Jeffrey Colton, MD (retired)

I had a lower facelift and neck lift on Oct 10, 2017. I really bruised on one side and have a small lump on my jawline under my ear. I’m about 2 weeks post op but it seems to be taking forever for the swelling and tightness to resolve itself. Will my neck ever feel normal again. The tightness really bugs me. I’m 70 and just wondering if it was worth the aggravation it’s causing.

Updated on 7 Nov 2017:
So I’m one month post op and now I’m noticing my chin has large pores which I find taking away from the improvements made by my lower facelift. What treatment helps diminish large pores? I guess you always notice the imperfections!

Updated on 3 Dec 2017:
My neck lift and lower lift was 10/10/17. The numbness beside my ears still bothers me and I still feel swollen in my neck area under my ears. Anyway not much relieves it. I keep using arnica cream but that’s not doing much. I’ve heard some people get cortisone shots. Does that help eliminate swelling? I still feel uncomfortable with where my healing is at. Anyone have any advice?

Updated on 10 Dec 2017:
Still have neck wrinkles coming from my chin incision so my doctor thinks I need a revision UGH!
Not until next year but not looking forward to it.

Updated on 10 Dec 2017:
I’m disappointed in my neck lift. Does this look like I need a revision? I think so! Wish I could get my money back.! I’m. 8 weeks post op but I understand I’m still healing but I was hopeful for better results. Don’t think this neck will get any smoother. All this for nothing!! My face even still looks wrinkled. I wasn’t expecting a miracle because I’m 70 years old but I’ve seen much nicer results on here.

Updated on 27 Apr 2018:
First let me say I believe Dr Colton is a good surgeon. I’m 7 months post op and have had a tremendous amount of discomfort with hypertrophic scarring behind my ears. Also I still have lax skin under my chin on the neck. After 4 post op visits he has offered nothing in terms of aftercare. Today I asked for cortisone injections in my scars to reduce the raised lumpy scarring and he essentially turned me down. I got a second opinion from another PS who thought I would benefit from cortisone injections. Dr Colton was unwilling to treat them at today’s visit. Also the 2nd opinion PS did I should try Botox under my chin to help tighten up the skin under my chin by injecting the platysmal muscle. Seems it would be worth a try. But again Dr Colton was unwilling to provide any other solution other than a complete revision. I have indicated to him I’m not interested in going thru another surgery. He said to me “well no one asking you to”! Very rudely I might add. Yet that is the only option he’s offering me. Sorry I can’t give him a great recommendation as his after care sucks. He’s got his money and he’s done with you. Don’t bother coming back it’ll be for nothing!

Surgery was yesterday , I felt very confident no hesitations whatsoever . I took two small dose xanax and they gave me two more at the office . My surgery was done in office while under general anesthesia . No real pain just a little stinging and tugging very tolerable . No pain T home. See pics

Updated on 7 Oct 2016:
***i had local anesthesia as well as something shot into my arm to help with pain ...not general as noted in my post


Updated on 7 Oct 2016:
6:00 the night after surgery , a lot of bruising in my lower eyelids and some puffing up of the uppers but all in all it already looks better. No pain just stiffness and eyelashes sticking together . I was able to do a little light driving today but spent most of the day resting .. can't wait to see the end results. Lisa from the office called to check on me and see how I'm feeling that made me feel good !!

Updated on 7 Oct 2016:
A little puffy but I have my drops in put my lacrilube on and took more arnica Montana for bruising ..looks a little rough but I feel just fine ...waiting to see what tomorrow looks like I've heard day three is the worst ..off to ice for a bit

Updated on 8 Oct 2016:
So they say day 3 looks the worse ...I woke up feeling a little stiff , kept a bowl of water and a washcloth next to bed ...put the wash cloth over my eyes for ten minutes or so and they felt much better and the lashes didn't stick together when I got up ...still no pain just stiffness , kinda looks like the dissolvable stitches are starting to dissolve in the lower lashes

Updated on 8 Oct 2016:
My day three evening pic ..bruising has gotten colorful ...feels like lower stitches are dissolving ..they are a little itchy a cold rag alleviates that but all in all no discomfort today ..got gutsy enough to show the neighbors and go to the grocery store with sunglasses :) good day today

Updated on 8 Oct 2016:
Just wanted to post a couple of before pics I was able to cover slit with make up but the heavy lids were a problem

Updated on 9 Oct 2016:
The bruising is started to fade a bit ..I did go out for breakfast with a little make up on ..decided I need something a little heavier to cover went to ulta and picked up dermablend cream foundation looks like it will work well . No pain but I can feel a lot of tightness and a little stinging around stitches ...a sign of healing !!

