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Perhaps Don't Rush into a Facelift with Dominic Bray, Try Botox First - London, GB

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This review is about a near procedure, not an...

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This review is about a near procedure, not an actual one. One where I visited Dr Bray to ask what options there were for my somewhat saggy face and fat neck. I was left reeling - only a full facelift, a brow lift and liposuction at minimum. A cost of at least £12k. Nothing else would do. I booked in. Put money on cards, continued to avoid mirrors, got more and more stressed. Then my son, who's disabled, needed my financial input and also reminded me (not out loud, he's autistic) why unnecessary surgery is to be avoided. I cancelled - depressed beyond belief that all I'd achieved was pointing out how hideous I'd become. I booked lower face Botox with Dr Prager. It looked great. I lost two stone. It looked great. That app where you ask how old you look? I went from 58 to 38. I had my eyebrows tinted, another couple of years gone. I have no doubt that Dominic Bray is an exceptional surgeon - his feedback is amazing, he's a nice chap and had I gone ahead I would probably look 30. But I'm 51. I don't need that. When I need a facelift, IF I need a facelift he would be my choice but blimey, be sure before you visit that expertly applied lower face Botox won't do the job at least for the time being.

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August 15, 2016
Hi resolved - I commend you for bringing us all down to earth. You have probably done the right thing in not going ahead with surgery, which is a strange and scary old (well, new) world. If things go wrong, as they did with my first surgery (not with Dominic Bray), then you find yourself in an even scarier world of revision surgeries. And even if things go right, it can lead to self-absorption and an obsession with appearance, which is surely not good for anyone. Some people seem to be able to take it all in their stride, as if it's the most normal thing to do, but it's not for everyone. Well done for resisting surgery - you're a better woman than I. And congratulations on your weight loss and renewed self-esteem x
August 21, 2016
Thanks Peta x
August 21, 2016
Oh and I'm not a better woman - I'm just probably more suggestible!! I was completely up for it :-)
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November 22, 2016
I'm pleased for you & that you achieved a great result with Botox. I must admit I wanted a more permanent result & had my surgery with Dominic Bray over 2 years ago. I was not pressured into this at all by Dominic, I asked for his expert advice & then went away & decided for myself. I am delighted I went ahead because he is an absolute genius in his field of surgery. Of course surgery is not for everybody but for me personally, it was the way forward as I didn't want to have to keep thinking about my saggy face & having procedures which had to continuously be repeated- I wanted the saggy jowls gone!! I can say without doubt it was the best decision I made.
Like yourself I also have a disabled son & this is the first time I have ever done something for 'me' so I don't feel that I have been selfish. Infact I am more confident & so much happier than I was before - walking around with a permanent miserable saggy looking face was really getting me down. I am still over the moon with my amazing result over 2 years after surgery - I say that's money very well spent & something that will not have to be repeated anytime soon. X
November 22, 2016
Hi Sa54 - I don't think 'resolved' was saying that she was feeling pressured into surgery, more that she had come to her own conclusion that she felt surgery was not for her, or at least not yet. And even those who go ahead with the "more permanent result" of surgery sometimes end up on a lifetime maintenance regime of botox and fillers anyway, so the procedures do have to be continuously repeated. - luckily not so in your case! You do look lovely in your photos x
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November 22, 2016
As I said, of course surgery isn't for everybody & I'm delighted that this lady achieved such a fantastic result with Botox & without the need for surgery.
The point I was trying to make was that my saggy face & jowls have now been dealt with - I was finding it difficult to enjoy life with a badly sagging face- so for me personally, that is now behind me and yes I do have a little Botox between my eyes if I choose to have it once in a while. However the main reasons for wanting to make myself 'invisible' have now gone & for me that was the best option & I'm grateful to Dominic for giving me my life back.
January 3, 2017
I had no idea Botox could be used in the lower face except for masseter reduction which I've had and it didn't make any difference. I've also had fillers numerous times to my Nadolabial folds and it only ever lasted up to a week. I'm not sure what to do next. I have no wrinkles but I've lost definition in my jawline and those Nasolabial folds are just ageing. I'm considering visiting Dr Bray, but concerned about scarring.
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January 12, 2017
Hi
Speaking from my own experience with Dominic Bray, I have no visible scars at all! X