Lifestyle followup is limited or nonexistant if some of the patient reviews on the internet are to be believed.

Richard Ellenbogen, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

www.beverlyhillsbody.com

Lifestyle Lift and diabetes

Being a diabetic doesn't exclude you from having a facelift. It does present unique healing challenges that must be closely monitored. The most important thing is to establich that you have consistent, long-term control of you blood sugar. This usually means that you hemoglobin A1C level should be less than 7 (depending on the surgeon) in order to put yourself in the best healing position. Poor blood sugar control can result in post-operative infections, and scarring. You need to make... more

Todd C. Miller, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.toddmillermd.com

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