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Got a Reboot on Life! - Asheville, NC
UPDATED FROM parkpark
2 months post
Recent photos
parkparkSeptember 21, 2015
WORTH IT$11,400
I figured it was time to send some recent pics. Healing is continuing and I'm feeling really comfortable with my new look. Hubby just loves my eyes, which is great, considering how freaked out we both were early in the process. Seems like a distant memory now.
However, I am having some extreme redness and my eyes are very watery. I'm going to call Dr. H tomorrow to see what he recommends. I have a feeling he's going to tell me to use lubricating eye drops, which I have not done. My work requires that I stare at a monitor several hours a day. That's probably not great either.
Otherwise, I'm so thrilled I bit the bullet and did this for myself. I don't have any regrets. Not one.
Till next time!
However, I am having some extreme redness and my eyes are very watery. I'm going to call Dr. H tomorrow to see what he recommends. I have a feeling he's going to tell me to use lubricating eye drops, which I have not done. My work requires that I stare at a monitor several hours a day. That's probably not great either.
Otherwise, I'm so thrilled I bit the bullet and did this for myself. I don't have any regrets. Not one.
Till next time!
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UPDATED FROM parkpark
2 months post
Saw Dr. Harley yesterday
parkparkSeptember 1, 2015
It was so great to see Dr. Harley yesterday! I felt so comfortable and happy and am so grateful to have found him. I don't see how any surgeon could top him, I mean it.
Someone asked Lialki about pain and if it the surgery was worth it -- oh yes it's worth it. And the pain is practically non-existent. (I was worried about that too.)
In a week I'll be two months post-surgery. Dr. H said the healing goes on for quite some time, especially for someone like me, who had upper and lower eyes + the Biltmore Lift done. But, things get better every day and I'm regaining feeling and looking more "natural" around the eyes.
I was in an accident when I was about 15 which severed a nerve above my right eyebrow. So, I've had limited mobility above the right eye, and it's had a botox kind of effect. So, I've aged in an asymmetrical way, and there are more lines on the left side of my forehead, which has total mobility. When I frowned, there was a very deep wrinkle on the left side, but not the right. As I've gotten older, it's gotten a lot more pronounced.
So, I got some botox a few days ago -- mostly in the forehead area that moves freely -- to even things out. Dr. H says that if I do it 3 or 4 times a year it should keep things nice and even.
I'm posting the before and after photos. I seriously feel like keeping the befores under wraps, but I'm going to be brave and share them. I'm pretty tired and worn-out looking. WOW! WHEW! You'll also see that I don't have eyebrows. I've gotten really good at drawing them in. With the new symmetrical forehead it should be even easier.
Good luck to everybody out there still healing or contemplating seeing Dr. Harley. For those who haven't made the leap, you should. You can trust him and the positives FAR outweigh the negatives, which are minimal to begin with.
Someone asked Lialki about pain and if it the surgery was worth it -- oh yes it's worth it. And the pain is practically non-existent. (I was worried about that too.)
In a week I'll be two months post-surgery. Dr. H said the healing goes on for quite some time, especially for someone like me, who had upper and lower eyes + the Biltmore Lift done. But, things get better every day and I'm regaining feeling and looking more "natural" around the eyes.
I was in an accident when I was about 15 which severed a nerve above my right eyebrow. So, I've had limited mobility above the right eye, and it's had a botox kind of effect. So, I've aged in an asymmetrical way, and there are more lines on the left side of my forehead, which has total mobility. When I frowned, there was a very deep wrinkle on the left side, but not the right. As I've gotten older, it's gotten a lot more pronounced.
So, I got some botox a few days ago -- mostly in the forehead area that moves freely -- to even things out. Dr. H says that if I do it 3 or 4 times a year it should keep things nice and even.
