If you have a general then you are always required to have someone stay with you that night, with any procedure. The lip lift isn't like a face lift or rhinoplasty that require special care or anything that would change your mobility - you just need to sleep with your head a little elevated for a bit. I am almost one and a half years post surgery and zero change to my nostrils or nose. It was 5 months before stiffness above lip went away, but I could go outside after a week or so.
Like I said, my doctor was insistent on the muscle being cut or it would lengthen back to the way it was in short time, but I know the woman who originally posted just had skin removed and she looks gorgeous.
I wanted a local because I hate general anesthesia and I am not squicked out by needles or anything, but he said no dice and that I "would hate him if he didn't put me out". So he did the lip lift under general. (Again, I had the muscle cut and I know the woman who originally posted on this site was able to get by with a local when she just had skin removed.)
The anesthesia is an additional $1000, and maybe that's what I was adding in when I'm thinking of the total. (Doesn't go to the PS, goes to the anesthesiologist.)
Sandy, I believe it was around 5K - but I also paid for a hotel nearby that night and I may be including that and something else when I'm thinking of the total . (I live 2 hours away.)
I did not do the corner lift, the bottom lip v-plasty or had any lip filler or anything else. I'm not sure if that's what Haworth does - which may account for his increased price.
Sandy, is this in response to me? My doctor was Dr. Harry Glassman, in Beverly Hills. Not Cheap, so keep that in mind. He's probably comparable to Haworth, and then are both near each other in BH.
I like him because he won't do a surgery unless he feels he can do a good job, and believe me he will turn down most requests. He told me my situation was perfect for the procedure. I was worried because I get scar tissue super easily, and because I am not the biggest fan of my nose as it was and if it got distorted I would've been devastated.
The best advise I can give people is to make sure you have a good doctor, and don't look for bargains. Easy for me to say but it was the best investment I ever made.
My only criticism is for ALL surgeons who underestimate the time it takes for swelling to go down.
For me, no - but it took MONTHS for all the swelling to go down. Until then, there is some nostril distortion. (I had the surgery where the muscle was removed also so there should be no stretching back.)
Now, if you look really really close there is a little "stitch-like" connection at the bottom of both nostrils but I am the only one who notices. It's really nothing and I am very fussy about stuff like that.
Seriously, having the surgery was the best thing I ever did. It made a huge difference but there is a risk of course because if it's not done right, it can be disastrous.
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Like I said, my doctor was insistent on the muscle being cut or it would lengthen back to the way it was in short time, but I know the woman who originally posted just had skin removed and she looks gorgeous.
The anesthesia is an additional $1000, and maybe that's what I was adding in when I'm thinking of the total. (Doesn't go to the PS, goes to the anesthesiologist.)
I did not do the corner lift, the bottom lip v-plasty or had any lip filler or anything else. I'm not sure if that's what Haworth does - which may account for his increased price.
I like him because he won't do a surgery unless he feels he can do a good job, and believe me he will turn down most requests. He told me my situation was perfect for the procedure. I was worried because I get scar tissue super easily, and because I am not the biggest fan of my nose as it was and if it got distorted I would've been devastated.
The best advise I can give people is to make sure you have a good doctor, and don't look for bargains. Easy for me to say but it was the best investment I ever made.
My only criticism is for ALL surgeons who underestimate the time it takes for swelling to go down.
*again I had the muscle underneath cut.
Now, if you look really really close there is a little "stitch-like" connection at the bottom of both nostrils but I am the only one who notices. It's really nothing and I am very fussy about stuff like that.
Seriously, having the surgery was the best thing I ever did. It made a huge difference but there is a risk of course because if it's not done right, it can be disastrous.