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Updated 18 May 2012

Posted 21 Dec 2010

i am a 64 year old women who was just so tired of having jowels and a neck that was so unattractive. i researched the lifestyle lift,read all the pros and con reviews and i asked my husband to just come and listen to see what it was about. i wanted it to look natural not dramatic just better. everyone was wonderful and the dr told us exactly what it was about and what to expect. within two weeks i could go out, had alot of bruising, not alot of pain at all.

i had it done in april of 2010, the after pics were done 6 weeks later. i was awake but comfortable throught the entire procedure and follow ups were excellent. my doctor and staff were the best ever, and i am so pleased with the results. my husband could not believe the difference it made. even my adult sons said i looked great.

there is bandaging that you do and sleep with, and for a while you cant recline totally. however, the biggest downfall is no coffee! but, i wanted it done so badly, i did the no coffee.

would i recomend life style? without a doubt. it was the best $5,000 i ever spent. my sincere thanks to my lifestyle dr. and his staff.



Updated on 13 Apr 2011:
1 year anniversary, yea!!!! My lifestyle lift still looks and feels great. going to have my 65th birthday soon, and I don't care!!! Never thought I would say that. Thank you Dr Alex and lifestyle lift, Going into medicare never looked so good!

Updated on 17 Apr 2011:
just got my 1 year photo and I am still so happy with the results.


Updated on 17 Apr 2011:
second 1 year photo


Updated on 18 May 2012:
Hi ladies, just wanted to post a 2 year photo of my lifestyle lift. I am still very happy with my results. It was worth every
bruise and lack of coffee to have these amazing results. All I can say is you need to shop around and do your homework on
the surgeon you pick.. It was worth all the time I spent finding the right doctor. See you next year. Aleta

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dr. not only answered my questions and didn't rush through the interview, when i had the procedure done he talked to be throughout and made me feel that i was in excellent hands and that he was absolutely sure this procedure was right for me, and i was going to be happy.i had to travel to mass. for him, and it was worth it.

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Sharon at RealSelf (Community Manager) 21 Dec 2010

Hi Aleta -- Welcome to RealSelf and thanks for sharing your experience. Were you able to cover up the bruising with make-up or were you housebound until it went away?

ALETA 23 Dec 2010
Hi and Happy Holidays. I was able to cover up the blueness on my neck and a little on my chest area with some liquid makeup. I was not in pain it just looked like I was. I had a black eye that I just wore sun glasses for a few days. The results were so amazing to me I didnt care. Only stayed in the house for a week or so, till i took off the support bandage. After that you only had to wear it at night.
9553anon 23 Dec 2010
I also had it done on August 12, 2010, and am very happy with the results. I had it done in Little Falls, NJ by Dr. Wise.
ALETA 23 Dec 2010
Happy Holidays, I'm so glad to hear of someone else that is happy with their results. Nice to hear from you.
9553anon 24 Jan 2011
Are you still happy with the results?
ALETA 25 Jan 2011
I honestly am. I retired in 2009 and I recently went to a retirement dinner of one of my co workers. People that I haven't seen since I had Lifestyle done kept saying that retirement must agree with me because I looked so much better, which made me feel good,that the procedure looked natural just better than I was. The last picture on my update was taken a week ago and it hasn't changed at all since I had it done.
2trusting 20 Apr 2011
Dear ALETA,
I just happened to find this page and I wanted to say I can see why you are so happy. Really these are the best pictures and I wish everyone who posted would send as excellant pictures as yours. I thank God you had a good Dr. which I think if anyone is honest, they will admit is pretty much a crap shoot. Which makes THEIR advertisements completely false. I never saw such horrendous things as what has been left in the wake of this corporate machine. That's why the Economic Crimes Div. is investigating.
Just count your blessings kiddo! You look marvelous!

Best Regards,
2trusting
ALETA 20 Apr 2011
Thank you for your kind words, and I do thank God I had a wonderful doctor. There are good and bad doctors who specialize in every field and you just have to pray and do your homework that you have chosen the right one.
2trusting 21 Apr 2011
Dear ALETA,

You are absolutely right. I, as so many other did and are continuing to do, believed that THAT COMPANY did the research for us, as stated is their gushing promotionals. THEIR false statements about the training of THEIR DRs., has fooled soooooo many people and so I think the work from this is, report felonious and inappropriate behavior, count your blessings if you didn't get damaged, and DON'T believe it if SOMEONE tells you THEY search for, and hire only the best Dr.s, who undergo a year of intensive training in order to perform this cutting edge, minimally invasive procedure, which in actuality I have read, is an old procedure that has been around since the '70s and was resurrected by this companies owner and dressed up with a slick marketing scheme and has been harming people for what, 10yrs now?
LIKE I SAID, thank GOD you didn't get damaged!

