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Early last year I (and my wife) went for the jowel lift & face smoothing. With pulling of the skin in different areas, I was shown "what it will look like when done." After it was done, my wife & I went back a week later to have the stitches removed. My wife took a day off from work, but the doctor never showed up. We had to return on another day (more time off from work). I had to return another time because they didn't remove all the stitches. I'm not sure that they still didn't get them all out. There is still a large scar under my chin along with a lump in the middle of the scar.
Down both sides of my jaw line, just in front of my ears there are VERY noticeable scars that run down around my ears and up the back of them. There have been lumps in them from the beginning and continue to itch. It feels as if there are things under the scars like missed sutures. I was under the assumption that plastic surgery shouldn't leave very noticeable scars. I feel as if I were operated on by butchers.
After just over a year, things seem to be back to almost the same as they were prior to the surgery, for both of us. It was a waste of time and money, along with a lot of pain. Along with that, they don't seem to want to know you after you've paid and left after the surgery. Beware of this procedure. Save a little extra money and seek out a "real" plastic surgeon.
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Avg cost $5,320
41% say Lifestyle lift was worth it
59% say Lifestyle lift was not worth it
5/21/08
I had the lift to remove the turkey neck on june of 2007. The results were not good, lumps, scars, numbness, tingling. And worst of all I still have extra skin under my chin, which was the main reason to have this done. I am not happy with this at all.
I have told them about how I feel and they have been giving me the run around, I went to the BBB and after a time they closed it due to no response from the san mateo office.
I paid $4000 plus interest, and it is not worth, I wish I investigated before having it done.
6/10/08
I was looking forward to a lifestyle lift from the San Mateo now I am Scare. I hoped it would help. I am 65 y need procedure simular to yours. How do you feel about your procedure now
Thankyou for a reply
6/10/08
NEVER would I allow those butchers to work on me again. They fill you all full of B.S., rush you in, rush you out, leave stitches in you, leave you scarred and then don't care to know you any more. If ever there is a class action suit against them, I will be first in line to get a return on at least some of the money owed to me for my botched job, pain & suffering.
I guess its a prime example of, "Live & Learn," or, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't."
6/11/08
I think you got it right........your last comment said it all.
L&L and if it's too good to be true....it isn't.
Why would anyone think a cheap fix really works? Listen to info. commercials.........it's just hype advertising giving their version.
If you don't like the way your aging....go to a b/c plastic surgeon that you investigated and pay good $$ for good work.
It is just that simple. Your face is on the line....why compromise and look for a deal?
6/11/08
I was only glad to hear that I was not alone - sorry to hear you are in the same boat as I. I now still have a turkey neck and now my chin has drooped worse than before I am really disappointed
7/6/08
You know, I suspected this would be the case the first time I saw the commercial. My firm specializes in marketing plastic surgeons, cosmetic dermatologists, cosmetic dentists and medical spas. I have heard all the horror stories from people who want a procedure but want it on the cheap. Buying plastic surgery isn't like buying a box of Tide, in which the quality is the same no matter where you buy it and if you can get a discount, go for it.
Good plastic surgeons, board-certified plastic surgeons, don't come cheap. But then again, a Mercedes isn't cheap, a Lamborghini isn't cheap. If you want something good, sometimes you just have to be willing to pay the piper.
But either way, DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Visit the surgeon, look up his credentials, licensing, check for lawsuits, get to know them before you trust them with thousands of dollars to pierce your body with sharp objects.
It's a real shame people are duped like this.
Anne
11/2/08
Thank you for sharing this. I did feel rushed in the information appointment, so I did not put down a deposit. You have confirmed my hesitation. I had investigated with a regular plastic surgeon, and it is substantially more. You have done an enormous public service by posting. I appreciate it.
11/11/08
Sir, This is not an abortion clinic and lessons come hard. I never thought that doctor's who sign an oath should be primed for mistrust by patients for a procedure described as simplistic. It is not the patient seeking a less frightening, short-cut procedure, but the greedy doctors who have no integrity that are at fault. Do you do their marketing? You as a professional should be ashamed for chiding the patients and putting the onus on them, because they trusted before they became unfortunate victims.
Your day may come.