Lower Facelift & Fat Cells to Malar in Melbourne Australia

I am 53 years old & have always been told I look young for my age. Until menaupause hit. Hard.
Yesterday someone asked me if I was Cate Blanchett's mother! Bloody cheek!
Anyway, my cheeks have been sliding down my face for quite a while now and last year I decided it was high time I did something drastic about my "melting" face.
I did my research thoroughly here on RS and contacted many lovely people (thank you ladies) both here in Oz and overseas in many far flung places.
I interviewed several local plastic surgeons to get their opinions and prices and quite frankly I was gobsmacked by what some of them had to say, some of their attitudes and some of their overinflated prices!
I was feeling at my wits end when I rang Howard Webster's office and spoke to Tracey, his receptionist. What a delightful and professional lady she is!
Unfortunately Mr Webster did not have any availability until February this year but I made an appointment and prepared to wait the three months necessary.
Fortunately when cancellation came up Tracey rang me so I was able to see Mr Webster earlier than expected for my initial consultation, which incidentally I did not have to pay for because I found him through Real Self.
Immediately I found there was a huge difference with this experience.
I was not kept waiting for longer than 5-10 minutes in the waiting room.
When I did get to meet him Howard was very polite & personable & most importantly he LISTENED to me!!! LOL. Something that none of the others had bothered to do. Having said that he didn't always agree with me, which was fine, after all he's the expert, but at least I knew I'd been heard!
We agreed together that a lower facelift would address my saggy jawline/jowly area, which was my major concern, and that some harvested fat from my belly area would plump up my cheeks to the way they used to be.
I was thinking about a brow lift but Howard did not think this would necessarily be good for me (even tho he could have gone ahead and charged me heaps for it) and we did discuss an upper bleph but I'm not keen on the idea of eye surgery. I think it can change the whole way you look and I'm not sure it's for me.
Howard was lovely and very respectful. He answered all my questions and didn't rush me at all. I was with him for about an hour. We also discussed Breast Lift/ Reduction surgery which I am having done at the same time but I will post a review for that in that section.
After consulting with Howard I spent some time with his lovely assistant Tracey who answered any other questions I had forgotten whilst with Howard. The price I quoted above is in Aussie dollars. Add to that anaesthetist + Hospital fees.
I felt so comfortable with Mr Howard Webster & his professional staff immediately that there was no doubt in my mind that he is the guy for me.
I have booked my surgery for 12 March 2015 (next week) gulp!
I am so excited (& and nervous) Only 9 days to go.... I'll keep you posted....

When I posted my "before" pics I had a bit of a shock. For the first time I realised that i probably should get an upper bleph. Look at that saggy upper eyelid! How come I've never noticed it before??? Aaaaarghhhhhh!! Howard told me during our very first consult that I should consider it BUT I WOULDNT LISTEN!!!
So, I rang the ever patient Tracey last week and told her my plight.
Howard has agreed to add it to my already six hour surgery (including Breast Reduction) and given me the long weekend to think about it...

Well yesterday was the big day. As you can see from the pics I'm a bit bruised & swollen but I feel so much better than I expected to.

Everything went so smoothly apart from some very unpleasant financial dealings with the hospital which started the day before the op & resulted in my leaving today, a day early. Definitely a very stressful situation!

I was admitted efficiently by a nurse, sent through to put on a gown some long socks to wear for several days & some very lovely undies (lol) and was met by nurse & very nice anaesthetist who explained exactly what he was going to do & told me to take lots of pain relief.
Dr Webster then came along and did some markings on me - I'll ask Tracey if I may have a copy to post here, & then the anaesthetist came back and administered a drug to help me relax and the next thing I knew it was all over! They were wheeling me into my room.
My throat was a little sore & dry from the tube they had put down there but I had no real pain. Just a little stiffness.
As the day wore on and I experienced a little pain especially in my jaw I got straight onto it with analgesic as the doc had advised.
I didn't sleep much last night but I've been up and about today and I'm amazed at how good I feel. I've got a face bandage on at home & a neck brace to keep my head up. I stopped on the way home for coffee with a girl friend & took the garments off & she said that no one would have known I'd just had surgery & with constant analgesia I feel fine. I'm just resting with my head propped up a lot.
Oh! Btw I decided not to go ahead with the upper bleph