“I'm Soooo Glad I Did It !”

I am SOOO happy for you and wish I had your doctor - I see from the picture you still have earlobes - I don't. Again, very glad it worked for you.

I am happy for you and glad that you have a good doctor. It looks like your jaw line is visually much better. And your ears are very different than mine or I should say the way mine were done. I wish I had found a doctor like yours. On my research, it was misleading because my doctor was represented as working for LSL (not freelancing) therefore, when I looked for anything (pending or open/closed cases) nothing showed up. Once I looked up the county where he has his office, I found additional info but it was too late. Plus if I had found realself.com first it would have made a real difference in my decision. Keep us informed and best to you. Chrystal Eckes.

I am in Dallas. Could you tell me the name of the doctor that did your procedure?

People reading this--I'm glad this woman is happy, but what's NOT GOOD about her facelift is that the incision runs IN FRONT of her ears and earlobes rather than INSIDE the earlobe, like my incision does. I had a facelift combined with laser resurfacing to both the eye area and chin area. Total cost was $12,000. I believe that about $6500 of that amount was for the facelift alone. It was worth it.

A "next day" picture of any facelift procedure is simply not representative of what a true postoperative result will look like. I am glad this patient had a quick recovery, but results and longevity of results are what are important. I would be pleased to see the results at 1 year and let the public judge. If the amount of dissection is minimal (as these postoperative day 1 pictures seem to indicate), the result simply won't hold up over time.

I'm looking for a recommendation for a surgeon in the Atlanta location. Can anyone suggest one for this procedure?

It has been a year for my LSL and I am sort of satisfied with the results. My puppet mouth has returned somewhat although the skin on my lower face is still more firm than it was initially. I had a double chin that was caused by the separated tendons in my neck.No matter how much weight I lost I always had a double chin and no jaw line. Now I do not have the double chin, as I had liposuction with the procedure, and had the tendons sutured(or so I was told). At any rate, my neck has loosened up somewhat. but no where near to what it had been pre-surgery. I looked like a swollen freak the day after surgery and could not leave the house. But today, no one can tell that I had anything done, which was one of my goals, and my profile is alot better looking than it was. I have also just finished paying for the procedure so I am pretty happy about that as well. I am honestly not sure that a traditional facelift would have had a better outcome. I do not know anyone who has had one, or seen before an after pictures of one. I would like to see those pictures before I decide if this procedure is a waste of money.

Who was your Doctor in Dallas?

Wow glad I found this blog, I was looking into this lifestyle lift for my wife, of 40 years. She is alittle self concious about her wrinkles and some sagging areas on her face. After reading these blogs on bad procedures, I would never subject her to this treatment. I love her just as much now with her wrinkles and facial aging as I did the day I met her, even more. When I look at her she is still beautiful to me, and I am the luckiest man on earth. Good luck to all of you that are planning the procedure, and have had it done. I admire your courage. But I would really think hard before subjecting yourself to this. It is nice to be beautiful, but you should remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and true beauty comes from within. Love yourself for who you are, thats true beauty.