lee green

HI, I want to thank Atlanta 1659 for posting her experiences in order to prevent anyone else from going through what she has had to endure. I just wish I had read her post before my surgery in April of this year! I was scheduled for a bleph and the surgeon was going to do a minimally invasive browlift only if he felt absolutely necessary. Said it would be one small incision, invisible scarring, so I agreed. Woke up from surgery and he'd done a coronal browlift, stitched ear to ear. My hairline was already very high and he took it up another inch, plus even higher bald patches on the sides. Severe scarring, can't go outside (it's been 3 months) if it's windy. He had no right to do this procedure without discussing it, and it's changed my life dramatically, but am trying to move forward. I have such a different view of plastic surgery now...please, please think carefully before doing anything to make you look younger. I would give anything to have my wrinkles and my hair back! The brow lift has caused unnatural tightness and reshaping of my eyes too. Don't look like myself, and therefore people know you've had plastic surgery. I didn't get what I signed up for, so maybe I would have been happy if the surgeon had done what I expected. But bottom line is, aging skin to me is now beautiful, you've 'earned' those laugh lines and frown lines, it's just Life. You are beautiful the way God made you, completely agree with Atlanta!

I completely agree and have to respond in order to save anyone from the emotional pain I've experienced from the coronal brow lift procedure. I am 49 years old. My surgeon was going to do a minimally invasive brow lift and a bleph. I awoke from surgery to find my entire head cut open and stitched ear to ear. He decided for himself, during surgery, to do a coronal, because he wanted it "to look perfect, and I decided you already had a high forehead, so you were used to it). I had never even heard of a coronal browlift and would never have done this to myself. The higher hairline, balding patches, permanent scarring, numbness,etc. has been awful. Can't go outside if there's any wind. Affected me even more emotionally and mentally than it has physically, which has been severe in itself. Please think very carefully before this procedure. It is highly invasive and has many bad side effects that are permanent, esp. the hairloss and scarring. Wish I had never done anything to change myself. I'm happy for the folks on this site who are happy with their PS decisions, and I thank them for being so open and sharing. But because the surgery did a coronal without any prior discussion or informed consent, it's been a terrible experience for me. PM if you have any questions.