Updated on 10 Oct 2016:
I have a few things scheduled for today was hoping the bruising wouldn't be as bad as it is I should have known better I bruise very easily ..used my dermablend and liquid foundation and hopefully my glasses will cover most to make me presentable . No pain just extremely tight today and stitches are itchy

Updated on 10 Oct 2016:
Went out today for a bit dentist and next dr so far so good thankful for sun glasses and nice weather ...info feel a bit cartoonish with these darn stitches !! Two more days until they come out !

Updated on 10 Oct 2016:
Ran around all day with make up to cover just washed off face bruising is slowly subsiding starting to be a bit yellow ..eyes are very tight but not sore .. swelling in eyelids going down eyes are starting to look normal again !! Excited to see results ????

Updated on 11 Oct 2016:
Today I woke up lashes a bit crusty and eyes stiff ...I put cold washcloth on them and felt a ton better ...I was out and about with makeup on but still really dark bruises on my upper cheeks ..resting tonight ..stitches coming out tomorrow .

Updated on 11 Oct 2016:


Updated on 11 Oct 2016:
Photo wouldn't load gonna try again ..def some improvement but itchy as hell !

Updated on 12 Oct 2016:
Day 6

Updated on 12 Oct 2016:
Looking better every day !!

Updated on 14 Oct 2016:
So more stitches dissolved in the past few days still swollen a bit red and still bruised but healing up

Updated on 15 Oct 2016:
Still tight and a bit bruised but looking better

Updated on 17 Oct 2016:
The bruising is taking forever to fade ughhh trying to be patient ..I just hate having to wear glasses vs contacts to hide the bruising ...eyes still pretty stiff and tight ..Lisa at my office told me that my eyelashes might feel kinda numb and she was right !! What an odd feeling !! Love being able to wear mascara again !

Updated on 19 Oct 2016:
Today has been my best day so far ..wee bit of bruising , but eyes looking more normal and feeling less tight

Updated on 28 Oct 2016:
3 weeks out feeling good still one little bruise on my left check swelling is subsided .. hoping the stitches settle a bit

Updated on 5 Nov 2016:
One month out still a wee bit of bruising on my left cheek eyes are tight eyelashes feel nun which I'm told is quite normal ..but I'm feeling great and love being able to wear eyeshadow and mascara again !!

Updated on 8 Nov 2016:


Updated on 17 Nov 2016:
My surgeons office called me today and asked if I would be willing to be on their before and after as they were so pleased with my results !! How fun is that ?

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Updated on 24 Mar 2017:
Still feeling great , feeling healed up no issues at all , eyes are a little tight now and then as to be expected ! No regrets :)

Dr. Colton was very nice and explained what to expect. I had my eyes done at the same time and I believe that was what caused the most bruising. My jaw line was remarkedly improved, I had some good jowls before and now they are gone. I had really droopy eyelids and now my eyes look great. After a week I was back at work. I would highly recommend Dr. Colton! He even threw in a complimentary dermaplaning after I healed!!

I was very pleased with the results, he did beautiful work and I was more than happy. I did not have extreme scars, I healed very well. I was back at work in a week and just looked refreshed. He was honest with me and said it there was any less he would not do it because I was just starting to droop. I was 59. I'm in the beauty business and have to stay young looking for a competitive edge. It's seven years later this coming March 2016 and I will see him again in his private practice.

