Lifestyle Lift - VERY BAD Experience for Me!

Just now I watched an hour program (advertizing) for the Life Style Lift, and they repeted many times that there was no pain !!!!

I have to wonder if your being honest or if your a plant for LSL. I just now started reading these stories after watching an add on TV and calling the 800#. They make it sound painless, easy with no recovery time, not invasive and certainly no scarring or severe cutting. I thought it must all be done with lasers or laproscopically. This sounds horrendous and there are many similar stories here. I definitely will not do this now that I've read these testimonials. I believe these woman.

I'm so glad that at least one woman was dissuaded from the horrific pain,and long drawn out healing process that seems to never end.
..It's been almost three years and my ears are still itching constantly.The lumps haven't gone away,and the scars are horrible.
It's unbelievable that they said.."In some cases..you can return to work the next day!"
Wow.I couldn't get out of bed for a wk.and missed my follow up appt.for that reason.
It's a gruesome experience,healing,and recovery.
-A huge mistake.So many years of my life ruined and wasted..all because of the lies of Lifestyle Lift.

Never brush anyone's warnings aside so quickly. I am glad you had a good experience. However no matter how big an organization is or how "great" of job they did for you and others it always comes down to the person who did the job. I am just researching Lifestyle life right now. It does help me to keep my feet on the ground and out of the clouds! The reality of what can happen in any type of surgical procedure is that some will fail. No matter how good the surgeon is, no matter how well you have prepared, it will not work for everyone. I am speaking as a person who did have a car accident and have the right side of my face broke, my cheek bone in 13 places and jaw in 3. I had a fractured skull and was in a coma for a couple weeks. I woke up being partially paralyzed on my left side, severe short term amnesia and my jaw wired shut. I was told I probably would never be able to walk without assistance again and the right side of my face may stay paralyzed. That was 28 years ago. Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis Mo. did a wonderful job in putting me back together. Now 28 years later, I still have some short term memory problems; recall on demand is the problem area for me. I also was able to return to the military, yes, military; performing my physical fitness and work very well. BUT- here is the problem, scar tissue. I had to have it removed from my jaw 12 years ago because of the pain I had just moving the muscles. I have that problem again, I am told to see an orthodontic surgeon. All he will do is pull the scar tissue off, which will leave the excess skin that had grown with the thickness of the jaw bone. If I tilt my head down looking at you, you can see that my jaw is crooked. I am desperately in need of surgery again because of the pain the scar tissue causes even when I eat or move any of my mouth or cheek muscles. My insurance will cover a "plastic" surgeon, and orthopedic surgeon. The game is in the name, if it’s a "dentist" they only pay 50% of what they think the price should be. I also am beginning to take on the look of a blood hound. My drooping skin from my jaw is starting to show the concealed scar that was tucked behind the jaw bone line, in addition to being so painful every time I move my jaw. My point is I had great surgeons that fixed me up after my accident. I got lucky. But, even with that now almost 30 years later, I am still suffering and now to top it, I have to find a specialist that can realign my jaw bone taking off all the scar tissue without it destroying what nerves I have left. Never brush anyone’s complaints off, even if you had a great experience. Be glad you are not in their shoes. Oh, and as far as anyone claiming they can do surgery without having pain following the procedure should be a red flag to anyone.

Dear kolzion,

God Bless you dear, and thank you for your service to our country. I can only with you the very best in your continued recovery and strength in the long battle which you have been and are currently experiencing.
LSL definately doesn't care what kind of dr.s they contract with and corporate medice has no responsibility in this country to be accredited so they can performed surgery in non-sterile rooms behind closed doors, going in and out of the room seeing other aftercare patients, not surgically prepping the face,etc., etc., with patients going on record as crying out in pain and the dr. saying such things as don't be a baby it's not that bad.

This age of buyer beware in this country, which has been escalating to the point of crimes against humanity in my oppinion, is screaming for more regulation in the licensing of businesses and dr.s with gigantic teeth being put into truth in advertising laws.

Ditto on your last statement.
Let's go for the red, white and blue! HooRa!

