Honest opinions I’m ok with critisizm

Hi all. I am in the beginning stages of planning out my skin removal procedures. I have been all excited, ready to go but then started coming across some posts about how quicky sagging started after surgery. I know this can happen with weight fluctuations but the posters denied that was the cause. I thought these surgeries generally maintained the look for 15-20 years but I'm reading 5-10 years for my age. Now I'm second guessing my decision to spend the amount it will cost for just a few years worth of tone/tightness before looking the same way I do now. For reference, 55F, and I know the older you are, the faster the laxity happens. I lost 100+ lbs and will have been stable in the 'normal weight' range for almost a year by the time the first surgery happens. I have about 3 inches worth of sagging on my arms, 3 on belly (bending over), 4-5 on my thighs. Breasts are completely deflated and fully sagging. I planned a full lift and implants.

Any insight/experienced you can offer would be great to help me make a more informed decision

Photo 1: before and immediately after first breast lift in 2022

Rest of photos: current situation

Story:

- I’m 33F and I am a bariatric patient (gastric sleeve 7 years ago). I’ve lost 16 stones and now maintaining my final weight.

- I had my first lift in 2022 as I thought I had finished losing weight

- I then went on to lose another 5 stone and that has left me with the breasts I have now

- as you can see my skin is extremely damaged and I desperately need a lift. I can’t decide between a lift alone and lift with implants. My concerns with implants is that my skin/body won’t hold the weight due to the damage and my hypermobility and they’ll sag/bottom out/whatever else and look awful very quickly

- I have been warned that my scars will touch in the middle and this will create a degree of symmastia (uni boob) that is unavoidable due to the degree of sagging and the width of my breasts

- my surgeons plan: lift, 300CC max, under muscle, silicone, permanent stitching of breast tissue to the ribs & no mesh. He’s an expert in breast reconstruction and I trust him explicitly.

- I’m scared of any surgery due to previous complications but the way my breasts look is effecting my mental health. I don’t have any butt at all it’s all flat and sagged and my 🐱 isn’t much better. Without some kind of breast I don’t feel like a woman and it’s effecting my relationships, sex life, everything basically.

- it is so hard to find anyone like me when looking at implant before & afters, I only ever find ‘normal’ women

- I’m not rich and don’t come from money. I will be having surgery in the UK and refuse to go abroad, please don’t recommend turkey or anywhere else.

- do I just go for it and get the implants and then deal with anything that happens in the future. Or do I just a get lift and if needed implants later? If I get a lift and implants later the cost will be a lot more as it’s 2 surgeries instead of 1.

- I’m happy with my choice of surgeon and don’t want recs for other surgeons.

What would be best for someone like me?

- option 1) lift only (~£9.5k)

- option 2) lift and implants (~£13k)

** I’m not breaking the rules. I’m not asking for you to decide the surgery for me. I’m asking opinions on whether implants or not would be best for someone with severe skin laxity like me **

(Please no comments about my poor FDL. I developed a large haemtoma and was hospitalised for a week. It was done by a different surgeon but will be fixed by my breast surgeon at the same time as my breasts).

Hi all! I’m 41 and recently feeling like my features are sagging and pulled down in my cheek area, and like my under eye hollows are intense. I went to an injector in my area about PRF and she very confidently suggested cheek filler instead (under my under eye, not by the temples), with the idea that it would give me lift overall. I’m open, but generally scared of filler as I don’t want to look puffier or have it migrate / look too extreme. Do you think filler is the right bet here? Or PRF? Or… a mini lift? I’m honestly open to a lot, and would love to look better overall! Just don’t want to end up like Ryan Gosling on a post-Barbie press tour.

I know facial asymmetry is completely normal, but I've struggled with mine a lot over the last few years, and I want to see options for addressing the things I'm self-conscious about.

So my whole right side is pretty much lower than my left. My right eye and eyebrow are lower, and the right side of my nose is slightly lower too, it’s most noticeable when looking at my nostrils. My smile is uneven, with the right side looking more elongated and flat? My chin and cheeks are where the asymmetry is most noticeable :(

I'm not sure what would be the best, whether that's Botox, fillers, surgery, or something else, and I'm not even sure what to get done where. Also, I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I had braces in the past to correct a crossbite and gap.

