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“Great Experience - Asheville, NC”

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Spent: $5,900 in Asheville, NC

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Posted 3 Nov 2011

I feel so much better about the way I look. In retrospect, I believe I felt old and tired because I looked that way, despite the fact that I'm active and live a healthy lifestyle. I've never colored my hair, although it's been turning white since I was 30, and surprisingly that has never bothered me. But the wrinkles and sagging neck-that was getting harder and harder to live with!

My husband generously offered the opportunity to take my appearance backward in time, and I was hesitant at first, questioning if I were being overly vain. Did not hesitate for long, though and said YES! My husband did the research, thought my doctor was highly qualified and a good choice and after I concurred, we made the appointment.

The procedure went smoothly, it was painless and the Doctor and staff were kind and supportive. The recovery was a little more challenging than I had imagined, but after one month I was extremely pleased with the results. When I saw the before and after pictures (6 weeks post for the after pics) I was flabbergasted at how much improved my appearance was. Yes, still white hair but a face that was atleast 10 years younger.

I think the key is patience and realizing that it takes a full month to six weeks to see the final results. I still have some numbness, but that is slowly improving and my doctor tells me it could take six months to get better. I feel wonderful and am extremely pleased with the results. I can highly recommend my doctor!

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Sharon at RealSelf (Community Manager) 4 Nov 2011

Congrats on your surgery, Sue. You look great... so refreshed!

Please keep us posted on the numbness as it gets better.

kbarbee 21 Nov 2011
Wow, you look amazing! I just had a lower facelift done 1 week ago. Actually, your pre op pics look very similar to how my face had begun to age. I have healed well, still swollen and bruised, but feel great! My jawline seems a little less tight as swelling is going down, hope it doesn't relax too much! congrats!
ashevillesue 21 Nov 2011
Thank you--good luck with your healing process! Patience is the key1
zizi 17 Jan 2012
What an amazing result. Thank you for sharing your story and your pictures with us.
carrob 27 Feb 2012
Amazing!! Ten years younger is an understatement!
savannalee 21 Mar 2012
hi! i have to say, i LOVE your results, your after photos convinced me to contact your doctor. i honestly think i am going to travel from a long distance away to have him do my lower face & neck. i had a telephone chat with him and really liked him. what more can you tell me? have you met other patients of his? do you think his results are consistently as good yours are? i hope you'll reply. i am excited about this.
also, it's been recommended to me to do my eyes, but after reading on this site about upper/lower bleph i am scared off. i think i'd be happy to do just what you did.
ashevillesue 21 Mar 2012

Yes, my friend just had the same procedure, inspired by my results. She is 3 weeks out, very, very pleased with results so far, and I keep telling her in 3 more weeks she will be truly amazed. She is already out and about in public. He's got a really good reputation here in Asheville.

savannalee 8 Apr 2012
thanks for the reply, it's great to hear about your friend, and about his reputation locally. i'll be travelling from london, believe it or not. i've been researching this off and on for years, and have had 3 consults in the metro DC area (where my daughter lives) but we LOVE your results and the others on his website. my daughter agrees that he's the one, and we'll stay in a hotel in asheville.
tymbuktu 7 Apr 2012
Hi - You look terrific! Could you describe the procedure(s) he used and if you had an injectables, botox, etc.
ashevillesue 7 Apr 2012
I had a lower face lift, which corrected the "wattle" on my neck and the jowls and marionette lines. No injections, no botox.
ashevillesue 8 Apr 2012
To savannalee-Wow! I feel even better about myself-and I think you'll love the dr. as well as the results. And i keep reminding folks - patience is the key, as well as following ALL the pre-op and post-op directions. Also, a week after stitches were removed I begain massaging in a solution mixed by a compounding pharmacy to help with scar healing. The dr. had recommended Mederma, which I tried, but did not like the way it felt when it dried. The other formula seemed to soften/moisten the healing wounds. I massaged it in 3x/day for 5 mos-scars are barely noticeable. The one under the chin is more so, but it was a bigger incision and more "material" was removed. Still, it looks pretty good, and no one has taken notice.
savannalee 30 May 2012
hi ashevillesue
believe it or not i have booked a date for lower face/neck lift with dr harley, on july 26th. i am really excited and looking forward to it! the plan is for my daughter, who lives in virginia, to travel with me and be my 'nurse'. HOWEVER she has 19 month old twins, and childcare arrangements are not in place as yet (her husband needs to work) and so i am anxious to find a possible nurse to hire, to be with me overnight that first night. please help by telling me of any nurse you may know of, that i might be able to hire for the first day and night, or how to find one. you can private-message me if you like.
many thanks!
tymbuktu 9 Apr 2012
Thanks for your reply. Was this an endoscopic type of lower facelift -- how did he re-anchor the shorter muscle length - i.e. thread lift, the survival "glue" that I hear mentioned, or did he made bigger incisions? It is just perfect!
ashevillesue 9 Apr 2012
Not sure I can answer your questions so specifically, but I can tell you he explained that he in fact also tightened the underlying tissues, so it's not just the skin. In that type of procedure, less invasive and quicker recovery, you do not get results that last as long. It was not endoscopic--because I was not under general anesthesia, I had an awareness (drug induced, non-feeling!) of skin being cut but the Dr. explained that this "awareness' is probably only a second here and there. Certainly one does not feel any pain! I know that I had internal stitches as well as external---the internal absorbed, some took a little over a month. I worried a bit over this, as I could feel little pointy things beneath my skin, but true to his word, these did indeed go away. The incisions themselves-very small in front and around the ears below and above the ear along the hairline. Can hardly see them now. Probably a 2-inch incision beneath the chin on the far side of the bone, worried about that one a bit as well, but again, it looks fine now.
tymbuktu 9 Apr 2012
Hey, thanks for your reply. I just had Ultherapy done so it will be interesting to see how it looks in several months -- I have feeling I might end up needing a lower facelift but I figured I try the Ultherapy first and in theory I'd have tighter muscles for a surgical procedure.

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