Mini Lift: Stories

Hi, I think Mr Hayter always does the surgery himself. He seemed very professional at all times. I must admit though, he didn t show me any photos of his prevoius work (i don t actually think I asked!). I would have liked to have seen some examples. He takes before and after photos of his patients so I bet he can show you some of these. He did introduce me to a lady who'd just had the surgery though. She was really nice, and looked great. I'm sure he could arrange this for you too. I found it really helped. All the best, Steph.

Hi, Sorry it's taken me ages to get back to you. I haven't had any fillers, it was just the facelift. I was thinking I might have fillers in the future though, if the lines at the side of my mouth get bad again. I was actually more worried about having fillers than the facelift to be honest!

A week I think.. The scars have healed amazingly well. I'd thought I was going to need to hide them for a lot longer but I can already wear my hair tied back. The scars behing my ears still feel rough though but they look okay (and they're pretty hard to see). Thanks and all the best, Steph.

Hi, I did have a bit of bruising to the sides of my face, and a slight bruise under my left eye. Nothing too bad though. The swelling was fairly bad though. I was fairly concerned the day after the procedure, my head looked like a melon! But the swelling went down really quickly . It'll be 5 weeks on Friday since it was done and there is still a tiny amount of swelling but hardly anything to worry about. The stitches are in my hairline at my temple, along the edge of my ear and round the back of my ear. It sounds scary but I can't actually see the scar around the edge of my ear already (Mr. Hayter did a really good job). It still feels lumpy behind my ear though, although I'm not concerned by this. The worst thing is the area is still numb which means I tended to pick the area (you can't feel around your ears for a good two weeks afterwards). As for pain, the night after the operation I had some codine but I can't say the pain was all that bad at all. I had the odd paracetamol a few days later but that was it really. The main issue was the swelling. The nurses told me it would be fine and they were right. The whole experience couldn't have bneen smoother!