a picture is worth more than a thousand words! Beverly Hills, CA

Hi Bnewton18, I stayed at an overnight center the first day of my surgery. I had round the clock care and I had instructed my nurse to continue nonstop with the pain injections into my IV. So that first night I mostly slept and only got up once to use the bathroom. The next day I went to my hotel room and had a care taker stay with me 6 hours a day for several days. As long as I took the pain medication on time I felt no pain at all. I had very minimal bruising and the swelling started going down day after day getting better and better. They say you can go about your regular business after two weeks but although I could do anything after the first week since I was feeling great, you really don't look normal until a month later. SO if you are like me and you don't want anyone to know that you had any surgery done than count on a month for you not to show any signs of anything. You will look years younger and people will just think that you lost weight. Lol. Those were the comments I got...... people would just be amazed at how stunning I looked and they would ask me if I lost weight and I would say YES, I did, thanks for noticing it. Btw, I also ate a pineapple a day for the first week since I read on how great this fruit is for bruises and swelling so maybe that's why I had such little to almost nothing in as far as bruises goes.

Hi Cindy, the eye brow surgery was so easy and I felt no pain at all. Also, I can't even find the scars! My brows have not dropped and I am loving my outcome. I am sure several years from now they will drop because mother nature will continue doing her thing but when that happens I know to pay a visit to my wonderful doctor in LA and have him make everything look great again!

I took this picture of my eyes today because I wanted to show what my eyes look like with makeup on post-up to be able to truly compare to the picture of my eyes 10 years ago. As far as being extra careful I am not really doing anything different than before the surgery. However, now you got me thinking that maybe I should ask Dr. Moelleken if I need to be extra careful? Hmmmm, that's a good question, I was just so happy with the results that I was on a natural high all the way back home. Lol, I did not care about anything else. Life was good again!

I was just wondering because since my breast lift, I wear a bra to bed.  I never did that before.  But now I'm so scared of losing my results, because I love them so much :D.  I wondered if you felt the same way, LOL!

I totally understand! And I would not be suprised that once I get my breast lift done I, like you, will wear my bra to bed! I can't wait! You have been so incredibly open and detailed with your journey that I know you have helped so many with your story. I know that you helped me with my decision to go ahead and do both the breast lift and tummy tuck.

I'm so glad!  I hope you get as much joy out of all of it as I have.  I'd recommend sleeping in a sleep bra, though, cause I used to sleep in the underwire and I started getting weird pins & needles things.  After the third time of it happening, I decided to just go with my Sleeptop bras and it hasn't happened again :D.

Thanks for the heads up,...... girl you know that I am going to be asking you for a lot of advise and questions when I start my journey on my Mommy Makeover, hahaha, you are going to get tired of me!

That'll be a first!  But since I work here, I have to make sure I follow the guidelines very strictly about medical advice and stuff.  I can talk about my own experiences though :).

The upper eyelid incision is on the fold of the upper lid itself, but it is so difficult for even me to see it now. The incisions in this area fade quickly and beautifully. The incisions for the brow lift is on the edge of my scalp by my forehead and those I myself can no longer find. This past week I was at the salon getting my hair colored and I asked my hairdresser to help me find the scars and he could not find them either. I felt no pain at all. However, I did stay at a recovery center for one night and I had instructed them to keep me doped up at all times, Lol. When I left the recovery center, I just made sure to follow the schedule of my medications without missing a beat and I can honestly tell you, I did not feel any pain. From what I have heard other patients say it seems this is a very easy surgery with minimal discomfort and quick recovery. It proved to be the same for me as well.

I don't know, I guess it's because I kept insisting in having him make sure to give me back my almond shape eyes......... and he sure did deliver! I can't tell you how thrilled I am with the outcome. To me, Dr. Moelleken was GOD sent.

Lol, no, it was a gift from my love ones.

Sorry for the late response I just came across this now. I did not do lower eyelids. Instead, he just did his signature USIC procedure which was really important to make sure I kept my almond shape eyes. This was a gift from my significant other so you will have to ask the doctor about prices.