POSTED UNDER MACS Facelift Reviews
60th Birthday Present to Myself - Saint Louis, MO
UPDATED FROM clrankov
1 year post
MACS Update April 2018
clrankovApril 14, 2018
WORTH IT$6,200
Someone asked for an update. Here's a recent photo. I'm still very happy having had nearly an inch of sag pulled up and cut off! I also tried under-eye injectable filler about 1.5 months before this photo. It helped some, but it's terrifically expensive for a temporary fix, so I had only one syringe worth when I could probably have used two.
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June 2, 2020
It was great to read your journey and you look great. Are you able to do another pic without your neck tilted up which stretches the neck at all?
Could you please tell me how it is holding up as I went to my surgeon today for a consult for the MAC lift and he said after six months it may sag by up to 50% compared to when I first have it done. Did you find this? I read you say you had some stitches behind the ears. I thought MACS was only infront and in the hairline above, was it a tradional Macs?It is the one thing holding me back from going ahead if my face sags again so soon. Also did it help your neck at much as mine sags?
Could you please tell me how it is holding up as I went to my surgeon today for a consult for the MAC lift and he said after six months it may sag by up to 50% compared to when I first have it done. Did you find this? I read you say you had some stitches behind the ears. I thought MACS was only infront and in the hairline above, was it a tradional Macs?It is the one thing holding me back from going ahead if my face sags again so soon. Also did it help your neck at much as mine sags?
June 2, 2020
Dande77, my stitches were in front of ear, behind ear and back of head in hairline, and small cut under chin. All healed very well except behind 1 ear is little lumpy in scar 2 yr later, but can't see, only feel.
June 2, 2020
I asked the surgeon about this. He said, "The aging process will continue." Nonetheless, 3.5 years later (June 2020) I have .5 inch of sag compared to 1.5 inch of sag pre-op. It helped my chin line a little, but not my neck. A neck job is separate. Considered a neck job until I was among my friends and realized I never looked at their necks -- at all! They all had chins, turkey wattles, "cords," etc -- and I'd never noticed! All I looked at was their faces. We are not our necks! If your surgeon says you'll sag 50 percent after the MACs surgery that is not the right surgery or the right surgeon. I think there's something called a "mini lift" or "mother-of-the-bride" lift, temporary, and that one will sag. Consult another surgeon. How old are you? Maybe your money would be better spent on a full face lift.
June 8, 2020
You mentioned incisions behind your ears. I thought that MACS only had front of ear incisions. Did you have an actual facelift?
UPDATED FROM clrankov
1 year post
frosting on the cake
clrankovFebruary 23, 2018
I'm going to try under eye filler. The last frontier. If I like it Dr Lund suggests fat grafting. Face is still good!
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February 24, 2018
You got great results. Looking forward to see the update on fillers. Thanks for posting all the photos.
UPDATED FROM clrankov
4 months post
Three Months and Three Weeks Out
clrankovApril 9, 2017
Just an update. I am much more confident now. In some lights I can see that the skin has relaxed a bit, has flaws, a bit of this and that, so the big New York modeling agency probably won't discover me anytime soon, but. . .
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May 4, 2017
You look great!! It's still you but a more rested looking, more youthful looking you! Congrats!
Permanent!