socalgal128

Disappointed & Frustrated - Beverly Hills, CA

Maybe you got that number wrong. I did speak to Latania and she got the ball rolling for me. I have since had the appointment and the surgery on May 1, 2012. I am still healing but its looking much better..its been almost 3 months now. It was not free, I did pay a much smaller fee and was happy too. Dr. Gocken at Lifestle Lift did a wonderful job!

You do look fantastic! You look more like you had more of a full facelift. Your surgeon did a great job. I personally feel like my recovery process was so easy and I healed quickly. I pretty much stayed out of sight for at least a week and didn't need any assistance. My scars are gone and they disappeared pretty quickly if you do as that say putting healing creams on the scars and staying out of the sun or keeping the area covered. I also always wore a tight band around face until I was healed. Lots of rest and I found that in order to stay off my bandage/stiches I used a padded neck pillow almost donut shaped to sleep on which relieved any discomfort from the bruising/stiches. I did have something mild prescribed for pain/sleep to help me if I needed it which I did use a few times. I was greatful that all went so well.

I also just want to point out that having talked to other surgeons since I had the work done, the truth comes out. Guess we should know this. Any lift does not last you a lifetime. You are right about the 5-8 yrs but I also learned that the older you are those years will be less. We can't stop the aging process which speeds up as we get older (makes sense). So a woman in her 40's results will last longer than a woman in her 60's. I don't remember hearing that when I choose to have it done but now I understand that every person is different on how they heal and how their body/skin responds to surgery as well.

It was great talking to you yesterday. Thanks for all your help and support.

Now I'm confused. I don't know what your looking at but it can't be me as this would be the first time that I have every done this. And, for the record, I did my homework and asked questions throughout including the followup and was trying to be patient as the doctor suggested. I had been back a few times and questioned everything and got no where. I have now talked to Latania with Patient Relations at Lifestyle lift and feel better and appreciative that someone has gotten back to me and is working with me on my complaint. Thank you for the compliment but it is my friends who all say when are you getting your neck done and what did that lift initially do for you anyway.

I paid for a Lifestyle Lift. Simoni seemed so rushed and should have noticed and noted in my file how important it was to me to concentrate on my neck just under my chin. He seemed to focus on the basic tightening of the muscle at my jaw. He said it should work just fine this way and I would see a difference and to wait and see when healing and there was never a difference on my neck (gobbler area). My jaw line looked just fine to begin with. And everytime I talk to some one in his office which is in a new location separate from where I had it done, all they all say is oh well you can just pay to do it again. ???