Lifestyle Lift: Stories

Dear Lovely, I am so sad to hear of this latest development in your ongoing LSL saga. It is a sad, sad thing that we can no longer trust Doctors who have taken an "Oath" to "Do No Harm" especially if they know that the procedure is outdated and has minimal results. I find it sad when I read new happy posts and I often wonder if they will ever come back and post the TRUTH. I do believe that a very few are lasting longer than 3 to 5 year and would say that is not the norm. Of course I too had the shots and when someone writes that they had no pain or minimal pain I wonder if they have any feelings in their face. I am so sorry for your troubles. I do hope that you can find help to relieve the pain and to get some lasting relief. I wish there was something that I could do to help. Thank you for posting your story and I hope that other people will read this and take the time to really investigate this SURGERY, this Company and the advertising tactics. At least get a 2nd opinion from another doctor in private practice. Best, Chrystal Eckes.

If I read Consumer Reports to buy a toaster or a car, and the reviews were about 50/50 I WOULD NOT BUY THAT TOASTER OR THAT CAR - so why are we trusting our selves, our health, our faces, to a company with such poor ratings?
It shouldn't even be a question - DON'T DO IT!
Would you take a 50/50 chance on a toaster or a car? NO
Why do it with your health, your life, your well being, your face?

NEW AFTER EFFECT - I now have Trigeminal Neuralgia - caused the the heavy scars.

Trigeminal neuralgia is horrifying pain -
and now I have to take heavy
anti siezure medicine 4 times
a day to try to control the neuralgia.
The medicine is ruining my life, my energy,
my personality.

Imagine every tooth in your
head hurting in sharp pain at the same time,
and electric shocking pains shooting along your
face, ears and up your head.---- that is trigeminal
neuralgia. absolutely debilitating and devasting.

It is now on both sides of my face and my family
doctor says it never occurs on both sides, and the only explanation has to be the bulky scars from this proecedure are now causing pressure around the trigeminal nerves.

The nickname for trigeminal neuralgia is 'suicide disease' because the pain is so over powering and horrible.


Anyone else having trigeminal neuralgia?
(at first because your teeth hurt, you try a dentist, and orthodontist, but it is far more than the teeth) You need to see a neurologist.

Thanks Ladies I have been seeing the comercials for the life style lift and wondering if I should get this for my Mother for her B-Day . Because she has mentioned it to me several times . I also want to thank you for your bravery in posting the truth about the LSL. You have been very helpful .

3 year follow up:
As at the 19 month followup:
No visible results except lopsided appearance to my jawline that was not evident before (all faces are a bit assymetrical, but this is lopsided).
I still have lumps and shooting/burning pain around my ears and have trouble wearing sunglasses. Because of the lumps around my ears I will never be able to wear short hair or pull my hair back from my face.
It feels like I have little BBs under the skin in front of the ear, with the bulky lumps behind the ears.
The "Pixie Ears" of the ear lobes are a dead give away that 'something' was done to my face.
(look at any tabloid issue about bad plastic surgery, and it will show the Pixie Ears")

I am so sad that I did not go to a REAL Plastic Surgeon and spend the money on a 'real procedure'.
3 years later, I still regret this, and suffer from pain and discomfort.
I wish I had my money back.
The terrible memories of the procedure still haunt me.



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ORIGINAL POST FROM JUNE 2009:
I had this 19 months ago - there is no improvement - NONE, in the 'after' photos that they took at the 1 week post-op when they removed the stitches the face looks a little smoother, but that was the swelling, when the swelling went, the results went.

I paid extra for neck lipo - plenty of bruising, swelling (RN friend said they should have put in a small drain) and my result is my neck/jaw line looks uneven - but still saggy and jowly. I didn't have much sag or jowls to start, but I ended up with almost exactly what I started with, just lopsided now.

The procedure was horrifying. 1 valium and they started in within 5 minutes. I was never relaxed or sedated. The numerous shots in the face and ears were horrible.