Thank-you HooRa! You are so rigtht, the word "Responsibility" doesn't seem to exist in many places in America now. One does have to be extremely careful. Pray we can get it squared away, HUAH!

This is a nation-wide HUSTLE for unsophisticated clients. A doctor can BUY into this franchise and can perform operations even though he is not Board Certified in Plastic Surgery. Good luck to all the suckers who fall for this. Go to a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon listed in Castle Connollly, a respected out-side firm, if you don't want to be hustled.

Unfortunately in the USA you do not have to be Board Certified in Plastic Surgery to perform Plastic Surgery. That's why people get ripped off.

Can't believe you had a great experience with the Lifestyle Lift. You are either pretty young or a shill for the company, in my opinion. Yes it is a Nationwide Company all right. A doctor can BUY his way into it. What other medical specialties offer this opportunity to scam the public? The fact that they advertise heavily on TV should make a sensible person wonder right away.

What doctor or doctors advertise with hour long PAID programs on TV? What does this tell you?

I too tend to believe that the above unregistered guest, is a plant…
If a company touts claims that sound too good to be true… They probably are…
If an unbelievable percentage of patients are complaining… There is probably a reason…
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck… it's more than likely, a duck… IF there's a great deal of smoke… Watch out… there probably is a fire…

Thanks for taking the time to post here… for opening up and telling the nitty-gritty about all you went through… I commend each and every one of you, for taking the time to share your experiences with others, so that other women might be spared.

I had an awful experience locally, with an abdominoplasty 12 years ago… After all these years… I still hate the results. AND I might add… my "surgeon" promised she would "fix" the problem… Here I am lo'these 12 years and it's still not done????!!!

Do your research, and do it well before going under the knife!
Once things are done, they more often than not, can NOT be undone!

I have a very strong feeling that you are a paid "astroturfer," exactly what LSL has been busted for: paying employees to post fake positive reviews for a disastrous procedure that they pretend is not even a real surgery.

Dr. Gawley in Scottsdale , AZ is a fantastic Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. he specializes in recontructive facial & breast cancer patients. i know women who have used him & have seen his results. Fantastic! Check him out. Best wishes.

I am so very happy you decided not to do this. Wish I had done my research!

Does Dr. Gawley in Scottsdale, AZ work for the corporate monster, Sunnytime?

I looked for those videos and - guess what? - they no longer come up on search. I would be willing to bet that Lifestyle Lifts threatened that TV station with a lawsuit also! Everyone who had bad results should get together and file a class action suit against this company and individual suits against the doctors.

Absolutely! My husband, my mother and myself; we all had the procedure in 2007. We are so unhappy with the results. I am only 47 and I wanted to lift some incipient sagging of the jawls, so when I found this procedure and I thought it was a safe answer. I took my husband, who had loosed skin under his neck and my mother who is 67 wanted to have a lift too. After almost a year, we all looked the same if not worse. My mother does not even looks like herself. The procedure not only did not help, but my mother's eyes have not stopped hurting. She has also had pain on one side of the head for almost a year. Her eyes tear constantly and at the same time are so dry. She can't stand any bright light or wind, because her eyes hurt and get so dry. After seeing 3 eye surgeons and a neurologist it appears that the surgeon injured a nerve in her eye and he trimmed too much skin from her upper and lower lid, which causes the eye not to close completely. The only solution to her eye problem now is another surgery to "relax" the muscle to let the eyelid drop and to get a skin draft from the back of the ear to add to the shortened upper lid. It is a nightmare!!! She has not stopped complaining for a year and there is no way to improve it. All of our ears are sewed down to our face, one of my mothers is longer, she can wear earings, one of my husband's has not recovered any sensation and it is completely numb. We went to the StyleLift office and they gave us the brush off. They did not even took notes, they just wanted to have pictures to cover their ass. IT IS A SCAM! IT IS DANGEROUS!! I WANT TO JOIN ANY CLASS ACTION SUIT. Please contact me if you know if anyone has started one. IF SOME OF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS SUEING THEM, CONTACT ME.

Ana, Please e-mail me if you are still interested in other complaints involving Life Style Lift. I won't say it on this board, but I have new information. Hope to hear from you soon.

