“I Love It! Also Had Upper Eyelids Done”

Ok so you recently had this done. Would you mind sharing the before and after pictures? Thanks.

How do you take the Arnica, internally or topical? If taken internally how many mg & how often? Thanks Mis

I had lsl july of 08. from another surgery i know i do not heal well on my left side.i fell like my neck has extra skin still.my earlobs disappeare because of the way i healed. the dr said that he would redo earlobs and laser to correct earlobs and scares on the sides of my ears; anyone else have problems with earlobs and scares. from what i have read and my history i think the scares are to be expected.i was 43 when i had the proceedure done and people who have not seen me in a year or so say i do look younger.

Has anyone had laser at lifestyle lift, If so how lond is it taking to heal

My Lifestyle Lift was 4 weeks ago. Along with the facelift, I had a free laser treatment around my mouth. My face looks GREAT......everyone comments on my skin tone and says it looks like a baby's bottom. The 25 needles of Lidocaine in my have hurt. However, the needles he inserted around my mouth almost sent me through the roof, they hurt so much! The actual burning of the laser was also painful. But.....It was all worth it as my skin looks wonderful. I am totally honest.
HowEVER........
MY concern is the numbness and tightness from the facelift and the fact I must sleep fairly upright. When, oh WHEN will the numbness go away and I can return to sleeping any way I choose?

P.S. For those of you who have had terrible experiences.....Please tell people WHERE you had your surgery done;What city and state? Every doctor is different. My doctor did his residency and internship at Hopkins, in Baltimore. A HIGHLY prestigious institution.If he botched up my surgery I will be very,very surprised. I choose to hold off judgement of his work until I give it a fair amount of time. I had this surgery done 4 weeks ago.

Dear Whoppi. Thank you so much for mentioning where you had it done. I have chosen not to mention where mine was done until after I meet with the doctor and give this the full 6 months before making strong judgements. I can say, however, that it was not done on the east coast.
At 4 weeks there is a light pinkness, if that. I was told by the tech a while back that the pink is new skin and that that is a good thing.
EVERYONE, even strangers, have commented on the tone and texture of my face, comparing it to a baby's bottom!! (I think I looked very, very old before this surgery.)
The needles of lidocaine injected by my mouth to prepare for the laser made the other 25 needles that were used in my face seem like nothing!! They were horrible!!!! Not so nice words came tumbling out as he injected me. There was a person sitting by me that held my hands which helped.
The laser burned like crazy so I can only imagine how much it would have hurt without the lidocaine.
I have had many people guess my age from later 30's to early 40's....I am 62, so you can imagine how gratifying THAT is.
My only big complaint is the numbness and tightness.
Today I finally realized that all this worry that has weighed me down is being magnified by all the negative comments I have read. I have great compassion for these people but none of them ,as far as I can tell, had their surgery with the dr. I had.
Today I chose to relax, to be patient and to be a good sport.
Then I received an email from a person who recently had a facelift. She,too, had numbness and tightness....she told me that it doesn't go away fast but that oddly enough, one tends to get accustomed to it......eventually it DOES go away but could take up to a year, especially if you had your neck done....which I did. My neck looks like a woman in her 20's, I swear.
I wish you and everyone on this site only goodness. I am not Pollyanna. Maybe goodness will come from taking legal action, as some suggest. I choose to calm myself down, STOP reading horror stories and start concentrating on letting my body heal.
God bless us all.......WE know it wasn't a cake-walk but rather a trip to hell.

My doctor did his internship and residency at a GREAT school/hospital. That was what sold me.
You say that the laser will work up to 7 months. What happens after that? I just LOVE the texture of my skin, now. I want to keep it as long as possible. I follow their directions......Vaseline on my face at night.
Daytime........I still clean with Cetaphil, as I did earlier. Then I use a moisturizer and spy of no less than 30. I will do this the rest of my life and NEVER,EVER abuse myself in the sun, again.