The PAIN - 3 weeks of burning biting pain all around my ears and cheeks that woke me up several times per night, I even cried in my sleep from the pain. I had to prop up on pillows for over a month. The ace bandage around your head - forget it! It caused tooth grinding in my sleep (I have never had that) The pain around the ears like burning ant bites, with occasional shooting pains as a bonus, was daily for about a year before it began to subside. I still have pain when I wear sunglasses or wear my cell phone ear piece. I still get the occasional burning and/or shooting pains. I now have lumps in front and in back of my ears so I had to grow my hair longer to cover my ears all the time now.

Yes, I called numerous times. I only got to see the doctor once after the surgery and got the same answer as everyone else - wait 12 months. At 12 months, they would not make another appointment for me to come in. Real Professional - Professional shysters that is....

Again--thanks to each of you for your stories! I don't even think I will consider having something done by anyone. You guys have scared me to death. Maybe we should all just be happy with aging gracefully. Think I will--thank you again.

Monica, Watch out for cellulitis - a nasty infection that is a big cause of post procedure edema/swelling, if you have redness or heat in the area - you have a serious infection (to be noted that there seems to be an unusally high incidence of infection with this procedure....) Get good strong antibiotics - perhaps go to your own family doctor to let them see what is going on. Drained 4 days in a row is very abnormal, even by LSL's low standards. Best wishes,

This is my 4rd day after the procedure. I'm still not presentable and I'm still taking meds for pain. I have been back to the doctor 3 days in a row so he can drain an area on my neck. My face is quite swollen. I will keep you posted.

I would like to thank all of you for sharing your stories and saving me money, pain, and heartache. After reading so many of them, I have reconsidered having ANYTHING done and now find myself looking in the mirror thru different eyes! God bless you all.

Thank you all for being so honest about this procedure. I just watched the TV commercial and thought it sounded and looked tooooo good and toooo easy. I wish you all well.

Thank you all so much for coming forth with your experiences. I am sorry this happened to you. If I ever decide to have anything "done", I will AVOID ever conulting LifeStyle Lift. Those commercials should be banned!

I want to Thank you for being brave enough to post your private feeling and phycical condiction. I too was thinking about this procedure but because of your bravery I am one who is saved from the drama of being mared for the rest of my life.

LSL is not the inexpensive, breakthrough, alternative to cosmetic surgery I had hoped for. It is just another expensive operation. One cannot get straight talk over the phone. Consequently, my afternoon and my gas money were wasted on an unnecessary appoointment. Wish I had consulted this site before I made the arrangements.

Ditto to V Costos: I saw the commercial on tv about the lifestyle procedure, but I am a skeptic, when it comes to these informercial. So I always go to the internet to check up on the products. I saw how this great procedure took years off of these peoples' lives. I am not a young person and thought I would look great if I could have it done. But, after checking out the complaints from people who had it done, I will just stay the way I am. My advice to anyone who wants this done, check out the complaints first on the internet.

I saw the commercial on tv about the lifestyle procedure. I am a skeptic, when it comes to these informercials, so I always it the internet to check up on the products. I saw how this great procedure took years off of these peoples' lives. I am not a young person and thought I would look great if I could have it done. But, after checking out the complaints from people who had it done, I will just stay the way I am. My advice to anyone who wants this done, check out the complaints first on the internet.

I'm in! I am very unhappy with the LSL people and their empty promises, and the pain they inflict.

The more I read about everyone's LSL experiences, I wish I had seen this site first before I handed over a big fat check of hard earned money.

Hi LL, sorry LSL treated you that way. There are plenty of us here that has had the same kind of problems. Thank you for being brave enough to share your story. I think a lot of ladies that have the procedure and are not happy never post and don't know what to do once they have been dised by LSL. Many of us have tried, to no avail, stop this Marketing Firm that cannot deliver on their promises. And I think some women are so desperate for help that they will do just about anything including let the one year (not really any good guarantee) run out. 2nd opinions ladies, pictures and documentation of who you talked to and when and carecredit with whom LSL uses will listen to your complaints and remove charges IF YOU HAVE YOUR DOCUMENTATION!!!! But this being said, why put yourself in this position in the first place. Research more than one doctor or firm and choose from a doctor that will let you talk to existing clients. Hope you find some kind of inner peace, Chrytal