Facelift/Neck-lift/Endoscopic Brow-lift in Rochester, MI

The price also included a brow lift (along with the face and neck lift) which turned out great, and a full face fractionated laser (which will be done next month because the laser machine at the hospital was faulty on the day of my OR. The laser I paid for was supposed to be peri-oral only but because the machine broke that day he said he'd give me the whole face at no extra price.) The type of facelift I had was SMAS, not mini or short scar. I will try to find out from him if he can recommend someone in Minneapolis and let you know.

Thank you soooo much for responding. So your doctor planned to do the laser resurfacing at the same time he did the facelift? The doctor I talked with wanted to wait for 6-12 months before he did full face resurfacing. That cost alone would be $4000 (discount from $6000 if I have the facelift with him). The part of my face that bothers me the most is the area around my mouth and I wouldn't get results for that for up to a year later. There are like 20 different types and brands of lasers and it seems every doctor uses and likes something different. Do you know what your doctor plans to use on you? One thing is for sure, you really benefit from doing your research on this, but it is very confusing as every doctor has a different opinion. I feel like I should just go down to your doctor, it's just all those 'after visits' that would be inconvenient. Thanks so much for all you guidance. It is a big help hearing from you. Carol

Carol, the laser he will be using is the Sciton Fractionated resurfacing. His charge was $500 for peri-oral. I hope it works. They can do the laser with the facelift but there's a lot of recovery involved and if you can manage 2 periods of extended downtime then I would wait and do them separately. I also have to amend my total cost, I forgot to include the $1400 charge for the anesthesiologist. Which increased the total to about $11,000. And I also forgot to mention that Dr. Zuliani did some under the chin lipo that was included in his $6,500 cost. Good luck finding a doctor in Minneapolis, you can probably find a good one on this site. Tanya.

I wish I had been prepared with better ice packs than frozen peas, I found out later there are some you can order on line made specially for this. And since I was basically in bed for about a week I wish I had set myself up with some good games apps for my ipad. Also, Scar healing gel, like Pro Sil which looks like a Chapstick and is very easy to apply, this has helped the incisions heal almost invisibly now. Also, The first couple days would have been nice to have someone home helping you, which I didn't have and still managed, but it would have been nice.