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Beginning to End, Facelift Journey
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8 months post
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Helping60November 4, 2019
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I had more pictures to add. These pictures were all taken over a 3 day period at approx the 7 mth post-op mark. Some are really embarrassing to post, I am without makeup and a little sleep-deprived. I threw in a few pictures taken at a party for a family member's birthday, where the point was not to point out imperfections but to show some random pics in regular, somewhat relaxed-posed positions. I welcome comments, and I hope these help people to see what I was talking about when I say that things had relaxed while keeping in mind I even helped matters some by refilling some of the lost volume with filler in the nasolabial folds. If you are confused by anything, ask away. I'm sure with the amount of pics I posted, I forgot to give some details.
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Careful what you ask for. Updated photos, finally.
Helping60November 3, 2019
Here are the promised photos in various positions. I will just reiterate that I mention the eyes because while no surgery has been done on the lower eyes, it WAS part of the plan. I was told we could simply resolve the hollowness with some undereye filler but am being told it simply isn't that easy. The condition of the skin (too much, and thin) would make the filler appear blue and may actually look like bags under my eyes. I focus on this because I feel like no matter how well the lower face improves, until the lower eyes are addressed, it will always t"ake away from", if that makes sense. That said, I will mostly include photos that focus on the neck and lower face. Also, keep in mind because of the relaxation I had filler in the nasalabial (?) folds/lines already too. Some pictures are contorted, just like the "befores" were to put emphasis on the lines/fold/wrinkles. In the first month or so after surgery I could not make a double chin no matter how hard I tried, I am simply showing in these how I look by simply looking down or tilting my head down & to the side. I will try to make comments with the pictures. Sorry in advance if I overdose you with shots!
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January 1, 2020
think you look lovely..huge difference...do you have an incision right under your chin? Some consults I went on the docs were like "oh you dont need that as your neck is fine"..others said they would make the incision under my chin to make my neck tigher...thanks
March 16, 2020
Sorry for the delay. Yes, I had an incision under the chin, I really have to feel for it now, about a year later, (although it didn't take that long to get there!) to even slightly feel where it was. I dont even think it's noticeable without makeup. This is also where he will go in to do the revision, which has been delayed due to a TMJ problem I'm having.
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7 months post
The relaxation phase. 6 mths
Helping60October 26, 2019
It’s been about 6 months since my surgery and it appears I will be having some revision in the neck area. (sorry if I posted this before, I didn’t want to re-read everything, but it was evident fairly early this would be needed) The Doc wanted to wait to wait until I had healed for close to a year before he did the “repair” (my word, not his) I will say that, at least in my case but I have read about it in others, that after the initial swelling does down your skin appears to relax more again and you lose some of what made you love your initial result. I’m sure this has to vary patient to patient because I have seem patients in their 6 mth/9 mth and later “after” photos where their skin looks tighter than mine looks now. I have added filler in the nasolabial folds to improve the appearance and that has helped restore some of the tightness I had right after surgery. My biggest dissappointment is my eye area, the plan was to add undereye filler address the aging and hollowness and a “botox browlift” to help open the eyes up more, even after the upper bleph. After 600 dollars worth of botox, I got no improvement. In addition, I decided to go to a Plastic Surgeon closer to my home to save time and travel to get the under eye filler and he told me my skin quality was not good enough for undereye fillers. He said the best improvement would be surgery (not likely to be cleared for that) and then after that, skin tightening treatments for roughly 3 months, before I even attempt a filler. Even then, I may not be happy with the result. I feel this really ages me, especially when I smile. I still plan on exploring options. I didn’t go through all this to look aged because of loose thin crepe like skin under the eyes, that is made much much worse when I smile. I want to be able to smile. Pics to come later.
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October 26, 2019
Sorry to hear that and thanks for your update. Can you post some pictures of how you look today? The picture one month after your surgery look great. I cannot believe that it could change so much. Maybe it was a disguised "skin-only" lift? I have the same problem, have to have some touch-ups on my neck and lower face after the initial face lift, but I saw already at 2 months that my surgery was not 100% successful.
October 26, 2019
I will post pictures when I have time & some privacy, my family doesn’t know I am sharing pics or my experience on here. I am absolutely not saying my current results are horrible, they are just not as good as I expected, or as tight/firm/youthful I thought was my “results” were going to be. To be fair, my Dr told me my greatest improvement would be to my lower face and neck, and that still holds true. He did not do any work to my lower eye area because of another medical condition I have, and he was looking out for my best interests there. I'm disappointed in the fact that I thought the "fix" was to simply inject filler and I would get the same result, just an ongoing expense. Now, I find out it's not so simple. Or, at least that's the opinion I am getting from others. I also think with a more youthful lower face and neck, it only adds emphasis to the fact my lower eyes look so much older, if that makes sense....almost like they belong on another face. They warned me that once you get surgery you start nit picking everything else on your face that wasn't "enhanced" or worked on, and I guess that must be true. I really wanted to fix what I consider a lot of asymmerty in my face when I smile (the 2 sides of my face seem to do something different) but that didn't happen. Again, not the fault of the surgeon, he didn't work on that area. It's just what the muscles and whatnot do... one side the hollowness seems to fill in but create more lines, and the other side gets more hollow. When I see it in pictures, I think to myself-- ok, keep your smile to a small grin...because that looks BAD. Then everyone tells me I have a great smile, so I send them pictures of me smiling when I am wearing my sunglasses. Ugh, I wish I wasn't so self concious. I thought all this stuff could be addressed, but I kept getting told some anatomy just is what it is. I will post pictures, but please remember the lower eyes were not part of my surgery, and my revision is on the neck, and the lower face has been altered somewhat with fillers, otherwise I would have had more nasalabial folds.
October 27, 2019
Thanks for your answer. Yes, I remember that eyes were not a part of the surgery. I am more interested in your lower face and neck because I have the same problem. However my lower face and neck never looked as well-defined as yours after the surgery.
October 28, 2019
I think your results look absolutely beautiful - I was quite shocked scrolling from your before pics to your after pics. I too have experienced some relaxation in my lower face, slight Jowls reappeared, and although I have accepted (I don’t have a choice, I cannot spend more on plastic surgery) it I do understand the disappointment. I know it helps me immensely to look at where I started, to compare my before pics to the afters. Then I’m happy.
Good luck to you.
Good luck to you.
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