Delighted with my Results

I absolutely recommend Dr Bramhall if you are considering a face/neck-lift. He is excellent at what he does. I am delighted with my results; I have a lovely jawline that I have never had before …ever! The care from Russell, his secretary Avril and all the staff at Ross Hall was brilliant. I was worried that people would look down on you, obviously there a lot of difficult things that can be going on in peoples lives that a facelift seems quite shallow, but everyone was just so lovely.

I knew in 2021 that I wanted a facelift and I started my research back then. Your face is not something you can hide if something goes wrong so it was important for me to take my time and do some research before making any decisions. I also wanted someone close to home for follow up appointments. I decided I wanted a deep plan face and neck-lift and then started looking at surgeons who could do that procedure (and do it well!) and I kept coming back to Dr Bramhall. The reviews left by patients, the before and after pics and the fact that he is also followed by respected surgeons across the UK gave me confidence that he could be the surgeon for me, and I finally booked my consultation in August 24.

At the consultation Russell makes it very clear what is involved in the procedure, and although I had done some research and knew what was involved, it is still a bit daunting hearing it being described. I think most people think a facelift is just lifting and tightening the skin but there is a lot more to a deep plan face and neck-lift. Which is why it is important to select a surgeon who knows what they are doing. After my consultation I was confident that Russell was the surgeon for me and I booked my procedure for March 25.

Recovery from the procedure is fine and everything settles quite quickly. Initially my face looked very round as it was swollen, I thought I looked like a chipmunk. My husband was worried that it would completely change how I looked and at the beginning he couldn’t see how it would all settle and that I would go back to looking like me - he never said anything to me at the time but has since told me that he was worried in the beginning - but now he is amazed at how natural it looks. I still look like me but fresher, which was exactly what I was wanting. It is very natural looking, not tight and pulled at all.
About three weeks into my recovery, I took very ill, completely unrelated to my surgery. I ended up needing an emergency operation and I was in and out of hospital for four weeks. Throughout that scary time Avril, Russell’s secretary, was in regular contact with me, checking to see how I was doing. Luckily, I recovered and it ended up being a good cover story for my slight change in appearance, everyone I seen after that kept telling me I looked amazing and I told them I had lost a few lbs during my illness and my face just looked slimmer because of it.

I am 5 months post op and I am still healing, under my neck feels a bit strange but not in an uncomfortable way, and not in a way that bothers me at all. The scars at the back of my head are still a bit red, so I can’t tie my hair up yet. But other than that, everything has settled brilliantly and I am so happy with my results. I know that it takes a full year for everything to really settle, plus Dr Bramhall is happy with how everything is healing.

I will post some pictures of before, during and after when I can. I have also agreed to allow Dr Bramhall to use my pictures as I think it is beneficial for people considering surgery to see other peoples results with the surgeon they are looking at, and I think he will be doing that in the next month or two.