Unhappy with my Lopsided Quicklift Results

You said its about marketing.. and in the next breath you say it doesn't deliver results.. This is a contradictory remark.. If its about marketing than that is what its about.. if it's about the procedure (you say doesn't deliver results) than its about the quicklift facelift? If a Board certified surgeon does a quicklift that was aquired through marketing (an internet find) then wouldn't he want to do a quality job that has proven results so he doesn't ruin his reputation? I've heard it's as good or better results as just as lasting as a full facelift but done on a canditate that doesn't need to undermind all the way from ear to neck and I hope i'm right; my doctor preformed one on me, but I understood that it was her own way and although its a quick lift facelift she didn't just stop there (no doctor should), she did what was needed during surgery no more no less. This is said to be like a mini or S-type lift revision so I say just be sure that if you are getting this done that you do not go to a doctor that just does quicklifts or just does traditional facelifts but does all types of facelifts and has proven results. How can everyone choose to go for a fully undermined facelift (what many of these doctors here are calling a traditional facelift) just because another surgeon is saying that is what a "real" facelift is? The other thing that i'm hearing is that many are calling the quick lift a cookie cutter one size fits all.. but it sounds like to me that its the other way around; as the traditional facelift is suppose to work for everyone? weather its more than needed or not? I hope I'm on the right track. I'm sorry this person had a bad result, but i believe that this can happen to anyone from any doctor, even a fully qualified Board Surgeon! Sometimes people have a harder time healing, or perhaps something happened for another reason, but i believe that her doctor was totally off base when he said it look good to him.. If he's a ethical doctor he would owned up to it and fix it or give her back her money so she can move on and perhaps he could have avoided all this bad review!

I meant to say undermine from the ear to the nose and mouth, which traditional facelifts do so as to take care of the mid face as well as the lower face.. The quicklift does help lift the neck, i am not sure if the undermining goes all the way down to the neck.

The DR. here in Cinti is not even a board certified plastic surgeon. And if U want a quote over the phone they won't give it. I have had a face lift by Frank Welsh & he is the best. No scars & U R not put under. And fr. what have seen the price of the quick lift I paid about the same for the face lift. If I had the money I would do it again & only bt Dr. Welsh

Costly. I agree with U. Dr. Welsh did my face lift & he is the best. No scars & not put all the way under. And if U check with other surgeons they R more expensive & they have scars. Dr. Welsh did a chemical peel around my mouth with wonderful results. I had my done in 05 & if I had the money I would do it again. I am 70 yrs old & still do not look my age. Dr. Welsh is the best.

How do I get in touch with Dr. Welsh and is he located in Cincinnati????

How could those possibly be the before pictures?? It's obvious her face is asymetrical.

To LynnH: What gave you this lop-sided opinion about the honesty of this lady? I am glad she shared with us her experience so we can learn from it.

If you don't se it it's because you don't want to see it! And to come on here yet again and now you ay more insulting things like maybe her after pic was really her before pic??? Yes that is calling her a liar. You have issues lady. And she hasn't "destroyed" him she's telling about what happened to HER.

@ Teresa, you don't have to "prove" anything to Lynn so stop trying. I'd block her. She throwing shade on you. Do not engage her. I can see exactly what you are talking about.

If this lady had a lopsided face prior to the surgery, I would think the doctor would fix it. That's the reason why she had the surgery, right? to correct it and tighten it?

Hi Teresa,

We've added your photo. Hope this helps to clear up any misunderstandings!

Cheers,
--Sharon

Hey Kinberann, Yes, I believe the Quicklift is a wonderful lift. I did a search for a doctor nearest me directly from the Quicklift site and my doctor was the nearest one. He too was trained by the founder of the technique. I do not feel my problems have anything to do with the Quicklift itself. It's the way my skin was pulled. Too much on my left side creating an unattractive and unnatural pull to my face. I have all the classic signs of a skin only lift. I don't believe any muscle was lifted at all. The doctor says he did lift the muscles. In previous comments he has made on Realself, he mentions all the various methods of lifting the muscles under the skin. The Quicklift allows him to pull the muscle in different directions for better results. My jowls were not fat. My jowls had fallen off of my face and were hanging. When my skin was pulled...the jowls were left sitting on the sides of my mouth. Now it does look like I have fat jowls. But more so on the right side of my face. The right side of my face was barely lifted and alot looser along the jawline. I have had second opinions and I have told him what was said. He even suggested in his above comment that I go get a second opinion. So I went for another second opinion last week. His suggestion was that the procedure needed to be redone. He could only speculate on wheither or not the muscle had been lifted. You would have to look under the skin to know for sure......Although he did agree with me that it didn't look like any muscle was lifted. He could see everything I was pointing out. Which of course my doctor can't see anything wrong. And once again....from his comment above...he seem confused about what my problem is. As if all I have mentioned is my makeup and styling my hair. I have gone around and around with him about what I see wrong. He can't do this and he can't do that. Well, he kept saying he can't fix something he can't see. No matter what I said....he couldn't see it. The doctor's I have seen for second opinions couldn't see any reason why he could fix this stuff. There might be a problem around my right ear...because the skin on my neck was pulled way up behind it on that side. So basically the right side of my face needs to be lifted and there needs to be more skin on the left side of my neck pulled up. Believe me....I have looked in that 10X mirror for 10 months now. There is nothing symmetric about my face anymore.

I think you need to do your homework. My doc is a member of both the ASPS and ABPS so I know he has specialized in plastic surgery. I looked up teresa's doc and could not find him certified in either of these groups.

Katyrau: So who was the doctor you went to that did a good job?

So did you find out if is is the same surgeon,

Was it the same surgeon because I know the (inventor) doctor's name

I do I find your e-mail address? I am new here.