“Life Style Lift: A Dangerous Procedure”

Ask to see other people who have had work done by this particular doctor who is doing your procedure. Make sure the doc is good, then proceed. I had mine done in January and I love the results - scarrring doesn't show up unless I am looking in a 7X magnifying mirror and then I can barely see a thin,light line in the crease of the lid. Be prepared: You will look very "scary" for the first week, and swollen thereafter - but faces heal quickly. Makeup conceals bruising somewhat, but plan for 4 weeks before big social events - this based on my experience. You may heal faster. Elevate your head and use lots of ice packs. You will love the results if the doctor is good.

IF THE DOCTOR IS GOOD. Guess that don't specialize in that at LSL.

I'm happy you had good results. The facts are many haven't & have also been misled about this 'easy' facelift/ I am one that was misled, not satisfied cause the Dr sewed my whole left earlobe closed shut& the scar is very visible. Not hidden under any natural folds or behind the hair. I was also told the Dr was board certified. Not only was he NOT, he was on probation in 2 other states he practiced in & had disciplinary action on him in Dec 2005. It seems every few yrs, he changes states. He claims on the LL website he has plastic surgery experience in 2 states. Both states have records & they are state medical boards that he himself said he doesn't have such experience. That's called being misled, ya think? I am in terrible pain, mainly the left side, numbness in the lobes, esp. the left & both sides of the face. They won't return my calls. After I had my stitches out, 12 days later, soon after the scabs went away, I saw the long horrible scars behind my ears that I knew nothing about. I never was given pressure bandages for the swelling, nor any decent aftercare. If I had a problem, I was always told 'The Dr is in surgery' & a tech would call a couple days later. When I went back in after the scabs disappeared, telling the Dr he sewed my left lobe shut, he saAID IT WLD BE TOO RISKY TO RECTIFY THAT, BUT WOULD SEW MY RIGHT ONE SHUT! Never a 'I'm sorry', notta! Here I am 9 months lare, scars growing thru my skin that were inside. My jowls are back, not as bad, but it's only 9 mos. Under my neck ,it's becoming loose again. The 2 permanent sutures they insert (they told me after it was all over) are just under my skin, ready to pop thru. I saw another board plastic surgeon & he believes that the choking feeling I have may be a band like the S lift that holds things up after the surgery. They (LL) say they don't perform that type surgery.........I pd $125.00 out of my own pocket to be told that& possibly a nerve injury, that is highly visible to an experienced surgeon. The news channels had done a segment raving about this procedure& the LL "hype" they give is so believeable. A neurologist, paid by me, is in my near future to ck on the nerve. I was advised not to be touched on the closed shut earlobe, in case I can get any nerves back. I'm not saying there aren't good Dr's wk'g for LL. I am saying they aren't all good & beware!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please do your Homework. Call the Dept of consumer affairs, Dept of plastic surgery,State medical Boards in your staTE,Better Business bureau,and the Dept of Regulatory& OccupationalRegulation in your state & the stTE YOUR dR HAS PREVIOUSLY WK'D TO SEE IF HE/SHE IS LICENSED, HAS ANY ACTIONS AGAINST THEM OR is in good standing. Any MD can do a weekend warrior course to get a certificate & calls themselve a plastic surg, They are NOT!....... I have hear/seen too many horror stories about this. Be careful& don't end up a victim, like me, severe pain& can't feel my ears, sleep right, etc. Like I said, once done w/ you, it's like they don't care at all...

Thats wonderful, but please.. we are not lying. We are searching for help as we are in terrible pain& some are disfigured. Just as your can post you are pleased& we are so happy for you, we are not. We have seen good& bad here. Each LSL office seems to have a visting P.S that has his/her own office. Many of us got regular MD's who did us a great dis-service. Again, we are not trying to scare anyone, only to make sure ppl do their homework. I can tell you stories that would blow your mind.

we are not trying to scare you, we are sharing OUR experiences. If you had a good LSL, I say Thank God& don't worry. Good Luck. We haven't had the luck you have had.

Dear "unregister",
It's too bad you didn't register with RealSelf in order to receive private messages. If you don't register then you don't become part of the community to communicate futher, privately as well as on posts. I'm so sorry you had become a victim, and you should know if you contact me privately, I can give you names and addresses to contact, no matter how long ago your surgery was. We're all in this together.

"2trusting"

thank u that persons story above did scare me...im havent my face done next tues

I hope you're not talking about LSL or any other,corporate medical practice.

It would take far to much space and time for me to tell you the horrible experiance I had with LSL. Not only did was it a mess immedialty afterward but evcen after they "fixed" some real issues. it still looks and feels horrid. The jowls have returned only much heavier, The scaring is just awful, I can't wear earrings any longer since when my ears were "reattached" they were misaligned as well as now having a huge nodule of skin at the base and front of my right ear. I now also have a scar running under my chin with the skin all puckered and awful looking, no way can this be concealed. Thanks to all out there for the support offered LSL "Mistakes" since it couldn't matter any less to LSL.

My girlfriend had the LSL and she looks no different now than before except that she complains about the $5000 it cost her. I am thinking about having a Quicklift. I've heard that it will last much longer and that there are only a few qualified people to do it. I have another fiend who is in Tampa area and she is having the Quicklift done. Will wait and post her results in a few weeks. I hope its a better result than my other LSL friend.

WE do have ideas, but we have to come together as a group& compare stories. Click on my user name& request to REALSELF under 'contact us' my email address. I do give permission for those I talked to

I hate to be the one that tells you but we all look the same or worse......contact the Fl Attorney
General. If you need his email or phone number please email me and I will give it to you. bjgawle@aol.com

I sure hope you cancelled. Worse 'investment' I ever made. I don't look a day younger or any more refreshed. LSL is NOT the nations 'face experts'.

I am talking to a lawyer now. At 1st he seemed weary of this, but seems greatly interested in a class action suit.If interested, please email me @ {edited email address} you have a right to be reimbursed!!! And pd for pain& suffering& report the dr to your medical licensing board. It will buy you more time before the statute of limitations go up. Editor note: you must be contacted privately with doctor recommendations and feedback. Readers should click on your username to reach the private contact form.

AGain, contact at an email address under Bitsy or however REalself allows. There is help.

I am in terrible pain, long scars down into my neck, stitches coming up thru the inside to out in both my temples& behind both ears. LSL won't send complete med. reports& to be honest, the reports they have are incomplete. They didn't even log my 2nd LSL opinion from a real P.S. that goes there 1x a month. I can go on& on, but honest, it would take a whole day!! A girl here is considering a class action suit& I am considering it, altho I have a lawyer& even he is interested. I just can't get LSL to send out all my records. They are so disorganized, it's pathetic& the more I bring up about 'where is this report, where is that one', more consult sheets go in my file, unsigned by me!!!! {edited} Bev Editor note- removed email address - to contact a person on RealSelf, first you must be registered. If the person is registered, click on username, then select "Contact username". If this link is missing, the user has not provided permission to get emails.

I'm in the same boat, I answered their little how are we doing survey and havent heard one thing from them. I stil need to go back for my after pictures I'm 4 months out and still cant sleep on my right ear. I have a sunken in spot under my neck from the lipo and can see no difference in my chin area. Surely as many complaints as i've seen, someone would take this on as a class action lawsuit. I don't know much about lawsuits though. Yeh I though they were sawing on my jawbone. I guess that was the lipo.

Thank you for your post. It certainly helped me make my decision to NOT have this procedure done. I am sorry for what you had to go through and hope you are ok.

Let's take our stories to Oprah.