lifestyle lift?

[ilovedolphins]

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[ilovedolphins]

I was away from my computer so tried to use my Kindle Fire and my keyboard wouldn't come up, so...

Do you know anyone who has had this procedure done?  I hate my fat neck but after reading the procedure I don't think I could bring myself to have it done.  I guess I will just try some neck exercises and see if that helps.

[milee]

Can you tell us what it is and involves?  I'm a bit afraid to google it. 

[MarleyKeezy78]

My grandma had it done a few years back and she really liked it. I think about 4 1/2 years and she could stand to have it done again because it's not permanent. But it was very natural 

ETA: It may last longer on someone a bit younger but I don't know. She is in her 70's.

[Deleted]

dolphins, you'd mentioned joining myfitnesspal and wanting to lose weight. You may be better off getting to your goal weight and then deciding if you need it.

[Deleted]

If I ever get anything done it will be one of these only because it is minimally invasive.

And I imagine them just tightening the wires when things start to droop again! 


ETA: My bad! I thought the Lifestyle Lift was a Thread Lift, but it appears to be 2 different things. What I want is this:

As an anti-aging alternative to cosmetic surgery, a threadlift is a minimally-invasive technique designed to give you a refreshed appearance through the use of fine surgical threads. Although a threadlift can raise droopy areas of the brow, cheeks, jowls, and neck, it will not produce the same dramatic results as a facelift or brow lift.

Starting off the threadlift procedure, your surgeon will pass a hollow needle through the skin at a predetermined area, and then a barbed thread is inserted into the skin through the needle. The threads will grab onto the soft tissues once inserted; they help to provide a support structure that lifts and repositions the tissues. The needle is then removed, and your doctor will lift the droopy areas with smooth and barbed sutures and secure them down. Secondly, he or she will shape and sculpt the droopy areas by threading the barbed sutures beneath the skin close to the temple hairline into the subcutaneous tissues (although this may change if you are having droopy jowls or the neck lifted). To keep these sutures intact under the skin, they are textured with little “cogs” – similar to tiny fish hooks. The threads are then tightened to lift the face, positioned, and tugged into desired placement before being anchored and cut close to the skin.

[zibazinski]

Oh, yuck. Ill wear turtleneck sweater for ever before doing this. Even reading it makes me cringe!

[MarleyKeezy78]

Tiny fish hooks!!!   Wouldn't you feel the threads pull when you moved around ?   <<shiver>> 

[Deleted]

I don't know. I said "if" I ever get anything done it would be that.

[MarleyKeezy78]

Hmmmm. I would absolutely get work done but have never heard of that particular lift  Blood and stuff freaks me right out so that description was   I have had a nose job and could feel the interior stitches for a long time 

[NancysSummerSip]

My mother had a neck and eye lift in her eighties (not this particular procedure; hers was the classic surgical lift procedure on the neck and eyes) and looked great. She did not look a lot younger, just a lot better.

I plan to have the eyelift procedure done, since my lids are heavy. The rest can wait a little longer, but it's coming for sure. I've had major plastic surgery before (breast reduction) and minor work (moles removed from the face) and would have no issue doing more work, as long as it's with the same surgeon. He's a genius.

[raeoflyte]

My grandmother had a full face lift at 60. I was too young to really notice, but 10 years later she came out for my highschool graduation and despite having snow white hair, my coworkers at an upscale women's clothing store could not stop talking about how beautiful /young she was.

I have a plan of boob lift, and possibly tummy tuck at 40 and face lift at 55-60.

[zibazinski]

I want the eye lift done but everyone around here is not a good advertisement for whomever did it!

[NancysSummerSip]

Sept 23, 2013 9:18:06 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

I want the eye lift done but everyone around here is not a good advertisement for whomever did it!

Indeed. The Bruce Jenner/Kenny Rogers version is not exactly what I am looking for, either. I'd still like my eyelids to open and close when it's all done.

[zibazinski]

Or not look like I've been permanently shocked!

[zibazinski]

I realize results will vary depending on the person but there is one NAME in town and even DFs EX went to her for the surgery and everyone looks spooked afterwards and that is not the look I'm looking for!

[milee]

That's the problem with this stuff.  It's not necessarily bad by definition, but if it's done badly, it is awful and not terribly correctible.

Not only that, but it's hard to know who the good surgeons are, because the best ones don't do obvious work, so it's not like you know Mrs. X had something done.  I think unless you're friends with people and you know them well enough for them to tell you, then you probably would have a tough time getting good referrals.

