Eyelid, Face and Neck Lift 59 Yo and thrilled with results - Texas

I am 59 married to a wonderful man who thinks I am beautiful. He needs glasses seriously! I have never been a beauty but a few years ago I started to notice in photos I had someone else's neck. But whose was it? Oh yeah it was my 80 year old mothers neck on my body. Genetics comes to visit and stayed. Over time I just stopped being photographed because I just hated it. I have always had baggy hands but now it was the eyes, the cheeks and the neck. The way it us going I will need rollers to hold up the skin in a few years. But what the heck. This was my life and I just figured I would limit photos and time in front of the mirror hoping no one else noticed or at least say anything. However I started to have vision problems and I went to an eye specialist who did a field of vision test and found I see only half of the world. He sent me to Dr. Larson and his clinic. I went with an open mind hoping ins. might cover the procedure. The staff was very professional and kind. Dr. Larson looked at my test and said my case was severe and I should have it done because it was certain to get worse. We went over everything and he said he would submit to my ins co. And contact me. He was ready to leave when something happened and I became possessed and blurted out "can you do something about my neck" . Where I got the courage is a mystery to me. Dr. Larson sat back down and did an exam of my baggy neck. We discussed my overall health issues and he then asked if I was serious. Someone said yes from inside my head so we discussed it further. Dr. Larson said I would benefit from having my neck lifted but if I was going that far he suggested I conside a face lift to get rid of my Jowls also. I thought yo my self "hell ya". We discussed this in detail and I looked at pictures. I had met a woman in the waiting room who had had an upper and lower lid with a face lift and she looked terrific. Maybe she looked terrific before but that did not cross my mind until later. Anyway I digress. Dr. Larson said I should think about it. His staff gave me pricing and I waited to hear from my ins co. A few weeks ago I got the go ahead for the eye surgery and made my final decision to go ahead with the full deal. Upper eye, face and neck lift. I have pre op on Oct 22 and surgery on Oct 29. Dr. Larson said he wanted to do my surgery at a local hospital with an overnight stay which is fine with me. He could do it in their center but felt more secure using the hospital facility. Because of other health issues.

Now I am less than two weeks out and I m a wreck. I am not sure if I made the right decision after all I was never a beauty queen and he doesn't have much to work with to begin. Am I just being vain? I always figured I'd just age the old fashion way. But I am too young to be sagging and bagging all over the place.

Any words of wisdom or thoughts would be appreciated.

I will update as I walk this journey with both the good and the bad. When I get more courage I will submit a full face image.

Tomorrow I go for the pre op and pay my part of the surgical costs. Insurance is paying for the eyes! I want to thank everyone for commenting. I do feel better. I spoke with the Dr.'s office yesterday and the RN who was super nice and took a considerable amount of time with me quelled a number of my fears. She was very sincere and took a full medical history to discuss with the doctor and promised to call me on Monday. I also have an additional appointment with the doctor on Tuesday to go over a few things. I have a seizure disorder that I wanted them to be aware of and I have had extensive neck surgery in the past and don't want my neck cranked around. In addition I have an underlying condition called syringomyelia and I have a syrinx in the neck region that I want them to be fully aware of. When I was done bringing everything up she asked if I had any airway problems. I had completely forgot to mention my tiny airway. I wear a cpap even when napping. She instructed me to bring it to the hospital because they will put it on me as I come out of the anesthesia. I am having a general not a local. I thought wow she is very good. Unfortunately she is not the or nurse but if the or nurse is half as good as the office RN I should feel confident and be in good hands. I am feeling less anxious now with the comments and speaking with the nurse. So tomorrow I go for pre op and then on Monday I see my PCP for a physical and Tuesday I see the surgeon and Thursday we go for it. I do feel very confident with this surgeon and will keep this updated incase there are others considering surgery in this area.

Again thanks so much for the encouragement.

I am heading out to have my testing and pay the fees! I wanted to post a few before pics. Still not brave enough to give you the full face but you get the idea from these pics. I have bagging and sagging issues. I have to tell ya'll it is nice to know I am not alone. Will let you know how today goes. Still a bit nervous but ok so far.