39 Years Old Looking 39 Years Young - Oak Lawn, IL

Recently, I had a friend turn 40. Wanting to wish her a Happy Birthday. I went on her page on Facebook. She had uploaded a picture of herself. Below the picture, she wrote, “I love all the the lines on my face and wouldn’t change it”. My 40th birthday is approaching. Certainly, I didnt feel that way. I wouldn’t say, I woke up everyday and obsessed about the lines in my face. But day after day (over a period of years). More lines appeared and eventually the lines got deeper. There was this one picture of myself. (Which I will post). What I saw, well I can’t really explain. I hated the way my under eyes looked, when I smiled. Do I feel beautiful? “Yes”. Am I happy? “Yes”. Is my husband still attacted to me? “Yes”. So, if I feel good about myself, why did I get cosmetic surgery? Honestly, I couldn’t embrace the lines in my face from aging. Did I think cosmetic surgery would make me more beautiful? “NO”. I loved the way my faced looked (minus the sagging eye brows, the number “11” between my eyes, the hollowness of under my eyes, the smile lines, and the sunken cheeks). I didn’t want to dramatically, change the shape or reconstruct my face. But wanted to bring life back to my face. I still wanted to look like myself. Should I get Botox? Should I get other injectables? Yes, I thought about all of those options. Those are temporary. Can I afford it every three months? “No”. Do I go on Groupon, look for a discounted price? Jump from one Groupon offer to the next. I’ve used Groupon before. I hated how some offices try to up sell. I wanted something more permanent. Wanted to pay one time. I went to a locate dr. here in Texas. I paid $150.00 for this consultation (consultation here in Texas). I told the doctor, I wanted an eye brow lift and maybe fat transfer under my eyes. He told me, he could do the eye brow lift and lipo under my eyes. Lipo under my eyes!!!! I thought, my under eyes were hollow. Also, during the consultation, there was no other staff in the room. Just the Dr. and me. I was sitting in a chair. The dr pulled his chair on rollers in front of me. He sat down and we were face to face and he put his hands a little above me knees. This consultation didn’t last long, but I got a estimate of $12,000.00. for the eye brow lift and lipo under my eyes. I never went back. I’m a flight attendant and can travel for free. So, I did not have to stay local. I decided to go on realself.com. And look for a Dr. I came across a review, “39 years old looking 28”. I thought to myself. I’m 39. Let’s look at her review. Which is a review about Dr. Shah. There’s a pic of her with purple marker on her face. Those purple marks on her face are the areas, I wanted to change too. It was easy for me to imagine, what I would look like. Dr. Shah didn’t change or reconstruct her face, but put life back into her face. Dr. Shah was the Dr. for me. I set up an consultation with Dr. Shah (without a fee). Before leaving his office. I booked the surgery with him