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Full facelift vs Lifestyle lift

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I had a facelift in 1996 and it has lasted me...

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chellamiaMarch 6, 2013
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I had a facelift in 1996 and it has lasted me almost twenty years. I am currently interviewing doctor's to have it neck and cheeks redone as time presses on. A receptionist at one of my doctor's office had the Lifestyle lift five years ago and she is miserable and I can't believe she had anything done as she has deep wrinkles and is younger than me. I would never have anything done that doesn't address the underlying muscles. My experience was very positive and lasted way beyond my expectations. I would have redone it sooner, probably after 15 years, if finances weren't an issue.

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Alejandro Lev, MD

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chellamia
March 10, 2013
I am still not 100% sure I need to redo a full facelift. I've seen some pictures here where people got good results with fillers to the nasial folds so I am going to get silicon 1000 around there and my lips and then see about what to do about the turkey neck which I think the only answer is to have a neck lift but I don't want to have to keep getting fillers every year either. I have more issues with my eyes than show in these pictures: above (fat pad) and below (puffy rolls when I smile and I don't see how a filler would solve that.
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chellamia
March 10, 2013
SORRY IF IT'S NOT CLEAR that I DID NOT have a lifestyle lift and I was sharing this to show what a real facelift results look like compared to a friend who had a lifestyle lift that only lasted her 5 years and I think it must be because they didn't address the underlying muscles. However, just to show you, nothing lasts forever and I want to do either another facelift/and/or fillers.
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My Facelift is not the same as Lifestyle lift

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chellamiaDecember 6, 2013
Just to clarify, I had a full on facelift in Costa Rica in 1995 and was talking about an acquaintance who had a lifestyle life about 6 years ago and all the deep marionette wrinkles around her mouth have come back and she doesn't look good at all and spent way more than me for something that doesn't like it did anything; whereas my lift lasted a good 15 years and only in the last couple of years have I felt the need to either get a lower face and neck lift but especially want to get some fat transfer and/or the blood plasma injections that help with loss of volumne which happens when we age. YOU HAVE TO LIFT THE MUSCLE to get lasting results; I don't know if that is necessary the 2nd time around as in my case. You can only see what I'm talking about from the picture with the side view and fillers alone won't solve that problem.

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SissyLala
December 8, 2013
I too had a lifestyle lift, I can't even stand to look at my self each side of my face looks different and still have deep wrinkels around my mouth I advise anyone who is thinking of a lifestyle lift to not do it
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