50 Yr Female, Facelift, Neck Lift and Upper Bleph

Thank you. I plan to post an update in the near future. Best wishes to you.

I loved your entire thread!! It's one year later I'm praying you see my comment! I've felt nothing but incredible goodness from you and a genuine desire to help other by graciously sharing your experience. I for one have gained so much from you. I also live in Seattle and I'm considering the same doctor and I'm getting same procedure and I'm same age !!! I really hope you find this I'd love to talk to you more!! Thank you so much for beautifully sharing your journey . Opening up about such a personal and intimate experience. I loved the tips, your meditation, your focus!!! Thank you!!! Oh, and btw- your results are beautiful !

Thank you for your heartfelt comments. So kind of you to take the time to post it. I apologize for the delay in responding. Somehow I missed this comment. I do recommend the PS I had in Seattle. In my experience with him I found his bedside manner can be brusque at times but I trusted and valued his technical expertise and experience, which to me was the most important. I will give him a top rating as a result. I wish you well on your journey. Best wishes to you! Namaste.

Thank you so much for your generous words. I did want to help others on the surgery path. I found for myself the more that I was informed, the less anxiety I had. I attempted to be truthful & provide some detail. Thank you for appreciating this. I am so glad it was helpful to you as that was my intention. Best wishes to you with your upcoming surgery & for a speedy, complete recovery & satisfying results!

Thank-you for appreciating the no makeup photos & your comment. I am glad it was helpful to you. Yes, I am still so thankful that I went through with this and am so pleased with the results. I felt I had no other alternative as I had done various fillers & botox for about 8 years & was done with that. I figured that total cost of the plastic surgery was an investment as I would have spent the same amount on fillers and botox for the next 10 years. I have so much more self-confidence about my appearance. Now, when I look in the mirror or catch my reflection like on a computer screen, I am no longer saying to myself "Ugh! What's happening with my face?" I noticed visible and to me substantial signs of aging. I know that sounds extreme but that is the point I was at. That gave me the energy and courage to go forth with all this.

I also did laser on the face many years ago and hyper pigmented badly because of my more olive skinned complexion. I did not want to risk that again as a solution for anti-aging.

I have read a few RS reviews and sometimes the photos shared are with makeup or even camera filters. I appreciate any photos shared however, it made it difficult for me to assess the photos realistically. I told myself that I would post w/o makeup or filters, and if I had makeup on, to make full disclosure of that.

Handling the aging process with grace and acceptance is a challenge. Hence, why I am here on this platform. I respect any women that can do that. I engaged in more extreme measures through making the very personal decision of undergoing plastic surgery at the age of 50 so that it appeared more natural and not so drastic. I wish it was otherwise. Now, I just want to keep my view of myself balanced, healthy and do not want to be on the never ending chase for the perfect " beauty ideal" that some of us may hold.

Best wishes to you!

Your welcome! So glad it was helpful to you! I will be posting
updates in the near future.

Hi, It has been 13 months since my surgery. Directly under my chin is still tight where I had the be neck lift & liposuction. I would say it’s about 75% of normal. In doing my research prior to getting this done some women on their reviews said that the recovery was a long process and after going through it myself I would agree.Overall, I’m very satisfied with the results and happy I went through with it.

This months is one year since my face lift, neck and upper and lower eyes with fat transfer. I am about 90% back to normal in my neck and my face have normal feel to touch. My eyes are about 90% also but I have to put extra drops since they are more dry especially by the end of the day. Overall it is a long process but definitely rewarding. I don't have look of plastic surgery but many people when I tell them my age are truly amazed. I did since surgery Botox on my forehead since that the area I did not touch during surgery and little crow fit around corners of my eyes - that is normal maintenance in my mind but my neck and eyes looks so good and natural. Some people are not very happy with their results because of the expectations and it is very important after you selecting PS to set expectations for yourself. Good luck to everyone in recovery or going forward with procedure. Yes - it takes long time but personally after 6 weeks I resumed normal life.

Ty for sharing! I have had Botox for crows feet and forehead lines as well since my PS as that can’t get fixed from the surgery. I also had some filler near my eye shadows as they looked slightly sunken. I didn’t have the dry eye problem that some women, including you, have commented on in their reviews on this platform. I had an upper bleph and not a lower. Yes, a good point you make to have realistic expectations. Namaste.

I still have fat frozen at my PS office and I am thinking about adding more fat under my eyes. I am concerned that it may bring my under eye bags I removed during surgery. I do have few months to do it since fat is good for a short period of time. it is how nature works - first you remove something just so you can add a little back. I guess maybe I need to learn when to stop and let nature do the rest - perhaps with little time the under eye space will be filled by mother nature?