2trusting
Chrystal Eckes (RealFriend) 25 Apr 2011
A, you look great. I am glad that everything went well for you. I do hope that other women will take into consideration that not all results are the same. Count your blessings that all went well for you; some of us were not as lucky as you in finding a reputable surgeon at a LSL facility. Best, Chrystal Eckes
ALETA 26 Apr 2011
Hi Crystal, Its just so amazing to hear of so many women, you included that have had such tragic exeriences. I can't tell you how badly I feel for all of you. You are right, I am lucky I found such a wonderful doctor. It just amazes me what other doctors who are suposed to be part of the LSL team tell their patients and how the procedures differ across the country. Please keep in touch. Aleta
Sweet Loretta 26 Apr 2011
Crystal, I did not see any pics if you after the 48 hr head wrap. Did you post them after you were healed?
The pics with the head wrap are right after surgery and yes I looked the same way in that 1st or two. For others who have not yet had the surgery, it is little deceiving since they have not seen the true after pics. I wish you the best.
Chrystal Eckes (RealFriend) 27 Apr 2011
Yes they are here: http://www.realself.com/review/lifestyle-lift-nightmare-0 on my bio page. Before and after photos taken at the LSL facility in Marietta, GA. The head wrap photo was taken with my iphone a couple of days after the surgery. Honestly, I have no bad feelings what-so-ever against any person who has good results. I wish I had had the same. I do think though that there are some drastic improvements that LSL should make -- not only in disclosure about the procedure but also in the advertising of the surgery and how the patient is treated after the procedure especially when something goes drastically wrong. Don't get me wrong. I know that bad things can happen to anyone at anytime. It just seems that LSL seems to have more than most. At this point I just hope that women will take the time to get a 2nd opinion from a private practice board certified plastic surgeon and compare apples to apples. Best, Chrystal.
Nene4ever 29 Apr 2011
Crystal, planning on June this year....a little scared off by what I have read here....Who was your Dr...I am in the DC area?
Nene4ever 29 Apr 2011
Sorry I meant to ask Aleta in Conneticut who her MD was...
ALETA 2 May 2011
Hi, My doctor was James Alex, and he is located in Burlington, Mass.
I also read the comments good and bad before I made the decision to have it done. I researched my suregeon till knew him like he was a member of the family. I felt comfortable, and I felt the good outweighed the bad, and for me it did. It took me a year or so to get my ducks in a row and make the decision. Every doctor does the procedure differently, which I did not know at the time till I recently read of the experiences of the other women around the country.
Good luck to you and keep us posted.
Aleta
SuzyQue10 11 Jul 2011
Aleta, I too live in CT and am considering having this done. I'm wondering why you chose a doctor in Burlington, MA - that's rather far to travel. Did you not trust any of the doctors here in CT?
ALETA 11 Jul 2011
Hi, There are no doctors in Life Style Lift in Connecticut. The closed to me was either Long Island or Burlington Mass. Believe me, I picked the right one. We stayed over night for two nights at a local hotel in Burlington, and there were several to pick from. If you have any other questions you might think of, if I can help, I would be happy to.
Aleta
whoppi 9 May 2011
did any one have laser done
yiayia 23 Jun 2011
Looking at all the reviews, came across yours, wow, you look beautiful....My mom in Florida, had it at the age of 79. For her it was very painful afterwards. I'm thinking of doing it too (I'm 58) ...but I can't handle pain, needles etc. scared. How long does it last?? I'm in L.A. Ca. they have one in Beverley Hills, and they won't tell me the price until I have my consultation.
ALETA 23 Jun 2011
Thank you for the compliment. I think they all do not tell you the price till you go. They call it a standard Life style lift, but then the can add an incision under the chin, I had that, or if you want to include the eye area. One thing for sure, before you have it done,go for the consultation with the doctor, get the name of the one who will do it and research, research research him. On line, on this site to see if anyone else has used him and see what they say about him. They are all not alike as you can see from the comments of some of these poor women who are so sorry they had it done. There are needles, at the beginning, all along the jaw line. Not alot of pain because of the drugs they give you, but you are awake, just loopy. I looked like I was in agony and beaten up for the first week, not alot of pain as long as I followed directions. Im in my second year, it still looks good, and it does take a year to have it heal completely. Would I have it done again, you bet, as long as I had the same doctor do it. The doctor said it could last 5 years or more, depending on how long it took to get to the state I was at in the beginning. I take care of it now, moisturizing, tightening creams, no sun. Hardest part for me was to give up coffee for two weeks and sit up to sleep for two weeks. Keep in touch, just research. Aleta
yiayia 23 Jun 2011
Thanks Aleta, I will research soon as I go for the consultation. No Coffee and No Decaf? oh boy! and sleeping sitting , maybe I will get a lazyboy one day too. :)
2trusting 24 Jun 2011
Dear yiayia,
Or you can go to a reputable Doctor who is an American Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. One who is not moonlighting in corporate medicine where patients are shuffled through like cattle and if they mess you up, or well thats your fault for using LSL and getting the wrong dr.
I would definitely shop around and talk a real Dr. If you go to the LSL consult, and give them money and then decide not to do it, good luck getting your money back. If I were you I would go sit in the "aftercare" room, where people come back after their "minimally invasive procedure" to get their stitches removed, and talk to them about the pain and the recovery time. It's usually way down the hallway, far from where they get new people to come in. Find out, where ever you go, if the facility is accredited and by which agency. The non-steril rooms in which they do their job on you, and the "take your pick of our doctors" method, and the pressure they put on you to put down the deposit before you leave in order to receive the one time discount, all before you go home and check out the doctor, is high pressure. Former employees have come forth and said they were told to not let anyone leave without making the deposit. You will find And you must have the correct software in order to get way back into the state files to find out the limited information. But you can actually find out the min. of the meetings in which the doctor was disciplined. You must do this in all the states individually where the doctor has had licenses, both current, and terminated. Good Luck finding that out. They don't make it easy. The doctors who killed the women in their LSL procedure, are they still practicing, and where??? Do you Know?????

Sincerely,
2trusting
ALETA 25 Jun 2011
Yiayia, Just don't make a quick decision. Read Cheryls comments as well. Combine everything. You need to trust the doctor, know where he's been and what he's done. It's not just a matter of how much it is going to cost, it's if you are going to be happy with the results, and look better not worse. i'm fortunate, but i'm in the lower percentage it seems. let us know how you make out.
Aleta
ALETA 25 Jun 2011
Yiayia, sorry I meant to say read Chrystals comments, that's what I get for not wearing my glasses.

Aleta

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