I'm posting the before and after photos. I seriously feel like keeping the befores under wraps, but I'm going to be brave and share them. I'm pretty tired and worn-out looking. WOW! WHEW! You'll also see that I don't have eyebrows. I've gotten really good at drawing them in. With the new symmetrical forehead it should be even easier.
Good luck to everybody out there still healing or contemplating seeing Dr. Harley. For those who haven't made the leap, you should. You can trust him and the positives FAR outweigh the negatives, which are minimal to begin with.
Replies (5)
September 1, 2015
ParkPark you look absolutely gorgeous in the photos - young and refreshed. Thanks for sharing your story and I wish you all the best.
September 1, 2015
Thanks Ann! I'm really glad I took the plunge, and thank goodness I found an excellent surgeon. He rocks!
September 2, 2015
I'm curious about your in front of hairline incision. Is it invisible now? Thanks.
September 2, 2015
Not yet. The incisions are a little pink which Dr H said was a good thing. Blood supply and all that. But they're quite flat and I can cover them with my hair or some makeup. I never even think about the one under my chin.
September 2, 2015
Ha! I always forget about my chin. I loved Kirk Douglas though! Remember Spartacus?
UPDATED FROM parkpark
1 month post
Still healing
parkparkAugust 12, 2015
I didn't mention this in any of my earlier posts, but there was a bump on my eyelid where Dr. Harley had placed his running stitch. I was a little concerned about it, but by yesterday it was practically all healed. And likewise for that red spot in front of my ear. I think the numbness is going away is going to take a lot longer. There's still quite a bit of it in front of my ears.
It's pretty amazing how the body mends itself. It just takes some tincture of time.
It's pretty amazing how the body mends itself. It just takes some tincture of time.
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August 12, 2015
Ditto..not a day over 43 and u have a well rested look versus surgery look. Your posts r amazing and I refer bck to them all the time
August 13, 2015
Thank you so much! But, you know. If you saw me in person you probably wouldn't think I looked so young after all. But, hey I'll take 10 years. I was feeling so blah and like all the wind was out of my sails. Just limp. This procedure has helped my attitude so much. And really glad to hear my posts have been valuable in some way. This is such new territory for me - putting myself out here like this. I'm SO private. Not anymore I guess.
September 1, 2015
I agree, thank you! Your posts have been so helpful, and when I get my surgery it will be so useful for me. All the people who had the surgery around your time have been so good about posting.
August 13, 2015
I agree! I still have scars healing behind my ears, and numbness and tingling in my side cheeks and under my jawline. What is fascinating is how the location changes, and it can seem worse on some days vs. others. I just keep stretching it and touching it, that seems like the healthy thing to do to keep circulation flowing and nerves rebuilding.
August 13, 2015
Have you noticed the cheek area in front if your ears kind of pulsing? And I don't mean with the heartbeat. It's very strange. And the mushy bumps under the skin from the dissolvable stitches are interesting. I massage them, trying to get the blood flow going. Not noticeable to anyone but me thankfully.
August 13, 2015
Yes on the pulsing...I thought that was a combination of swelling sensation and nerves rebuilding.
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When I was at Dr Harley's Office for my very first consult, my friend and the doc both said I should also get my eyes done. I said really? I'd only considered the Biltmore lift but after they suggested I do my eyes I went for the whole ball of wax. And yes I'm really glad I did it, now that I'm more two months post surgery.
When I run my fingers along the scars it hurts a tiny bit sometimes. I attribute this to healing, and the nerves coming back to life. My face does this too. Do you find this to be true in your case?
Keep updating us, please!
You're right. I didn't feel pretty anymore. But now, I feel like I've reclaimed some of my youth. It makes me more conscious of the rest of me, too -- the need to take care of myself and not sweat the small stuff.
I keep thinking of my sister, whom I've already outlived -- and my mother, too, who died at just 54. Their story is part of my reason to not give up and to stay engaged with life. If they were still with me, we'd be arm-in-arm, grinning ear-to-ear.
Hugs.