How to go from 50+ to looking 20+ with plastic surgery rejuvenation.

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Grafted fat cells are like a living entity in my opinion. If it is cold, my facial fat shrinks. If it is extremely cold ie -12C my fat cells suffer hypothermia and swell up into pillow face. If it is warm, my fat graft is happy. If I eat salty fatty foods ie feed the fat cells my facial fat swells. If I am dehydrated, the fat cells shrink. If I drink water, the fat cells fill and are happy.

Here is yesterday before and after I fed the fat cells salty fatty delicious chinese food at Red Chilli restaurant in York. I fed the fat cells and they engorged. The weight in the cheeks then created a small fat bulge. This then goes away in a few hours after the fat has been metabolised.

The good news is the front and rear camers lens takes similar pics now. My friend said the dishes at Red Chilli tasted as good as food in Hong Kong! That is why I pigged out as the portions were American sized and told myself this was my dinner too!

My friend is scheduled for a facelift on Tuesday with Nick! I want to understand why when presented all the 1Y+ evidence that smas+steroids is superior to dp, she still wants dp?

If a surgeon tells you you have a nice chin and you still insist you want a chin implant, why? If a surgeon says it is 50:50 whether you need a necklift, then please do NOT get one! Wait until you have severe neck laxity as if you get it too early you may end up with crepey loose skin when it sags! Once the skin is undermined it has been compromised in my opinion.

If a surgeon suggests a stryker medpore chin implant, do your research! It is plastic polyethylene! Why put plastic in your face when fat graft is autologous and can build up a chin in Korea like I had. I still have to deal with polyethylene glycol in the mrna pfizer jab crossing the blood brain barrier into my brain causing brain fog!

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Remember to keep your menoface pics so you can do b&a collages. Here is one outside Coppergate clinic Jan 2022 before my vr smas FL op and yesterday in York, a trip down memory lane back to Coppergate clinic as a companion. Both were taken with the unflattering rear android lens. See the lower face change from block rectangle to oval.

My only self criticism is I definitely looked more beautiful as a blonde! Sigh. I must NOT bleach my hair as I want long hair more and do not want thin dry brittle blonde hair anymore.


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Good news! My friend is now leaning towards smas plication FL/NL with no chin implant. The op is tomorrow! The next question is how will she know if he does smas plication and not dp. Ensure the consent form says smas plication and even handwrite it in to be clear. She should get a partial refund as smas is cheaper than dp.

In the uk they do not offer cctv recordings like in korea. Yet even that did not stop vlif in korea from performing a dp on a foreigner on this forum who requested smas fl!

The giveaway tell sign is that dp may give one deep nasolabial folds once deswelled, ie midface collapse as well as lower face drop.
 
Yay! I managed to convince my close friend to choose smas plication FL/NL tomorrow instead of deep plane FL/NL and chin implant. She has the option of starting pred on the day of the op or right after the op. Now she will have a better neck than I have! Tomorrow I take the train back to Coppergate clinic in York to pick her up after surgery...new and improved! Can't wait to see her much younger face!
 
Hi @kathybunny, beautiful suturing at Asps! Korean surgeons are the best at suturing. May I ask what the current price is at ASPS?

If you have any pred left take 20 mg today as there is still a bit of swelling on one side and wear a head compression bandage until the swelling is completely gone. Pred definitely stopped you from having immense swelling. For the bruises, buy arnica cream from the pharmacy.

Thank you for sharing. I still approve and recommend ASPS for charging foreigners reasonably and doing smas facelifts and not invasive deep plane. Less is more!

My friend will be starting on 30 mg pred next month for her face and neck lift. The aim is zero swelling.
Does anyone know of any botched cases from CDU? I’m interested in closed rhinoplasty but only got replies from Cohen (excluding Noselab due to botched cases).
 
Okay I picked up my close friend at 4 pm today (5h op +3h in recovery with drains) and she went from late 50s to late 20s maybe 30 at most in one day! Dr Nick Rhodes is truly a genius! He did smas plication facelift with deep plane neck lift with platysmaplasty under GA. There are no retaining ligaments in the neck. With all my talk of smas+steroids, the anaesthetist gave her 8 mg IV dexamethasone intraop which equates to 53 mg of prednisolone! Wow and much longer acting. The b&a in one day is incredible. So far zero swelling. She will take 30 mg of prednisolone from day 2 as she got IV dex on day 1.
 
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Okay I picked up my close friend at 4 pm today (5h op +3h in recovery with drains) and she went from late 50s to late 20s maybe 30 at most in one day! Dr Nick Rhodes is truly a genius! He did smas plication facelift with deep plane neck lift with platysmaplasty under GA. There are no retaining ligaments in the neck. With all my talk of smas+steroids, the anaesthetist gave her 8 mg IV dexamethasone intraop which equates to 53 mg of prednisolone! Wow and much longer acting. The b&a in one day is incredible. So far zero swelling. She will take 30 mg of prednisolone from day 2 as she got IV dex on day 1.
So happy for your friend. Just wish Dr Nick would operate on me but he said because I'm 40 and my jowls aren't bad enough I should wait. I shall have to be patient until then. Thanks for sharing Miss Orange ❤️
 
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So happy for your friend. Just wish Dr Nick would operate on me but he said because I'm 40 and my jowls aren't bad enough I should wait. I shall have to be patient until then. Thanks for sharing Miss Orange ❤️
Hi @6098Sophia a close relative is strongly considering ASPS in Korea for smas FL/NL with chief surgeon Dr Lee for 12 mill won. The exchange rate is super for Brits. 12mill krw= £6997!!! Cheaper than the US, UK and safer than DP in Turkey! She will have to source postop pred from indiamart.
 
I am gobsmacked! My close friend had no postop pain and ate a full dinner of seabass, mash and cake 3 hours after discharge from her FL/NL with Nick at Coppergate clinic 2 days ago. I don't undestand. I could barely open my mouth to eat ice cream or chew after my VR smas under local. What magical drug was in the GA or was it the iv dex steroid antiinflammatory? She literally only took one 30 mg codeine at bedtime to make herself drowsy and not for pain! I was on tramadol for 24 hours after my VR smas under local. lol. No bruising whatsoever for her. She is drinking glasses of Tesco brand pineapple juice and eating pineapple chunks high in bromelain and taking arnica pills.

So far she has had 30 mg of pred then next day 20 mg pred. Each day if there is any swelling that is when she gets her one daily dose. Today is day 3. Days 2 and 3 are the worst for swelling.

Her sutures are too tiny for my old eyes to cut so she will be back to see the nurse who hopefully will have loupes. Behind the ear and back are subcuticular dissolvable sutures so nothing to remove. No sign of metal staples ahem. lol
 
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Here is a paper detailing how important the facial retaining ligaments are and if cut, may cause early ageing, prominent nasolabial folds and sagging!


No wonder the creator of a UK facelift facebook group has chosen to book for a smas facelift and not deep plane as has a wife of a UK plastic surgeon. So why then are US and UK plastic surgeons still offering expensive deep plane facelifts that cut facial retaining ligaments which then may cause prominent nasolabial folds, sagging and/or early ageing?

Thank goodness my friends and I have all had smas facelifts with postop steroids.

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