“Lifestyle lift nightmare!”
Lifestyle lift: NOT worth it
Pain: Worst possible
BEWARE
! I was very disappointed in what was advertised versus what I wound up with. I wanted to freshen my eyes and they talked me into a mini-lift. (The consultant indicated that I could save this much $$$1200 if I signed today.)
Both eyelids were cut differently, one was not even in the crease of my eye. One eye was cut like a cat eye with a curve on the end and the other eye was cut straight across and a pocket of fat was left to hang over the straight cut. My EARS GREW much longer and hurt constantly. The pain was intolerable. My face stayed swollen black and blue for 3 weeks. The pain, the crunching noises, the smell, there is no way to describe how horrible the experience is. When I complained about my eyes after they started to heal up and you could really tell how different they were, LSL kicked me to the curb. Their suggestion was for me to have a brow lift... that would have only made the scar on the eye that was not in the crease look even worse. The surgeon did not like being questioned on my visit to remove my sutures (which they left 1/2 of them in) about why he cut me twice behind one ear. He told me to grow up.
In the beginning I only wanted them to fix my one eye that was cut straight across & remove the fat bag. I refused to see Dr. KK after his hateful 1st visit antics. I had no idea that he did not work for LSL and that he was/is a freelance surgeon and he has his own practice closer to me than LSL in Marietta. (He also offers his own version of the “One Hour Lunch Hour Lift”) I returned to the home office thinking I signed up for the surgery with them, they would be the ones that would help me. They refused to do what I ask for. So, I asked for my money back to have my eye fixed by another doctor, again, excuse, excuse and more excuses. They kept having me drive over 100 miles to see them (5 times for follow ups + 2 original visits) to see if there was any improvement and they never took any notes nor pictures until I showed up with my husband. When my husband was with me, the General Mgr. joined in along with Dr. W. I asked for my after pictures to be taken at this time and they were.
My ears continued to hurt like a toothache. The skin felt like it was wadded up behind my ears and my lobes were stitched to my face. I could not stand to wear earrings at all for the first 5 months. I could not sleep on my side, it hurt to talk on the phone, It hurt to wear my glasses for any length of time. I just cannot explain the kind of pain, searing, stabbing and burning all at the same time. I searched for other surgeons to redo the work. Most of the doctors just shook their heads (like you big dummy). How was I to know????
I picked the LSL office due to the advertising and what the brochure promised. The before and after pictures that are shown and the endorsement of ABC, CBS, NBC and others. The endorsement of Oprah and others + Dr. K, the founder and all his talk of how safe the procedure is. The doctors credentials looked good (I did look him up on the net), the advertising was excellent but as far as the procedure, it was pure hell. Dealing with the front office and the home office was hell after the surgery. I had to have the surgery REDONE completely by a competent surgeon. I could not believe the difference! I woke up, my eyes looked almost completely normal on the 3rd day and they look the same. My ears no longer hurt and they are not long anymore and they look like they use to.
I think if I had not found this new surgeon I would have sunk into a deeper depression and no telling what I would have done to myself. I just can't believe that a company that is as large and as well know as LSL can get away with this kind of treatment of their clients. This just can't go on. I have read real horror stories and have heard even more from women too embarrassed to post. It seems like they can do whatever they want and there is no way to stop them and everybody is afraid of them. One woman told me that she was threatened with a lawsuit if she even mentioned the Dr.s name.
If I can stop one woman or man from going through what I went through, I figure that I have done them a big favor. The big selling point of not being put to sleep and that makes it so much safer is complete BS. I will never forget the stench of my own skin burning and hearing the surgeon saying over and over he was late for another appointment. My one hr. appt. took over 3 and 1/2 hours.
I FEEL like I will forever be scarred by what LSL did to me and if they offered to redo everything for free in 10 years and give me a million dollars too, I would leave the country on that day!
1-19-09 I would also like to add as of the CBS TV 46 interview that aired recently, they too are being sued by LSL. (As of right now, the videos are still up, email me if you need the link) They are saying that CBS is harming their good name they have worked so hard to build. Well, LSL, did you ever stop to think HOW HARD all of us had to work to save the money to have your lift done. And the main thing is that everything that you say in your commercial is untrue for most of us. Your lift is not CHEAP by any means. And the help I was suppose to get from the LSL founder personally, well, that did not happen either. He wound up asking me a whole lot of questions about things that were not related to my Lift at all. I will let you know more about this situation and exactly what he was asking me about at the appropriate time.
Dec 1, 2008Comments and replies (170)
379 posts
29 Jan 2009
Thank You. That is all I was trying to do in the first place. Interesting how she/he knows so much about how much of this and that I have done in my past. And my lips were never an issue... Another thing, Horses get rode hard and put up wet, Not Women. What an insult. Just one more thing Susan, you my dear have nothing that I would want to be jealous of. You are a faceless name and we really don't know who you are. Now can we be done. I am sure you can find some other persons page to grace. Best to all and I am sure we all have a trophy somewhere that needs shining.
