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Amazing Mini Face Lift by Dr Jonathan Pontell - Wayne, PA

UPDATED FROM gettingolder1950
3 months post

Keep your before pictures

WORTH IT$6,900
As time passes the effect is softening. I occasionally panic thinking that nothing changed. I now know to go back to my "before" pictures when I lose track of what happened. It is an insidious tendency to lose track of how different I look. I actually have to consciously fight the drift.
I suspect that this is not unusual and that those who don't check the facts, but rely on that warped inner critic are the same women who find themselves on the neurotic road of constant dissatisfaction and ever increasing surgeries.

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Jonathan Pontell, MD, FACS

Jonathan Pontell, MD, FACS

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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You look great!
You look Lovely :)
Thank you Bella. I read these things for years before I decided to go for it, and when I really was ready I figured out the money over night and made an appointment the next day. I shocked myself!
That's exactly what i did minus the research. I had the$$$$ 5 years of yearning for new arms i made the appt and just did it. :) Best decision and outcome. I wish i would have done it earlier. Cheers to the new YOU!
Great change. I will be having mini lift of mech 10/15/14 hope it works out as well as yours. Thanks for sharing
Good luck, Gary!
How did it go, Gary?
Gary, take pictures we want to see what happens...
I don't have a clue how mech got in there it's neck
You look so great. So natural. Personally, I think you look like a youthful 50 year old. I want to do something, but I don't know yet what it is. I loved your blow by blow of your procedure. It always helps to know as much as possible. Thanks for the detail. And again, you look great!
Thanks for your comment, Neomag. The most important thing for me was to find a doc who actually knew what "look natural" meant. Now that I know how extensive the procedure really is, I see that it could have many different outcomes, some not so good. I am delighted with what Dr Pontell did.
UPDATED FROM gettingolder1950
1 month post

Note that I changed the time error I made about time in surgery

Now the original document gives the correct time the surgery took. 45 minutes on each side.

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I just saw Dr. Pontell this week, and I told him about this amazing review. I think your review alone will double his business....although I know he is already plenty busy.
Truthfully, I cannot think of any better outcome both for him and for his patients and patients to be. Thanks Dana.
Wow…Thanks for "showing the scariest" part. It helps give others a different perspective of what a facelift is somewhat like….if you know what I mean. I thought that was pretty neat for some reason :)
Me too and people almost never show that stuff up close so I thought it was important. Thanks for your comment.
Excellent overview of the procedure I am considering.
Go for it. It changes everything...assuming you are already basically happy with your life.
Dr. Pontell is getting a call Monday! I really appreciate your detailed review and photos! I'm late middle aged with a turkey neck that is very aging. I'm just west of Media.
Sorry it took so long to answer. The turkey neck thing is really what pushed me over the edge too. For that, in particular, this is an amazing solution.
Love the transformation!! Beautiful results. Have a Happy Labor Day!
Hello- you look great! I'm confused though. I found this under "mini lift" and I see that you have stitches and staples in the back of your neck- that makes me think it was a full lift including neck. The reason I ask is I'm considering a mini and want to determine how results will look. Thanks!
Hi Avat, This is absolutely a "mini-facelift" as Dr Pontell does it. Yes, he did some drastic work on my neck and jowls, dear man, but this is his version of a min facelift. Did you read the various versions of a mini as understood by other Docs in my review? I learned the hard way that you get what you pay for, and the length of the results vary widely. Since I had had a previous procedure where they only removed skin, I quickly learned that it is a short lived event.
UPDATED FROM gettingolder1950
1 month post

Just found these photos and they really tell the whole story

Before and After (also with Botox in forehead)
Wow, I didn't really realize how dramatic it is till I found these two photos that are so much alike...except the faces.

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You look amazing! I am close to Allentown, I see you are in Philly, your surgeon did.a wonderful job!
I am looking into lower face lift my tips?
You look amazing!! I am getting a neck lift done soon!!