My nose had a huge bump and the tip had too much cartilage. Dr. Colton made my nose perfect! It is slightly curved in and the tip is perfectly refined. He did an amazing job! He is truly an artist. He did exactly what I had asked for. I am so happy with the results. I recommend him to everyone who wants to look perfect.

He gave me a bad nose job and I paid him a lot of money. I am very disappointed and self-conscious. He made a scar on my nose that is visible and I can't stand my nose job. I had to pay a lot of money to have a nice nose and it is not a nice nose. I wish I didn't get it done. I thought he was a good doctor, but he is not.

had a couple problems with post op, to this day many years later I have problem swelling, some days nose swells, some days it does not.

my surgeon gave me 10 steriod injections about a month apart from each other to reduce problem swelling. Did this cause damage to my nasal cartilage as I have had continuing problems ? Or is the steriod injection harmless ?

I went with a friend for the consult. The mrg walked in the room and introduced herself as a Lifestyle Lift Professional Medical Consultant. She told me that she needed us to watch a film about LSL. Which we did, and were impressed at the credentials they claimed.

The mgr came in the room after the film and ask me to stand before a mirror. She proceeded to stand behind me and take my face and pull it back while we both looked in the mirror. She stated that this is what you will look like after procedure. She also stated that depending on what I have done they can take, 10 and up to 20 years off patients faces with this minimal invasive procedure. The mgr reminded me that they have a 95% success rate, and that this is done under local anesthesia, so I would not be put under. This was a plus to me as from having a medical background I am aware of the danger of general anesthesia.

I ask about pain, and was told most people don't even have pain and sleep during procedure. I ask about scars and she told me they would be hidden and minimal. I was told that if I signed up today I would save $1200. I paid almost half down that day and paid rest in full at day of procedure in cash. I was also that day taken into a plush waiting room offered cookies, juice, coffee, etc. This will make a point later on to readers.

The day of the procedure I was taken to the back room and given a 10mg valium. Later as they were waiting for the valium to take effect a woman came in the room and ask me to sign a consent form. I have no idea what I signed. Then the Dr. came in the room. I had not met this Dr. before the day of surgery. The mgr came in the room and said I am going to hold your hand. I was told this was like being at the dentist. I was also told that it will be quick like 45 minutes to an hour. I was also told Dr. C is quick so it may not take that long.

Then Dr. began to inject my face starting with chin with extremely painful injections -- there were so many I lost count. The shots were horrible. I was told at this point that this was the worst part. I began to shake and the valium was not effective at all.

Dr. C then cut under my chin. I thought "Hey nobody told me about this!" Then he stuck a metal rod in my chin, I wanted to scream as this rod ran against my jaw bone and down the front of my neck. I yelled I feel this! Dr. C said you are doing well and that he has had to stop surgeries before because some people pass out. He then injected my face with more needles. I felt a warm wetness between my breast and realized later that it was my blood that was going down my blouse, even with the drape they had on me. My thought at this point was my God! What are they doing! This is not going to be a one hour lunch time procedure and not minor at all!

The Dr. told me to be still as he turned my head and begin to cut into my face. Blood filled my ears I couldn't hear on that side, they kept using something to clean my ears, but as soon as they did the blood would fill my ear up again. The smell was horrifying! It was the smell of my flesh and hair burning. I still get sick to my stomach when I think about it. I wanted to run! scream! something! The Dr. gave me no comfort, he began to state how in his private office he gives what is called a twilight sleep.

At the end of the procedure I was weak and shaking uncontrollably, the MA or whatever she was kept asking me if I was ok. No! I was not ok, I was sick, I was terrified, I felt like I was going to faint. The girl gave a juice drink after my face was wrapped, and a RX of Vicoden ES 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours, and a RX for ambien to help me sleep. Then I was quickly wisked out the back door.

Later that evening the medication wore off and I was in horrible pain. I have had 3 major back surgeries two C-sections and a shoulder surgery in my past and this was incredible. My face bleed through the bandages and covered my pillow with blood. I sat up in the bed and rocked back and forth thinking my God I should be in the hospital or something! "This can't be right."

