“Lifestyle lift disappointment - wanted to give myself a "lift"”
Lifestyle lift: NOT worth it
Pain: Uncomfortable
Am about to retire from public education. Have been part-time in entertainment for several years. Wanted to give myself a "lift."
The procedure was scary -- I was awake and being reprimanded for making "noises" during it. After I had the wrap removed (5 days) I began leaking saliva from behind the left ear from an opening, an actual visible opening behind my ear. It happened mostly when I ate, but for several weeks it was constant. I ate with a towel wrapped around my neck and put tissues or cotton balls behind my ears when not eating(changing every 20-30 minutes) at other times. This wonderful experience lasted 5 weeks. It was God-awful. I could not eat in public, and dreaded going out. The doctor had absolutely no idea how long it would take for this opening to close. He told me he'd had two other experiences like this. One took a week and one took 4 weeks. Well, mine took 5 weeks and it was God-awful.
I have a flabby flap under the left portion of my chin, and my left side is more swollen, and flabby. Of course at the 8 week post-op picture taking session he offered to "fix it" but I told him he would never touch me again. If I were a plastic surgeon, I definitely would NOT admit to being the surgeon on those post-op pictures. There are still swinkles and jowl lines, which were supposed to be lifted/removed. Enough said.
Yes, I definitely DO look better than I looked before, but I definitely did NOT get the desired look I was promised or I wanted.
Aug 19, 2009Comments and replies (5)
377 posts
22 Aug 2009
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.
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29 Aug 2009
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
9 posts
15 Oct 2009
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.