Lifestyle Lift: Stories

I am so sorry for those of you with bad outcomes. I am on the other hand very glad that there are sites to review doctors nowadays and that posting reviews is becoming more popular among patients. Doctors need to be accountable for their work, and having review sites like realself, vitals, etc is making that happen and helping patients make truly informed decisions. I do really want a facelift, as I always had a pretty face until recent years when everything just dropped from the top half to the bottom half of my face. I have lost so much confidence and joy. I truly want a facelift but I am not sure I can risk the possibilities of deformities and/or nerve damage.

I let the Doctor do this to my face three times in less than a year. Three months after the 1st surgery a stitch came loose he says, no problem 20 minutes and I can repair it, got me in the dreaded chair again, gave me a few pilla and did the whole surgery Again.. Remember this was 3 months after the 1st procedure. He got a little carried away and pulled my skin too tight and a few days later my skin peeled right off the side of my face. terrible pain and looked realy bad. Again I go back, he says No problem wait about six months to heal and I can fix that.. Needless to say I trusted this Doctor and I went back for my third procedure I thought to fix the horrible scar on my face. Well, he did the full procedure Yet again and the scar's still there. My ear is cold and knumb constantly in pain. I've called, I've emailed and can't get a response from anyone including the home office. I tried to hire an attorney but they won't take the case because the Good Doctor Doctored my files to make it appear as though the reason I didnt heel was due to the fact that I smoke. In the beginning of all this I'd told him no plastic surgeon would touch my face to do a parcial facelift because of the sun damage and smoking. His response "No Problem, this is not a face life and as long as you quit smoking 10 days prior to the procedure you'll be fine". I did exactly as he asked and it was never brought up again until the attorney requested my files, sent them to me only for me to see they had added a lot of comments about my smoking (lies) knowing I would be stopped from filing a law suit. Lifestyle Lift has this down to an art. Your treated like royalty the first time you go and once you get the procedure your treated like a heard of cattle in a back room to remove the stitches and check your incisions. It's all about how many procedures they can do and getting the money up front. Very upset and disappointed with this so called life changing experience. It's changed my life big time and there's absolutely nothing I can do. I'd like to hear from people especially in the Orlando, Florida area who have had a bad experience in hopes I can at the very least make them pay to get this scar fixed.

I am so glad I read your site and cancelled my appointment. My 3 friends did to. we are grateful for you ladies taking time to warn others

Hi and welcome to realself. I am sorry that you have had to endure what many of us have. Please contact me if you would like more information on what we are doing as a group. You will find that many of us have had similar experiences but we are all here to support each other and hopefully through the grace of God, live through this experience. Best, Chrystal Eckes.