16 posts
30 Jan 2009
I'm sure!
258 posts
1 Feb 2009
Susan, I'm glad you had good results, but those of us that haven't, please don't make judgements. I know many people that smoke& as long as they don't a week to ten days befor the procedure they will be ok as far as healing. Of course, you must not smoke til you heal, if you must. I know of 2 girls having this done that were asked if they were smokers, told them the truth & they (LSL) said it was no problem. The main complaint about LSL is they will take just about anyone. They promise what they can't deliver or the Dr. is in such a rush, he doesn't do a good job. My Dr. was 2 hrs behind schedule for a one hr procedure. How does that work? They look at your face, no matter how much or how little you need done& promise great results. So, smoker or not, if the Dr operated he knew if the patient was a candidate or not. Who , in their right mind, would have surgery on their face, if a doctor said you wouldn't get any results? That's the problem.. Their false ads, consults, remarks, getting mad at the patient is wrong for a professional. I saw her pictures, you can tell the incisions were uneven. Where is that doctors pride in his work? If he saw he couldn't do it correctly, why did he/she even attempt it? On my face, I was cut in a straight line down my face, not even near the folds of my ears. When he cut below the lobe, it was a straight square line going backwards. Nothing to hide the incisions in the ear or fold as they promise. My 5 yr old neice can draw better than that. I know there are some happy people & I am happy for them, but please, don't trash those of us, that truly were scarred or are in pain from this. Plastic surgeons are supposed to reduce or fix scars, not create them.
258 posts
3 Feb 2009
You posted on a public site. I had every right to do the same. I'm not red flagging anything NOW. I've been on here over 2 years. I've also been in contact w/ Chrise& many others & know so much more than you do, so I thought I'd try to make you seeshe is legit. Bottom line is you got a good doc there, many of us didn't. So, go waste your time elsewhere. BTW, you do know you can personally email her, right?
379 posts
4 Feb 2009
Susan, All comments concern us. Unlike you, I have told my story, posted my PHOTOS for all to see and it is very disturbing to be attacked for the lines above my lips -- Not even a part of my treatment and never mentioned in any of my LSL complaints. In-so-far as healing, I healed up just fine after my 2nd surgery performed by a board certified and very qualified plastic surgeon. I looked better 4 days after Dr. Z's redo and in fact they made comments on how fast I did heal. I do not have to "waste" any more of my time on you either. You seem to have some sort of fascination with my case trying to make a liar out of me when in fact the procedure (LSL) itself is flawed. My face stayed swollen the entire 9 months that I had the LSL -- I don't know why, but it did and the pain behind my ears was so intense that I had problems even sleeping. So, please do as I have politely asked you to do before. Please leave your insight somewhere else. And as Bits points out, you can email me. My question for you is this: If you are so happy and Dr. F did such a good job why are you not posting your pictures and showing off your new look. Best, Chrystal Eckes.
16 posts
5 Feb 2009
Wasn't replying to you Chrystal. Get off of your defensive high horse. Now I will be deleting my profile from here so as not to be harassed by you for having had success with LSL. It's like high school and quite frankly I have things to do. No need to post anything else to me as I won't be getting them.
379 posts
5 Feb 2009
Good Bye Susan and good luck. I don't have a high horse, in fact I don't even have a horse. But I do have morals and scruples and that is more than I can say for some folks. If you want to reply to Bits or anyone else, you can click on their name and send them a private message. I'm sure you must have read that when you signed up. Or not. ByeBye now. Chrystal.
258 posts
5 Feb 2009
some people are just unreal. Good riddance.She posts on a public site where everyone can read& balks when anyone jumps in. All she had to do is personally email anyone& chose not to. She is the type of person that is so unhappy w/ herself, she wants to bring others down. If ya can't say anything nice, why say it? Good bye& Good Riddance Ms Know-it-all..
379 posts
6 Feb 2009
Bits, I think you and other women like you are what keep me sane, just knowing that I am not the only one out there dealing with the problems that LSL has created for me, emotionally & financially. Thank you for all the women (& men) who have stuck by me. If I wanted to beat my-self up, all I have to do is a hold a mirror in front of my face. Even though I have had the redo by a competent surgon, I still do not look like I did before they (LSL) touched me. I hope any woman or man considering this surgery will read these posts and NOT fall for the hype.
379 posts
9 Feb 2009
Well, Susan is on another rant on Flower Ladies page saying that I attacked some one there. Please understand -- if anyone asks me or if I have the opportunity to answer the question as to what I think about this lift, I am going to tell them. To the ladies that have had good results, I really am happy for you and I do hope the results last. BUT, don't attack the "majority" that has NOT had the same luck. I feel compelled to warn others as to what may happen to them. This site has been so informative to so many, it would be a shame to let a few spoil it for the rest of us. I wish I had found Realself.com while I was doing my research. It certainly would have made a difference in my decision. If I have offended anyone else besides the posers, I do apologize. To the posers, I stand by my remarks. Be true to yourself and you can't go wrong.