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Facelift with Dr. Lev - Costa Rica
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I am headed to Costa Rica in May for a facelift...
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I am headed to Costa Rica in May for a facelift with Dr. Lev. I will be staying at a new recovery place called Verdeza. It is in the city close to CIMA. I am having my surgery at the hospital rather than the clinic. Just a personal choice. I have read reviews and looked at pictures and I am confident in my decision to have Dr. Lev as my surgeon. I traveled to Mexico at the end of last year for a breast reduction and liposuction and had a great experience. I wrote a separate review for that. Anyway, I am now prepping for Costa Rica. I know all the standards to take as far as laxative, sleeping meds, etc. If anyone has any advice about things to bring I would appreciate it. The last time my daughter went with me and this time I am going it alone. A little scary. I will post before and after pictures eventually. It's funny that I had no problems with posting my boobs and belly, but I am more hesitant about posting my face. No because of confidentiality, but because I really hate the jowls, turkey neck and all deep circles under my eyes! But I do want to post so that others can learn the way I did. So, maybe next time.
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UPDATED FROM ldbug35
2 months pre
The dreaded before pictures
My before pictures......I really dislike them. I wear glasses all the time because I am blind without them, but I won't even consider contacts with those horrible valleys under my eyes!! The glasses help hide them! Ready to get this done! That turkey neck.....seriously?
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March 4, 2015
Thanks so much for sharing your before pics. Your eyes are so pretty that it's a shame to cover them up with glasses! I think you are going to be thrilled with your FL results from Dr. Lev and look forward to following your journey. :)
March 4, 2015
Thanks so much for sharing your photos, I'm still to embarrassed to post mine.. I'm happy for you and will be following your adventure... I'm thrilled to have stumbled onto this website and to witness the blessing journey's of all you remarkable ladies..hopefully, my time will come but if not, I'm happy tagging along! You are going to be even more beautiful!
March 5, 2015
First the face and then your eyes..sounds like the perfect plan..excited for you!
March 4, 2015
Thanks so much for sharing your photos, I'm still to embarrassed to post mine.. I'm happy for you and will be following your adventure... I'm thrilled to have stumbled onto this website and to witness the blessing journey's of all you remarkable ladies..hopefully, my time will come but if not, I'm happy tagging along! You are going to be even more beautiful!
March 4, 2015
Thank you very much. I hope your time comes as well! This site has been invaluable to me. So happy to have found it!
March 25, 2015
We never look as bad as we think. You have good structure and you are going to have a great result!
April 30, 2015
...you are going to be stunning, as you already have a nice face. Please keep us posted. I am very interested in Dr. Lev, and I am following your experience with high interest.
UPDATED FROM ldbug35
2 months pre
Chemical peel
So I went in for a consult for microdermabrasion and ended up getting a chemical peel....Yikes! Just got back and I feel great right now. Face is a little pink, but that's all. I'll post some pictures over the next few days so we can watch the process. I haven't had this done before....so.......don't know.
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March 6, 2015
I think it's a great idea to prep your skin as best as you can before a FL. What type of chemical peel did you get?
March 10, 2015
It was a VI peel. I was going to post the dramatic pictures of my peeling face, but I haven't had that experience. It's more like a minor flaking....... It doesn't even show up in pictures. So..... I don't know. Not really impressed.
March 10, 2015
That's a bummer. The VI peel must be pretty mild if you only had minor flaking. For the cost of this peel I would go back to where it was done and tell them your not happy and ask them to do it again.
March 31, 2015
Well, it did get rid of all the dead dry skin that had plagued me forever. My skin is very smooth now, which I like. But nothing that anyone else would notice.
May 17, 2016
have gotten bad skin, brown age spots, do I need a chemical peel or laser treatment
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Yay, so glad you are here sharing your facelift story! I can't wait to hear how it goes! I would love to see your photos when you feel up to posting them!
I hear you! Whenever (and if) you are ready. :)