Hi Lily, Please e-mail me if you want information on others with complaints about Life Style Lift. You're right, they are suing the TV stations that have run the reports & although no verdicts have been rendered, Lifestyle Lift has managed to effectively suppress the discontent of their patients. I'd like to get this to a national, rather than local level. In my opinion,if you haven't done this procedure, don't do it.

I would like to know if anything is being done - I want my money back. I only have about 2 months until the statue of limitations will end for me. My chin sagged about 6 mo after the procedure.

I wish I would have found this site before I had my procedure. I had it done 12 days ago, I am still waiting to see what I will look like. I will tell you I never would have had it done if I had seen this site first. one side has alot of pulling wrinkles, like I stuck my head out a car window going 100 mi an her. they ssid that would go away, I sure hope so. I have alot of pulling on the neck on one side but not on the other. when i talked to the dr and sent him picutres he said , I am in the 10% that needs more time to heal.If I had to do it over I would just go ahead and keep the wrinkles, although It could have been much worse, it could have been much better too. we'll see after a few months.Don't do it. i chose this one because it was suppose to be less risky. does anyone want to go on ncb or cbs or one of those shows and show what really happens instead of what they potrayed( on those same shows) I'd do it with you.I didn't have high expectations, to look really young, just wanted to smooth out the wrinles a little, didn't want to pull them clear ot the back of my head.

How long is the status of limitations?

Like any surgery you should have done your homework.
I would never think I would come out of anykind of surgery without some kind of pain involved, My goodness, you cut the end of your finger with a paring knife, You feel pain, It's common sense.........

Anyway, sorry you had a bad result, each person is different and will react differently to surgery....This is something you need to realize going into it, and the out come for you will never be the same out come for someone els, everyone is different. Good Luck!!!

Two years- unless you file a complaint with the medical board. Then it's five more years depending on the state

Depends on the state in which you live but most are 2 years for medical and 3 for extreme cases. Hope this helps.

Hi had a procedure on March 12,at WPB Folrida.It was just nasiol labial and some lines aroun aech side of my mouth. After 4 months of the procedure my face looks the same. I lost $2,000. LIFESTYLE IS THE BIGGEST SCAM HAPPENING!! I would like to discuss suing them, please contact me

HI EVERY ONE. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN LSL !!! I HAVE NOT IDEA WHAT TO DO, TO GET MY MONEY BACK !!!

So sorry to hear about what's happened to your family. Where did you have your procedure done?

Wow, JoyceMarie! I'm assuming that the above comment was to me since I also received it in a private post. I thought this forum was for exchanging info. I'm not sure what set you off about my question...I asked a sensible question and was expecting a sensible response in return. Why do you call people stupid? And why do you capitalize every post? I am definitely not an employee of LSL nor have I had the procedure done (though I am considering it) so I'm not sure why you would need to see pictures of me. If you want people to take you seriously about this you need to be a bit more mature and stop with the name calling and insults. Otherwise, we just think you're unstable.

I am a victim of Life Style Lift also and my face is not good. If anyone knows about a class action law suit please let me know. I will join.

I have just been brushed off by LSL. I have been complaining about the results of my procedure for almost 3 years. I want to join a class action law suit also. Someone please let me know if you have an attorney.

I am another victim of this company. Please let me know if anyone knows about an attorney or legal action starting. I need help before it is too late.

Nancy,

If this surgery is something you want, I believe you should do it, I too went and had a consult for this procedure and even after reading all this negative stuff, I will still have this procedure done.

Everyone reacts differently with all surgery's, and I think some of these women went into this surgery expecting to come out looking 17 years old again, Not Going to happen, it takes you back a few years, but not to 17.

Anyway good luck, hope you are happy with your results...........

-You won't hear that from anyone honest!!! They used to advertise that you could do it on your lunch hour and go back to work the next day 'in many cases.'just for that they should lose their license.It takes months to heal,the swelling and bruising are horrifying.Imagine having your ears disconnected,then sewn on in the wrong direction.Then liposuction under your chin-which is extremely painful!The Dr tried to blame it on my ethnicity-it's not intended for white people,apparently!
I also had to have it done twice.Now I have two nightmares to remember.I truly wish that I'd never seen their totally dishonest commercials,or trusted those clowns at all.-Please,don't go there. Save a little extra and go to an actual "Board Certified Plastic Surgeon".

you are so wrong about people wanting to look 17. We had realistic expectations. We were only guilty of believing what we were told.