'Cause you sure don't want to ask the people who have had obvious stuff done.  We have one acquaintance whose face looks like it is wax that has been melted and stretched tight several times.  She has the unfortunate tendency to wear bright lipstick and it makes her look like the Joker from the Batman movies.  I'm not asking her for any referrals to a surgeon...

[zibazinski]

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Which is why I'd opt for fish hooks over getting cut. The hooks can be re-set; once your skin is cut off you're SOL.

[zibazinski]

   Neither sounds good.

[NancysSummerSip]

I think the big problem is getting a surgeon who knows what the limits are, and knows their own talents well enough to give the patient the best outcome for them, as opposed to giving the patient the look the patient wants, just because the patient has seen a celebrity with a certain nose shape, or lip shape, or "perfect" butt. A prospective plastic surgery patient has to realize that the butt on Jennifer Lopez looks good on her. Jennifer Anniston's nose is right for her. Not for you.

My surgeon will not perform surgery on anyone who brings in a picture of any celebrity and asks him to make their body part look like that celebrity's body part. He considers himself an artist with years of experience and training, and he creates great works; he does not copy them. He considers people who bring in photos unable to live within the reality of accepting who they are, and does not consider them good emotional risks for surgery. He can use a very cool computer program to show them what their results will look like when he is done, but it won't be like the photos. He always says, "I can help make you look like a better version of who you are. You may look younger. You may look more handsome or more beautiful. Or maybe not either of those. But you will look better. You won't look like the movie star of your dreams, though."

[Chocolate Lover]

Sept 23, 2013 9:38:50 GMT -5 milee said:

That's the problem with this stuff.  It's not necessarily bad by definition, but if it's done badly, it is awful and not terribly correctible.

Not only that, but it's hard to know who the good surgeons are, because the best ones don't do obvious work, so it's not like you know Mrs. X had something done.  I think unless you're friends with people and you know them well enough for them to tell you, then you probably would have a tough time getting good referrals.

'Cause you sure don't want to ask the people who have had obvious stuff done.  We have one acquaintance whose face looks like it is wax that has been melted and stretched tight several times.  She has the unfortunate tendency to wear bright lipstick and it makes her look like the Joker from the Batman movies.  I'm not asking her for any referrals to a surgeon...

I'd think those would be the ones to ask, so you know who to avoid!

[milee]

True!!

[ilovedolphins]

What I have read about it is that you are awake when it is done and can hear the cutting and stretching.  Then some reviews said that the stitches came out and some could feel them for a long time after.  I think it said that only 55% of the people were happy with it.  I am sure there are a lot of people who are happy with it but I just don't think I could stomach being awake for it and then recovering afterwards.

I am 5" 8" and weigh 135 pounds but I do have a lot of body fat.  I noticed my neck/chin getting fatter after I put on the extra 15 pounds.  I don't know if it will come off if I lose the 15 pounds again.  But I am going to try and then try some neck and face exercises.

[zibazinski]

Nancy, when its time, I'm going to YOUR doctor.

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DH said he will spring for a boob job for me when they get too saggy. I kept them strapped down when I was pregnant and my milk never really came in, so they're pretty much back to normal for now. They look pretty good for a 40 year old chick.

[NancysSummerSip]

Sept 23, 2013 11:43:29 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Nancy, when its time, I'm going to YOUR doctor.

Not a problem. He's been doing the initial consultation for free if you come in on a recommendation from another patient. He's not cheap, but the best never is.

[zibazinski]

Not looking for cheap, looking to look better not a circus freak!

[973beachbum]

Sept 23, 2013 9:12:11 GMT -5 NancysSummerSip said:

My mother had a neck and eye lift in her eighties (not this particular procedure; hers was the classic surgical lift procedure on the neck and eyes) and looked great. She did not look a lot younger, just a lot better.

I plan to have the eyelift procedure done, since my lids are heavy. The rest can wait a little longer, but it's coming for sure. I've had major plastic surgery before (breast reduction) and minor work (moles removed from the face) and would have no issue doing more work, as long as it's with the same surgeon. He's a genius.

My eyes really bug me.  My right eye sags to the point where it is almost resting on my eyelashes it seems.  I have used what feels like a gallon of eye cream and although it works for a couple of hours, my eyes go right back to where they started after those couple of hours.

[NancysSummerSip]

The blepharoplasty is the procedure that repairs that. That's what my mother had done. Her lids bagged and the corners of her eyes sagged to the point where her site was compromised. I'm not there yet, but I can see where I might be within the next few years. This is one of those procedures that is sometimes covered by insurance, if the issue is severe enough to compromise your eyesight. My mother's procedure was partly paid for by insurance, and she had to pay part of it.