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Fat PLUS Facelift Is the Key to Rejuvenation - San Francisco, CA

Facelift, Necklift and Fat Rejuvenated Me! - San Francisco, CA

ARGH! I have heard the same time-frame from others, Lovelyboots! Did you ask Meredith if they can fit you in if there's a cancellation? I ended up having my consult just TWO short weeks after my initial phone call, cuz I was flexible with travel and the opp'y opened up. :-)

Lovelyboots, I'm always glad to provide any info if it helps others make the right decision! Dr. Marten does an absolutely stupendous job of stitching - no kidding! Within a few weeks, my incisions were barely visible anywhere, only pinkish lines that are fading. He did an especially masterful job with the ear incisions. Yes, the stitches wrapped inside the ear just behind the tragus so they are completely and utterly invisible. He is really focused on that hairline/ear incision outcome, and has done some amazing "fixes" for other doc's patients where their line of scar was visible. Yup, I'm gonna have to look into filler other than fat for the hands. Too much expense involved in that lipo/xfer procedure. I really want the hands to look smooth forever.

Hey San Juan, I'll be 58 in a few weeks, so yes! It's great that I look even a couple years younger than I am. I'm HAPPY! O'course I feel like I'm in my 30s, and when my birthday rolls around, I tell myself I'm only 7. I refuse to grow up.

Torontochick, Great idea about the pix! I don't have a cell phone camera ... just the handheld digital cam - a bit heavy, feh! YES! YES! YES! The recovery from fat injections into the backs of hands is painful and debilitating! I am not one to live on pain meds of any kind, so after 1.5 days of serious pain med, then 2 days of Tylenol, that's all I took. I could not even lift a teapot with water in it, my hands were so incapacitated. It's a good 3 weeks before you can even begin to have a normal life with the hands, even then, rings and gloves won't fit for a few months. If I was to have FAT injected in future, it'd be like surgery all over again. In fact, each hand is "prepared" for its own surgical procedure in the OR, so doing both hands plus face was like 3 surgeries. Due to the expense and hassle of lipo-ing the fat, I'd definitely opt for a manmade filler in the hands. NOT the face, tho! And in truth, you have to expect that not only 20-30% of the injected fat will not "take" after injection PLUS the cells there already continue to die at their normal (accelerated!) rate. In women, fat cells in the face, neck and hands goes FIRST. Our butts, thighs and GUT stay good and fat just to bug us further.

Hey Torontochick, sorry for my delay in posting! I just got back from a FABULOUS vacation - made even more so by the fact that I can now just dash out to enjoy the day's adventure with nothing more than foundation, sunblock & lipstick - thanks to all the face work done! LOVE IT! :-) About the facial fat: I would say that at least 60% or even more has been either resorbed OR it could be that the other facial fat cells continue to die out. While that may not sound ideal, I feel that I'm left with the right amount. I also know that if I lose say 20% more I'll definitely be BUMMED and looking for more fat injections. As for my hands, I am so far behind in posting pix. They are not transformed - but are definitely improved! Problem is, my hubs has to take the pix, and he is just too busy to take them. I have only retained about 20% of the fat injected into the backs of my hands BUT that is still enough to smooth them out a bit so the veins don't show as much as before. I would *definitely* look into some kind of permanent filler for my hands, tho, when they need to be done again. I will simply never have those scrawny, bony claws again.