My Bariatric Life 1-year Post-op. I Look Better at 50 Than I Did at 30! Thanks to Dr. Catherine Winslow, Facial Plastic Surgeon

One of my favorite procedures is the upper eye lid lift. It was so very nice to get rid of that hooding. Now my eyes look awake and youthful. And I barely need to wear any makeup on them. Instead I get to play up the luscious lips that Dr. Winslow created for me (I had lip augmentation yesterday).

If you are going for facial rejuvenation, this is one procedure you do not want to skip! I am 50 but thanks to Dr. Winslow I look and feel like I am in my 30s.

People cannot believe that this is what I looked like in 2003. Yes; it was me. Hard to believe I did that to myself. Obesity not only destroyed my looks. It almost took my life. I thank the Lord for the blessings I have received, the work of my bariatric and plastic surgeons, and the power to stick with diet and exercise for the rest of my life. I want to live forever!

*Price reflects cost of my entire facial plastic surgery of 7 procedures. See my other reviews on my profile page.

Dr. Winslow has done a simply incredible job of rejuvenating my face. Massive weight gain and loss had left sagging skin not only on my body (which was addressed by a body contouring plastic surgeon) but also it destroyed my once pretty face. I am so thankful that I had the courage to go "all in" with my facial plastic surgery, just as I had done with my body contouring plastic surgery. Most importantly, I am blessed to have found Dr. Catherine Winslow because it really took a super talent to make my face look this good. I look far far better today than I did in my thirties.

As far as my eyes, my upper eyelids were heavily hooded and my lower eyelids had lost volume creating a hollow appearance. I really don't know if this was caused by genetics or massive weight gain and loss or a combination of these factors. What is plain to see is that the effect was unattractive. Dr. Winslow did an upper eye lid lift and added the SMAS from my facelift to my tear troughs to add volume to the hollows under my eyes.

The result was so very nice. I recall staring into my eyes in the mirror after surgery and really liking how much I could actually see my eyes without the hooding. I also thought that my eyes looked very much like someone else's eyes I had seen. It was uncanny. I kept staring at my eyes until I finally realized whose eyes they looked like. I am not going to disclose his name, but when I told Dr. Winslow she said, "Maybe he had an eye lid lift." Funny... you never know...

As I wrote above, I am glad that I went "all in" with my facial rejuvenation. If I would have gotten a face and neck lift only then the other parts of my face, such as my eyes would look out of place. There are a lot of pieces in one tiny area that are all interconnected. So fixing one part and not the other, to me, would look like a room that had the carpets replaced but was left with old drapes and wallpaper.

Recovery was easy and pain was well-tolerated... there was very little pain actually. My scars are invisible. The results that Dr. Winslow was able to give me were without a doubt worth the money that I spent.