Sandwich2638

Perfection - Worcester, MA

That is more or less what happened to me! I had a facelift -- the whole lower face, tightening the muscle beneath the skin, everything! I loved the way I looked. I was SO happy. And then I started to notice that my face was sagging again; my "jowels" were coming back. After four months, not that I looked as bad as before, but I was unhappy enough that I didn't want to see people. And that was why I had gone for the facelift in the first place, because I just felt so old and ugly.

I went back to the surgeon, and he injected perlane to smooth the shape of my face around where it was sagging. It looks much, much better, though not the way it looked a couple of months after the surgery. And he charged me for the injections, which are expensive -- around $1,000. Should I have refused to pay, do you think?

I don't know why this happened to you, but it cannot be your fault. I too was feeling like maybe it WAS my fault. but it can't be.

I still don't understand why my face fell when I was told the effects would last 7 to 10 years. They didn't even last 4 months! And on top of that, the surgeon claimed I looked just fine and it was normal for the tightening to loosen a little bit as it healed. But believe me, it wasn't a "little bit." I saw jowels. I had those little dimples on either side of my chin, where the flesh had fallen and was puckering. My face had lost its shape. This could not be what I paid for, and I am extremely upset with the doctor. He might AT LEAST have validated what I saw, and I don't think he should have charged me for the injections. What do you think?

Anyway, have you spoken to your surgeon about Perlane? Ask him. It should improve your face quite a bit.