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Lip Lift

UPDATED FROM frostahorse
9 months post

Final thoughts

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frostahorse
WORTH IT$7,500
So it has been 10 months. I found Dr Talie on this website and then did some extra investigation. I selected him because lip lifts are his thing. I believe 80% of his practice is lip lifts. Cost? Yes it was very expensive. However I wanted to give myself the best possible chance to have a good outcome. After all this is my face! I can’t hide it if a procedure goes wrong.
In the end I’m glad I did it. I’m of an age now when I am starting to battle looking older. I have plans for other work. Probably veneers next.
Let me encourage you to post open honest photos and videos as you do your research and procedures. This forum is our chance to help each other and hopefully get honest accounts of what the doctors, results, and process are really like. Good luck on your journey.

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Ben Talei, MD

Ben Talei, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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May 18, 2019
You look beautiful
May 21, 2019
The lips with a smile and a beautiful teeth are really perfection who did the veneers an excellent job makes a big difference the combination
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May 30, 2019
Oh my Gosh! I know. I’m looking into veneers now. I am nervous.
May 22, 2019
Your smile looks beautiful!!! Everything has settled so nicely and your scar is undetectable!
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May 30, 2019
Thank you.
May 22, 2019
You are such a beautiful lady. It seems like your LL enhances that beauty :) Love the result.
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May 30, 2019
Oh thank you. I’m happy. It did cost a lot. But I felt it was worth the peace of mind.
May 30, 2019
Hi Frostahorse, Can you let me know how you looked three weeks after the lip lift. You look amazing now. I'm thinking of having it done and I have a meeting to attend three weeks after. Do you look good enough with makeup that it really wouldn't be that noticeable? I'd appreciate your info on this. Thank you!
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May 30, 2019
I I looked really bad. I don’t think that my level of bruising and swelling is totally normal. But I looked pretty bad. If you look through my photos you’ll see it took me a long time to look normal again. I just had a made up story I told people about dental work I had done. Or a little benign skin spot I had removed ved
UPDATED FROM frostahorse
7 months post

Scar photos 7 months or so post op

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frostahorse
A few more photos. Up close of my scar. Basically non existent

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March 16, 2019
Looking amazing!! And no makeup? Gosh you look great! I’m so happy you’re loving your results now. I know what an emotional roller coaster ride this procedure can be, but your end result is beautiful. Congrats to you!!!
March 16, 2019
Thank you for posting more photos. Did you get laser treatments for your scar or any other treatments? Did i take 4 months for you to be able to smile normally? I am at 5weeks post op now and finally looking almost normal (as long as I dont smile) This healing process is torture but seems like it will be worth it in the end. It is just very hard dealing with the way I look right now and trying to avoid having see people because I don’t want to need to explain or tell anyone. Did it take 4 months for the numb feeling to go away completely too? I know he said it takes 3 months but he also said it takes 3weeks to look basically normal, but it took me 5weeks so I feel I am already behind schedule
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May 10, 2019
I did not have any laser. The smile is totally normal again. That was pretty scary, I know how you feel. My lip and scar are still always tiny bit numb, but it is just barely noticeable now.
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March 20, 2019
Have got a before and after picture please and would you say your healing was longer then average or is that the norm. You look great [RS bleep]
March 20, 2019
@frostahorse Do you still have numbness under your nose and in your upper lip?
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May 10, 2019
Its almost gone
March 20, 2019
Can u post side by side before and after pictures? Glad your smile came back to normal again.
UPDATED FROM frostahorse
6 months post

New pictures

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frostahorse
Just a photo update

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February 21, 2019
Wow you look great. In these pictures I can’t see the scar at all. How is the scar in person?
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March 15, 2019
Basically non existent. I’m very happy
March 1, 2019
Thank you so much for posting so many photos and VIDEO. I am going through this now and starting to freak out. I feel a bit better knowing it all worked out for you in the end even though it took so long. Thinking of having to stay like this for another 3 months is hard because as I am sure you know everyone thinks that what you look like a month after surgery is the final result and you look botched to them. Plus you feel botched. It was helpful to hear you saying you had all the same feelings as I am now having and to see that it all worked out for you in the end.
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March 15, 2019
Hang in there. You will heal. I’m 7 months out now. And very happy.
March 16, 2019
Your smile looks beautiful and natural!
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April 14, 2019
Do you have a before and after side by side picture? Would love to see that. From what I see you look amazing!