-Be sure and let us know how you're doing.I nvr expected to look 17.Not even 38.-I was 50,and only wanted the beginning neck and jowls gone.They couldn't even get both sides equal! I had loose skin hanging down under one side of my neck-and flaps hanging off the outer corners of my eyes!-I went in looking normal,but a little aged.I came out looking like a freak! They connected the bottoms of my ear lobes to my cheeks! One facing forward,the other pushed backward!-Was it his first day???!!
A yr.later..had to get it redone. Now,..I look like I've had a stroke! One side is pulled tightly down.Is that what I get for complaining??
Don't blame high expectations on a Doctor's mutilation!
GOOD LUCK.

WHAT WAS THE DORCTORS NAME THAT YOU SAW, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE, AND MAYBE IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY.........

Hi NANTAN562 - Do a lot of research. Not just of LSL but of other facial plastic surgeons, too. I checked quite a few and they also do the 'mini-lifts' though they go by different names. One site I looked at was for a facial plastic surgeon who was voted best facial plastic surgeon for the past 4 years in Dallas. On his site (Dr. Verret in Texas) he also states that the mini-lift he does takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours. I haven't had this procedure done (and before any one else freaks out, I'm not an employee, nor have I ever been an employee of LSL.) I work for TI in Dallas, TX. But, I am considering having this done at LSL. I'm sure that if you did a poll of most other plastic surgeons you will also find several (or more) patients who are unhappy with their outcome. I think you just have to do a lot of research and make that decision for yourself.

I also noticed that the majority of problems seem to be out of Florida. Maybe they need to check out that office and either shut it down or find new surgeons. I do, however, agree that the doctor (whether it LSL or any one else) needs to fix the problem to the patients' satisfaction (for free).

Actually 'sej-tech' there are horror stories from everywhere. -I received all your messages. After two surgeries am left with horrible scars,earlobes turned two different directions,and one side of my face drooping so that people ask if I've had a stroke.
Dr.Prendeville who likes posting on here,and reading posts is friends with the Dr.Richard Castellano that did my surgery-and they stick together-even though Dr.C's being sued by many people right now.They blame L.S.L.-but the company wasn't holding the knife.There was a Dr.Atiyah-sp.? in Tn. who injured people that makes Fl Dr's look like 'specialists.

Dear White Bluff, that is insulting to our intellect. No 50-year old or 60-year old expects to look "17 again" after surgery. Your comment above along with your "homework" remarks are pure foolishness and is intended to insult the victim and remove blame from the LSL butchers. I truly believe now you are being paid to post for LSL. Yes, my dear, please, by all means, DO get LSL. I mean, REALLY do it. I also demand to see before and after pics for all to see. I am calling your bluff, sweetheart. Your screen name is quite appropriate.

She''ll never show back up, Kat, she was a real shill, had hers done in Coolsprings, Franklin, TN and I know the dr that did her reeeaaallly screwed up some other people. Lord knows what her incentive was, I mustn't say for fear of getting deleted.

Why don't you just call them?

I don't think it is a wise idea to have many of the cheaper and "less trouble" facelifts which are popular all of a sudden. Most do not last a long time so you end up wasting your money. Go to the public library where you live and see if they have the Castle Connolly Guide. It lists doctors in all fields who have been rated by their peers. There may be a doctor listed near you.

You are correct, people do read these posts and I am not impressed with the post from the surgical tech. She sounded condescending and defensive.

Who cares if she spelt right, RIGHT, you are obviously not happy with yourself to notice how a lady spells right, when she is asking a question about something so not to do with spelling, Really let it go, Don't sweat the small stuff, and if I have spelt anything wrong, I am so sorry, Spelling is not my favorite thing in the world, we all have are weak areas, We can't all be perfect like you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!