Tired of Looking Tired and Looking at my Not So Nice Neck and Jowls. Aliso Viejo, CA

Hi!! It's been awhile but I'm back to update my review.
I had my tweak on 04/17, I fared a lot better this time. I was a bit swollen but that was to be expected. The healing this time was a lot quicker and today I can say the swelling has gone and the "fat pockets" had under the chine are gone. The incision under the chin is doing great and fading nicely. I'm really happy with the outcome and so pleased with my "refreshed" look; I don't look overly done and unless I said I had something done, no one can tell :) Everything has smoothed out beautifully. The incisions around the ears are almost completely gone, one side is completely invisible now and this is awesome as I wear my hair up a lot in the summertime and didn't want the tell tell signs :/ No more gobble gobble!! I don't know about others, but I kinda always freaked out about this and the other and Dr. Miller was right there with me. I thought maybe I was the only one, but I've since heard of others going through the same concerns (albeit imagined) and it does make me feel better about it and feeI I may have given my doc some unnecessary grief :)
I didn't get my forehead lifted as Dr. Miller felt I didn't need it yet and so I'm back to using botox on my brow lines but don't need as much as I did before the procedure so I'm happy about that too.
One of thing I'm thrilled about is that I don't need as much makeup as I felt I needed and used before the procedure, now I love going out with the minimum.
I'm now getting over the flu but will take pics when I'm feeling better.

It's taken me awhile, but the results I'm seeing are simply amazing! I'm loving the much younger me and can't wait until all the swelling has subsided. I'm not wearing any makeup as I want to show actual results; with makeup I look fabulous! lol I use the face cream that came with the derma peel but also use vitK as well as the skin is really dry especially around the eye area.

I had the follow up with Dr Miller on the 2nd, it went really well. He gave me some shots to help with the swelling: under my jaw, behind the ear/neck area, one in the side of neck where drain was in and in the incision area to my right eye. He also gave me some bleaching cream for the darkening of the skin behind the ears. He also gave me another 5 day methylprednisolone pack to take to aid with the swelling. He said everything was looking really good but that I needed to do better stretches on my neck, and here I thought I was doing a great job :)

That day I also had the medium peel, The Perfect Derma Peel; this is the peel for people with olive and or black skin. It went ok. I was expecting it to be something horrid but it wasn't, somewhat irritating/burning to the skin but not unbearable, I had red blotches around the face though. I had it done Thursday about 11 a.m. and began to peel Friday night. It's been peeling pretty good, I thought it was going to take a few days more before I saw any peeling. The peeling really comes off in the shower, it softens and by rubbing your face lightly in circles it just comes off. I think I'll be done with the peeling in a couple of days. Thus far, I see nothing. The peel is supposed to help with pores, hyperpigmentation due to pimples etc and fine lines. The areas that have peeled show no difference. I'll give it a full week from when I had it, but just don't see it happening. The thing is, that on the pamphlets and advertisement they show 2 women with issues in their skin and after (supposedly) only one session their skin look fabulous; there is no way that these two women got these results with just one session, they had to have had a few :/ which means that the cost to the peel ends up being a whole lot more than the one session and this is not good considering I have travel and accommodations to pay for all my follow ups. So far, not a happy camper...but we'll see by next Thurs.

On the upside, the injections took rather quickly and the swelling has gone down noticeably, I'm even going out of the house now. :) I still have a little bruising under the eyes, but not too bad, I can cover them with concealer.

I am scheduled to see Dr. Miller again Aug 4th for my second follow-up. I'm really pleased with Dr. Miller, his follow up care is bar none. And the results I'm seeing... a much younger is very close :) Can't wait!