How to go from 50+ to looking 20+ with plastic surgery rejuvenation.
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Hi MissOrange, I have been reading through your plastic surgery journey and you seem very knowledgeable. I am 54 would like my youthful appearance again. I have an consult and surgery appointment in April with Dr. Seo at Machimpyo to have DES, sub brow lift, face fat grafting, and thread lift. What advice can you give regarding aftercare for these procedures? Do you recommend that I take Prednisone for 1 week? Did Dr. Seo prescribe Prednisone when you had your procedures? I am currently on a keto diet (high fat, high protein, low carb), so do you recommend that I stay on it even after surgery? Thank you for all your helpful information!
Yes! Waiting for purseforum to allow me to post my own thread for but the time being here are my b&a. Mind you, the after is only 10 days post op.Any B and A pics pls? Happy for you.
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Hi @t2weati, no Dr Seo does not prescribe prednisone. With fat graft and thread lift you will have double the amount of facial swelling and the pain will be immense. Bear in mind Korea only gives you tylenol for pain so you may need to bring some stronger painkillers but are limited by the laws on what drugs you are allowed to bring into the country. I would suggest you find a facelift surgeon instead of get temporary threads. Dr Seo is a specialist at DES and facial fat grafting but he does not do smas facelifts.
Sure, of course I won’t see the final result for 4-6 months, but my point is that I’m happy with my experience and result considering it’s only been 10 days
Miss Orange, have you heard of this surgeon in Turkey? He performs vertical facelifts
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Today’s post is on SVF or stromal vascular fraction injections (used in microneedling) in lieu of proper facial fat transfer (which involves harvesting autologous fat, using prp fat and injecting in fine layers which is more time consuming and requires more expertise). You got it, I do NOT recommend SVF which is an artificial product or laboratory manufactured product. As this is made up of fat cells from a different donor, it is not autologous so more likely not to take.
Please do not go through life saying I will trust my surgeon 100% and get whatever he suggests. At the end of the day it is your body and you have to live with the consequences of a silicone implant or SVF microneedling. Don’t cut corners. Find a good experienced facial fat graft surgeon to build up your weak chin or to give you baby skin with autologous prp fat graft.
Please do not go through life saying I will trust my surgeon 100% and get whatever he suggests. At the end of the day it is your body and you have to live with the consequences of a silicone implant or SVF microneedling. Don’t cut corners. Find a good experienced facial fat graft surgeon to build up your weak chin or to give you baby skin with autologous prp fat graft.
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I have found more information on SVF. It is something pushed by Dr Comert in Turkey. I have taken Comert off my list of recommendations as 1. he does not prescribe postop steroids, 2. he pushes svf comprised of donor fat cells from obese people, diabetics or normal people sold in a vial with other components 3. he has no 1Y+ facelift updates on his IG and 4. he just told a British lady that her eyes would be swollen shut for 2 days (she is getting lower bleph, possible fat transposition, transtemporal midface lift and DP FL/NL). He may be cheap but I have been following a British lady who had her surgery with him yesterday at 1 pm Turkey time over 27 hours ago and she has made no contact with her friends or any updates to her IG detailing her journey. I just hope she is okay.
Hi @MissOrange - can you explain the "pinch test" that you did in your Instagram video? Is it a way to tell whether or not a facelift was effective? And would one pinch the skin outwards (towards the ears) rather than inwards?
Hi @lisa.t, I use it to gauge whether one needs a facelift by pinching the skin to the side or downwards to see if there is at least an inch of loose skin. Nick says there needs to be at least 2.5 cms of loose skin on each side for him to do a facelift. And the other reason is to do it afterwards to see how tight the facelift is. If one cannot pinch any loose skin then the facelift is a success.
I have finally received news via a third party on my friend's condition in Turkey. She was taken to theatre for her revision DP face and neck lift with Dr Mehmet Comert at 1 pm on Tuesday. She did not return to her hospital room until 4 am Wednesday! She was panicky, swollen and sore. Her eyes are swollen shut and she was unable to call her mother who had been worried all this time along with all her friends. This suggests Dr Comert does not give intraop dexamethasone to reduce swelling. I am now crossing off Turkey. You may save money but swelling may equate to future sagging and it is a long way to go if something went wrong.
My facelift surgeon took 2 hours for my first facelift and 90 minutes for my retightening 2nd facelift. To be under anytime from 1 pm to 4 am for over 12 hours may put one at risk of a dvt or pulmonary embolus. Another reason not to get deep plane face and neck lift as your first facelift as revision DP is super difficult trying to differentiate white scar tissue from white branches of the facial nerve.
My facelift surgeon took 2 hours for my first facelift and 90 minutes for my retightening 2nd facelift. To be under anytime from 1 pm to 4 am for over 12 hours may put one at risk of a dvt or pulmonary embolus. Another reason not to get deep plane face and neck lift as your first facelift as revision DP is super difficult trying to differentiate white scar tissue from white branches of the facial nerve.
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