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56 Starting With Upper Bleph & Fractional CO2 Laser - McLean, VA
UPDATED FROM Brook1960
1 year post
One year later, so glad I did it. Added tear trough filler recently too.
WORTH IT$4,000
Scars are invisible and have been for months thanks to the skill of my surgeon. I’m so glad I did my homework here on Real Self. Just last week a friend in McLean told me the “plastic surgeon” who did her upper and lower lids was in fact a dentist. Her complications worked out but she had a great deal of pain and worry. Is she a stupid woman? No. She has a JD from the University of Chicago and an equally smart friend referred her to this guy who makes a fortune as an unqualified surgeon.
I had my tear troughs filled 2 weeks ago, plus Botox around my crows feet, between my brows and in my forehead. A little in my smoking lines and in my lips. Filler is so painful in and round my lips. You girls that get your lips filled, you are my sHeroes! My girlfriends think I look great, super refreshed, and they’re all getting their tear troughs done, plus the Botox or at least the Botox.
I had my tear troughs filled 2 weeks ago, plus Botox around my crows feet, between my brows and in my forehead. A little in my smoking lines and in my lips. Filler is so painful in and round my lips. You girls that get your lips filled, you are my sHeroes! My girlfriends think I look great, super refreshed, and they’re all getting their tear troughs done, plus the Botox or at least the Botox.
UPDATED FROM Brook1960
18 days post
People Really Do Say "You Look Great! Did You Do Something?"
I'm sorry I waited so long. Scars healing. Swelling resolving. Sometimes my right eyelid seems droopy. That eye is smaller anyway so it needs to stay open. My Dr. is great. If it doesn't resolve along with swelling/healing, she will fix it. Sculptra swelling is pretty much gone. Terrifying lumps too. Waiting for collagen;-)
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Thank you for sharing your experience with the community and generously sharing photos! Your results are beautiful. I definitely need an upper bleph, can't even see my eyelashes anymore, lol. Best wishes!
Do it if you can girlfriend:) Choose your doctor with caution. Thank you for the kind words!
UPDATED FROM Brook1960
15 days post
Stitches Out Doing Well, Except Sculptra Stress!!!
Stitches came out and I'm still a happy camper. So nice to wear mascara again. Haha! I have "borrowed" makeup from my 15 year old daughter. Payback! Some pain when the stitches were pulled from my right lid. Ow. Some swelling caused temporary asymmetry, more than I have anyway. Obsessed about that until it settled. I'm such a spazz.
Yet I go ahead. Then obsess and drive myself, family and PS cray cray if there are complications, even imagined ones. I try to avoid anything likely to cause any kind of "complication." I should have sherlocked Sculptra here before asking my excellent, expert PS to give me my first round of the stuff. I'm sure it's going to be fine, but the recovery and my reaction to the product is just too stressful for me. Fellow neurotics;-) Beware!
Yet I go ahead. Then obsess and drive myself, family and PS cray cray if there are complications, even imagined ones. I try to avoid anything likely to cause any kind of "complication." I should have sherlocked Sculptra here before asking my excellent, expert PS to give me my first round of the stuff. I'm sure it's going to be fine, but the recovery and my reaction to the product is just too stressful for me. Fellow neurotics;-) Beware!
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There are 2 female oculo's at this McLean practice....did you consider both or did you only consult with Rostami based on some set of criteria?
Good question. Just Dr. Rostami. More experience. Senior position at Reston Hospital. Heavier hitter in my opinion.
Did you discuss lower eye surgery at any point and if you had opted for that would it have been possible to do with local anesthesia? Did you consider anyone at the equally expensive Weston Group :)
Haha! Didn't come across the Weston Group:) I only talked to Dr. Le from Philadelphia besides Dr. R. He's an eye specialist too, though he is board certified only in ophthalmology. He comes to Silver Spring once a month. My paperwork said upper lids and possible lateral browlift. He came in the room and said "lower lids?" So I guess I need them! But I didn't ask! Seriously, Dr. R didn't think I needed my lower lids done or a brow lift. I agree. I need filler for sure. Figure I'll try that first. Before I do a brow lift, I'll do a lower face lift. Sigh:-0
I wasn't suggesting you needed a lower :) ~ often in consult they just roll out options and I thought maybe they mentioned if they do lowers under local as well. Some do only uppers that way and insist on GA when doing both. Just curious given how well your surgery results are if that ever got mentioned.
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