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8/17 Facelift, Upper/Lower Bleph, Laser around mouth and maybe Fat Transfer, not sure on that yet....
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I can't look anymore, I can look straight ahead...
WORTH IT$20,000
I can't look anymore, I can look straight ahead and talk myself into something, but that mirror or reflection continues to baffle me, who is that woman? It is not me, its not how I feel, it doesn't portray who I am inside. I live in a very secluded area on an island. I need to travel to the mainland for a surgery like this. I have been on this site for several years, and last year started getting serious. I found out what I wanted , what Dr.s have the expertise and capabilities I am looking for. I had phone consultations, I poured over before and after photos, read reviews , studied websites, Dr's educations and experience, and decided on Dr Shaprio. I will be staying in Scottsdale 17 days, 2 nights at their clinic, the night of the surgery and the next night. I am following all of your advice and will hire a nurse to come to the hotel.
I will not know if I am having the fat transfer until 8/16 when I sit down with Dr Shapiro and go over, in great detail, the plan to reverse aging. I have read all of the negative and positive reviews on this site with all the different Dr's. With Dr. Shapiro's expertise and experience I am thinking about it.
I am nervous, I will be alone, I want my husband home with my daughter, she will just be starting her Sophmore year of highschool. I have 2 labradoodles and a friend staying in our guest house to who will walk and take care of them during the day. That is a huge relief for me. My husband and daughter are gone 12 hours a day and thats too long for them to be alone, for me anyway. If I wake up on morning 3 and need my husband he will be on the first flight out. He is amazing and wonderful, says I dont need anything, I am beautiful as is, but he is okay if this is what I really want. I am in Menopause.....I am miserable, I am hot all the time, I complain all the time, everything is wrong with everyone else, my face fell down, I have jowls, I have a turkey thing going on with my neck, I look like my Aunt Pat, I love my Aunt Pat but that is not the look I want to rock in my fifties. I practice Yoga and Pilates 6 days a week. I am in amazing shape, my body is strong and capable. My mind is young, I love Kylie Lip kits!!!!! I care about my appearance....perhaps too much...I dont know. I feel so blessed and greatful I can do this. I think, am I going to be in the worst pain of my life for weeks maybe months? Is this a mistake? WTF...I am doing it. I will load my pics later. I have been reading all of your stories and reviews, and I need some courage and strength. I dont know if I could have done this with out all of you.
I will not know if I am having the fat transfer until 8/16 when I sit down with Dr Shapiro and go over, in great detail, the plan to reverse aging. I have read all of the negative and positive reviews on this site with all the different Dr's. With Dr. Shapiro's expertise and experience I am thinking about it.
I am nervous, I will be alone, I want my husband home with my daughter, she will just be starting her Sophmore year of highschool. I have 2 labradoodles and a friend staying in our guest house to who will walk and take care of them during the day. That is a huge relief for me. My husband and daughter are gone 12 hours a day and thats too long for them to be alone, for me anyway. If I wake up on morning 3 and need my husband he will be on the first flight out. He is amazing and wonderful, says I dont need anything, I am beautiful as is, but he is okay if this is what I really want. I am in Menopause.....I am miserable, I am hot all the time, I complain all the time, everything is wrong with everyone else, my face fell down, I have jowls, I have a turkey thing going on with my neck, I look like my Aunt Pat, I love my Aunt Pat but that is not the look I want to rock in my fifties. I practice Yoga and Pilates 6 days a week. I am in amazing shape, my body is strong and capable. My mind is young, I love Kylie Lip kits!!!!! I care about my appearance....perhaps too much...I dont know. I feel so blessed and greatful I can do this. I think, am I going to be in the worst pain of my life for weeks maybe months? Is this a mistake? WTF...I am doing it. I will load my pics later. I have been reading all of your stories and reviews, and I need some courage and strength. I dont know if I could have done this with out all of you.
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June 22, 2016
I know this doesn't have anything to do with your upcoming surgery, but you will feel a lot better in this stage of life if you go to a doctor and have all of your hormones blood levels checked. I went into peri- menopause at age 47 and now I am 59. I could not literally sleep from one day to the next, I had hot flashes. The doctor I went to knew about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and when they checked my hormones I was zero on everything - no estrogen, very little testosterone and no progesterone (that's why I couldn't sleep and had hot flashes) For the past 12 years I have been on trokies, you get them from the compounding pharmacy, which are gels you pop in your mouth, put them next to your gum-line, let them dissolve and within a week, no more hot flashes. You need a doctor who is versed in BHRT. It's not like the old hormones that came from horses and found to cause uterine cancer, these are gauged to your exact levels you need, so you only get what you need, those old ones were one pill fits all, so some people were overdosing. IT can't be done like that. Your skin will be better also, not so dry. Estrogen is responsible for skin quality. My doctor says for me, my estrogen needs to be about 75 ng/dL, because my testosterone is naturally at 39, I take a micronized progesterone pill at night to sleep. I am only telling you this because you can do all this surgery (I did too) and your skin still might not look its best because of hormone imbalance. So please look into it. Everything will improve in your life.
June 22, 2016
Thank you so much, I will follow your suggestions, and I appreciate your input!I am on bio identical now, but I am not nearly to where I want to be, these trokies I have never heard of...I will find a dr. here and find out about them.
June 22, 2016
Trokies are just like a tray with 30 days supply of gels you put in your mouth to dissolve. (keep refrigerated). I can't use creams, because my dog licks me. His nipples grew because of that, we couldn't figure it out, then my vet said "is anyone on estrogen cream?" OMG. But thank God, his nippies went back to normal size after I started using trokies (gels) again. Make sure that your estrogen level is about double or so of your testosterone level. Mine are equal right now, and that is why my hair is falling out. (Testosterone dominance). With women, it's tricky. Our estrogen (called Bi-est, because it's only 2 of the three estrogens, the third is not good for us (estrone), so we do not supplement that one, only estradiol and estriol). But if you find a qualified doctor with BHRT experience, the will get to the bottom of any imbalances you are experiencing.
June 23, 2016
Thank you again, I am working on finding a Hormone specialist here, it is not that easy...xo
July 14, 2016
Besides my neck you have my lips too! I will need to talk to my PS about what to do about it. Did you discuss fat transfer?
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