Is It Safe for a Diabetic to Undergo Lifestyle Lift?

In my hands, I have performed the Lifestyle Lift on many diabetics with excellent results. While diabetes can be a factor in slow wound healing, I have used the Hgb A1c as a measure of helping insure we perform these surgeries on patients at a time when their sugars are optimally controlled. Through the Lifestyle Lift Medical Clearance Process, I often communicate with the Primary Care Doctors, to help understand any other medical issues that might impact, or sometimes preclude the Lift.... more

You can do it wih proper preoperative control and intraoperative and post operaive monitoring. It is not to say there wont be healing complications under the best of circumstances.

Uncontrolled diabetes can result in numerous post-operative complications and most surgeons will not do an elective cosmetic procedure under these circumstances. The lifestyle lift is a lower third facelift the addresses jowling and laxity in the neck. If your blood sugar is well controlled and you don't have other medical issues that would put you at risk then it is possible to safely do a facelift. My protocol is to check your Hemoglobin A1C levels (lab work that indicates how good... more