Post Lifestyle Lift Complications.

whatI don't get is if they are going to do this incesion in your chin why they can't at least make it a small STRAIGHT one? My c-section incesion is straighter then this 2 inch incision which I still cannot understand why it had to be so big? AND I don't even know that they did down there!?? Was taken by the "you will heal in 3 to 5 days" speal!!

but will you have to pay again when you go in to correct the lumps? I had my consultation on Dec 28, then I started doing my research and have decided to not to go through with it. I had told them i would have to wait at least a year, bc i just had two stints put in my heart and my doc said I can't go off Plavix for at least a year. They said they would tell "the company" that i was a medical exclusion for 1 year, so evidently they have to have some sort of reason if you do not sign the day you go in for your consultation. this was in Huntersville, NC. I did meet with the doc, he was very nice seem well informed about the meds i was on, remicade for arthritis, but the "nurse" or whatever she was did not have a clue about remicade and it basically leaves you with no immune system, then I started reading about infections so i called them yesterday and told them i would not be interested even in a year. Plus i asked could they not put me to sleep, as i do not do well with surgery in which i am awake. they explained to me i would be in a twilight state, and i informed them that due to the fact i have had so many surgeries, that what they told me they would put me in a twilight sleep, i told them with that cocktail i would still be able to drive. I am so glad that i found this website before I did something i would regret. hope all goes well and that you will be pleased with the end result

Glad you didn't fall for the LSL. Too many horror stories and with immune system issues, I think this is something we need to really research as I too have immune system that always has to struggle with Hep C and fibromialigia and while I have to get a release form from my doctors, I want to put the question out here to hear from several doctors as I got pnemonia one time 13 days just being in a hospital for hysterectomy I should NEVER have let them talk me into as well. Ruined my life forever. Please pick a doctor with lots of experience and look at all their before/after pictures. Don't feel pressure to sign on the dotted line no matter how good the offer is that day. Many of these women living with serious deformity and they need to organize and get on TV show and expose this. Several doctor's here would love the opportunity to let people see the risks of this.

i could handle 6 to 12 months BUT when they tell you it will heal in 3 to 5 days and after 6 weeks I am still crying myself to sleep and my husband I am sure thinks I am over exaggerating because this certified PS said it would be only 5 days! My c-section was quicker and easier to recover from then this! I guess I was lucky in that I think I had a PS do the prcedure but now I am beginning to doubt it? Last time I wanted to see them I had to threaten to go to the emergency room! They finally got me in. When I waited for over 2 hours to do the surgery I should have left!!

as a nurse, do you think they should have known what remicade was? I called the 800 number from a TV commercial, I told the guy on the phone that I had just had stints put in my heart in August, & have several other health problems including arthritis so I didn't know if i would be a good candidate. I wanted them to just send me info bc i didn't want to waster their time or mine, he assured me i could probably still do it. when i was talking to the "medical asst" I explained to her about the Plavix and remicade, then told her i would have to see the doc, he did come in and he was very nice, then said they would tell "the company" that i was a medical exclsion due to heart problems, but i am so glad now that i didn't set a date b/c i didn't think about infection or the fact they weren't going to put me to sleep, no IV's or anything, that was another deal breaker. I am glad that yours turned out well,i guess it depends on the doctor some people seem to get really good docs and others seem to get quacks. yo must have gotten a good doctor

But I STILL would never do this procedure ("Lifestyle Lift") EVER AGAIN. And I still will warn others against it. It's a barbaric,primitive surgery, and the Lifestyle Lift franchise misleads it's "Victims." "Tarred and Feathered" is too good for them, but they'll be shut down soon enough. They have caused a lot of suffering.

This looks like too agressive liposuction to the area and an inexperienced hand. Perhaps you could look into the new Artesense if you can afford it - it is supposed to be a permanent injectable which might smooth out the face. Here is the info on it: ArteSense® is a new type of injectable implant used for skin augmentation, the long lasting correction of wrinkles and other skin depressions. ArteSense is composed of tiny microspheres called polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) which are suspended in a collagen solution with lidocaine for the relief of mild post treatment tenderness. PMMA microspheres are 32-40 µm, about 4-5 times the size of a red blood cell. PMMA has been used since the early 1930s in such common procedures as dental prostheses, eye lenses, bone repair, orthopedics and in pacemakers. These microspheres are well tolerated by human tissue (no rejection). Details ArteSense utilizes the body’s natural ability to encapsulate foreign bodies by the formation of connective tissue surrounding the PMMA microspheres. The process of encapsulation of the microspheres by the body’s own connective tissue (collagen) is complete in about 3 months. Absorption (phagocytosis) and/or dislocation of the microspheres are prevented by the encapsulation of each individual microsphere with connective tissue. It is possible that after swelling has gone down, your wrinkles may temporarily return after a few weeks. This is a normal occurrence and they will start to disappear again over the next few months as the body forms its own connective tissue. The implanted PMMA microspheres stimulate the growth of connective tissue (fibroplasia) and collagen synthesis to increase the volume of soft tissue beneath the depression for cosmetic enhancement.

you sound like you work for the company that makes ArteSense??
until a product is tested and on the market for a few years I wouldn't touch it!