From my past experiences I’m very, very careful with putting filler under my eyes and other work under my eyes and upper cheeks. I have learned my lesson. I had an experience about 6 years ago where the dermatologist injected too much filler under the eyes & upper cheeks. I still don’t feel my face has been right since and it has been like 6 years. The fillers made under my eyes & upper cheeks look swollen & overdone. I didn’t really notice it and wasn’t looking at my face till some other plastic surgeons commented on it in 2016 when I was going for consults for this plastic surgery. I never did the fat so I cannot comment on that. Looking back at my photos of my face then I feel the filler was overdone resulting in my eyes looking smaller and almost slanted because there was too much filler under them & looking like I had chipmunk cheeks from the filler in the upper cheeks. I vowed never to put filler in my upper cheeks again & only do the very bare minimum under my eyes and only when it really bothered me. Namaste.

thanks - this is what I am thinking - I am also very careful not to add anything to the upper lip too - sometimes little lines are more natural and I have not yet seen good work on anyone who had done lips. When I did my surgery my PS took my fat and injected in the face during procedure to add more natural look. He told me that 50% of the fat cells will die within few months and I have no lumps or swollen face. He also freeze some fat in case I need to add it at later time. I guess after surgery you are so swollen than you can't see fat in your face and by the time swelling is gone you look normal. I actually went to work at 3 week mark after surgery. My surgery was Nov 30 and I went out for a New Year party. I looked better than I felt and it gave me more confidence. Nobody ask me questions and at that time I realized that only I know about it. I had some limitations with neck movements and I was careful with eye make up but not a day goes by without me being happy I got guts to do it. Sometimes people say you have to get old gracefully but I believe there is nothing wrong with little help outside of mother nature as long as you do it for yourself and don't look like someone else after surgery. I had many fillers done before surgery and it did not last longer. After few month of been puffy the skin start to look sagging even more than before fillers and you can't do anything about your neck. All the procedures expensive and do not guaranteed results. I also realized if you do it all at once you are saving money and time for recovery.

Thank you so much for your kind words! The post op photos immediately after were a little scary looking but thankfully the human body heals quickly!

Thank-you! Best wishes in your upcoming surgery! I hope you get your optimal desired results with a very speedy, complete recovery!

As of 1/15/17 the neck/under chin tightness is now a 6 down from about a 7 or 7.5 on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being normal or no tightness. This is definitely the area that is healing the slowest. Still feels like a sling under my chin and on my neck that is being pulled upward but not as tight but definitely not near 100% normal.

When I turn my head to the left or right when I'm driving, the tightness is still definitely there and it feels like a pull. I can tilt my head back to about 75%. I am not daring to do any back bends and yogic arches because I don't think my head can be tilted back like that. Ouch!

There is still numbness on the sides of my face, up to my cheekbones, but it is dissipating. I would rate it a 4 on a scale of 0-10 with 0 being normal or no numbness.

The area right under my chin, where I had the liposuction scar and on my neck was SOOO numb & very hard feeling to the touch after the surgery for a few weeks. It was a 10 on a scale of 0-10 with 0 being normal and 10 being super hard. At week 4 post up when I went for my post up checkup, the PS put a steroid shot in there to soften it. The term the PS used to describe this hardness in this area was "woody". To be honest, the steroid shot didn't make any noticeable perceptible difference. And yes, the term "woody" was very appropriate as that area felt sooo hard. It was amazing to feel this on yourself.

I feel all of these are signs of a deep plane lift where the neck & faces muscles are actually pulled and stitched. I don't feel I would have these intense sensations if I had just a "mini" lift. I chose this though for the long lasting changes as I read sometimes the mini results are not as long term.

Hope this helps!


Now at 1/15/17 the "woodiness" or hardness under the chin is like a 4 on a scale of 0-10 with 0 being normal. It feels much softer.

Thanks for your reply. I really want to make sure I have realistic idea of what my recovery will be like so I won't be surprised.

Yes, I agree! That helped me out tremondously so I didn't freak out! I read & reread the RS reviews of procedures similar to what I was having. I also just did some other research on the internet. Seeing the immediate post op photos was also a big help to prepare me for what my face would look like right after. Knowing that the the immediate "joker" like face would be short lived was an enormous relief to me. That's why I shared my immediate post op photos ! Best wishes!

Hi, I did bruise in the first few weeks all over. Perhaps it was hard to see in the photos I shared with the lighting and all. Namaste.

Thank u. U look really good. Congratulations ur treatment was successful

Thank-you. It was an intense journey but worth it.