Needless to say I called the office with no return calls the next day. It was if I had dropped off the planet earth once they got my money. Before I had the surgery they called constantly, now I couldn't even get a call back. I insisted to talk to someone. When I did I was told this is normal.

I went back to have my stitches removed and was told everything was fine, even though I had these knots all over my jowl and neck area with swelling, and oozing stiches. (I was never told about any knots or oozing before I decided to have this procedure.) Nor did I see a Dr. that day. I ask the tech are you sure these stitches can come out, she said yes they have to or you will scar. She then told me to message my neck and the lumps would go away and to start using a scar cream. She gave me a mirror and my husband was with me when the sutures were removed and she said how do you like it. I didn't have time to answer when my husband interrupted and said she was beautiful before and what have you done to my wife!

My husband was in such disbelief day one of surgery when I came home he took a picture. The next day when bandages came off he gasp and said "My God what have they done to my wife!" He was mortified. I assured him it will get better. (Hey they promised me it would) I heard him from my bed on the phone with his mother and others saying they butchered her. (Some things in life you never want to hear and that was one of them.)

It didn't get better only worse. I have been called Frankenhead, scarface, etc. I don't go out unless I have to. I don't go to my husbands work functions or social places anymore. I am ashamed. I have an infection that at this point no one knows what is causing it, and am told I will probably end up in hospital on IV therapy. Antibiotics start to lessen the swelling then full force it comes back. Last time I saw Dr. C 7/09 I said fix this, he said I can't I don't even know what this infection is.

Note: My last visit was almost 4 months post op. There were many people in the office waiting for the procedure. They would not let me in the waiting room. They quickly wisked me into another room. Then quickly out the back door after seeing Dr and office Mgr.

The Mgr said oh it is not that bad. My reply was, well if it is not that bad let me go in the waiting room and show my face and see how many people out there decide to stay. She said no not all people heal the same, and you are the only one with a complaint. I reminded her that I have had surgeries before and pulled my pants down in the back area surgical site and showed her my back scar which you can barely see. Then I said next excuse.

I wish I had went to that waiting room, I wish I could have saved all those innocent people from the lies. I requested my pictures ASAP or I was going to come & sit in their waiting room until I got them. They sent my pictures, all dark and hard to see and I am still waiting on my medical records!

I plan to pursue this with all my heart, soul, and mind. I want to join with others who have went through this living hell, as they must be stopped. Realself, thank you for being here and allowing us to be able to warn other women of what can happen to you if you choose this procedure. God Bless.

The initial visit was to explain the procedure. It was useless for me since I had researched before I made the appointment. The NEXT appointment was ALSO useless because it was to sit with the Doctor for 10 minutes. The day of the procedure I was told that I could NOT have the procedure done since I had had surgery (to remove a tumor 20 years ago) where the new incision would have to run. Bottom line: that doc didn't have enough experience to perform the surgery. Thankfully there WAS an experienced doc at that clinic and he gave me his card. A month later I had the procedure (including under eye) and it was simple and pain free. I DO have huge buldgin scars behind my ears, however, and that wasn't expected. But the results!!! AMAZING! I have the neck of a 20 year old and I'm 55!!!! It's been 6 months and I still look as I did a month after the procedure. DO IT!

My experience was horrible.  My worst nightmare.  The day of my surgery, i was given two valium and within 10 min. I could feel every needle going into my face and I could hear the cutting of my skin in my ear.  You would think they would wait at least a half hour before starting a procedure after giving valium.  I could feel the tugging of my skin being stitched up.  The recovery was longer than they said it would be.  I was in so much pain and the swelling and bruising was horrible.  I couldn't go out of the house for 3 weeks.   I missed a lot of work due to the lack of information by the doctor and his staff.  I felt like I was a number in a slaughter house.  Pick a number, NEXT.  They don't care about the patient, just about the money they are making.  I went into the office for my checkup and the doctor stood up the whole entire time which he tried to get rid of me FAST.  I told him I was not happy with the procedure and it didn't seem to matter to him.

I still have the jawls and still have the sagging neckline.  They said that both would be gone.  What a bunch of liars.