Like were people subtly nicer or ruder or had different assumptions about you? Anything of that sort

Hi! I got lip filler 6 days ago (0.8 ml in my upper lip and 0.2 ml in my lower lip). I know I need to wait at least 15 days to see the final results, but I wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar experience.
I’m worried that my upper lip might stay looking like a “duck lip” and that it’s not just swelling, but rather that the filler was poorly placed or that too much filler was used for my lips.
Has anyone else gone through this stage? Did your lips eventually settle and look more natural once the swelling went down?
I’ll also include some before photos for reference. Thank you!

In my mid 30’s multiple kids, my face feels like it’s falling. I’m hesitant to try cheek filler because I’ve heard a lot of contrasting opinions but could be convinced😂 sculptra is also a thought. What do you guys think?

I am planning on getting smartlipo on my flanks and abdomen region. Do you think I will see a good result if I pick a good surgeon? Or should I avoid surgery? I workout and eat relatively healthy but do eat bad a couple days a week. Fat genetically always goes to my stomach and love handles. Wanted to get your opinions

3.5 weeks ago got my alarplasty revised and she injected 3 units of Botox below my nostril and slightly to the side. (Never had a gummy smile she just didn't want a lot of movement in the area). Lip frozen and sitting lower. literally feels like dead weight (even at rest it seems I lost the tone in that area) .... main problem is it is pulling and adding tension to my (central bullhorn) lip lift scar which is not even a year old.... like wtf! When I smile my lip looks lower, flat, and strange like a big roll lol. Base of nose seems lower (that muscle must do something to that area too). I hope it doesn't permanently damage and stretch my lip lift scar .... any experiences with gummy smile botox? Time line? (She did 18 units of dysport she says that's the equivalent to 6 units- 3 per side). I am going to try the saline injections in the area to see if that helps speed the process up. Anyone have luck with that? Thank you

Hello all, I'm completely new to anything cosmetic. I have hooded Hispanic eyes and as I've aged (early 40s) I have lost all upper lid space. I also constantly look like I'm scowling at people because of this and have noticed a negative shift in stranger's attitudes towards me when first meeting. I've been considering an upper blepharoplasty to correct this. A very important goal for me would be to increase lid space and have the crease terminate BEFORE the outer edge of the eye so I can wear heavy winged eyeliner without a fold ruining the look. Is this something a cosmetic surgeon would understand? Is this a reasonable outcome to want (it probably depends on my current eye shape)? Thank you for advice as I start this journey.

Otoplasty results eight months later.. still unhappy.

Around eight months ago i had an otoplasty done, and i didn’t like the results. I made a post here at the time, and i was told it was not that bad or that it was still early to judge the results. Well, its been awhile now and my ears still look the same. I do honestly feel that they were botched and I will never really like their look unless I have a revision done.

The right ear is too tight, and both ears have this weird telephonish shape, especially the right one. My lobes pop out which only increases the weird look. Last picture is how my ears were before. From the side they look ok as can be seen on the picture.

What frustrates me is that i thought this was a good doctor. He had reviews online all of which were 5 starts and everyone saying how they had their self esteem back because of him, though they had different procedures done, not an otoplasty.

I was quoted $14,000 for an endoscopic brow lift (that’s before anesthesia and facility fees)…. Is this normal? It kind of shocked me a little. I was expecting in the ball park of 5-10k. I really do want a brow lift but not sure I can justify that kind of money for something that may not last 🫠.

So I got a revision rhinoplasty in turkey and I just hate how pointy and projected my tip is also my columella is asymmetric and crooked.
Despite this my confidence has boosted and I like it.

I am thinking of doing a minor tipplasty but I don’t want to mess up my nose !

Hi everyone! So standard and what my surgeon is telling me is 6 weeks to return to normal weight lifting. That said….for lower body I lif lt quite heavy! How long did yall actually feel ok picking up 45+ pound plates or dumbbells?

Thinking of loading for hip thrusts and holding 50+ pounds for bulgarian split squats. I’m nervous about it feeling strained even at 6 weeks.

Insight tips etc. all appreciated!

I think it looks great, is this a good position for the incisions

i posted a before aswell

Which place do you recommend me to have an otoplasty done in Barcelona or nearby?

I went to icon for my breast lift and Aug, now trying to decide on arm lift do i go to Charlotte Mia for 6200 or miami for 3900? I live near Charlotte

Does this look like a lipo burn or faja burn? I’m 8 weeks post op so I didn’t think lipo burns were possible.

i currently have half a syringe of lip filler and while i can see a pretty big difference from the front, looking at my lips from my side profile they look pretty much completely the same as they did before filler. i’m wondering what i can do to make them appear bigger, specifically my top lip. i feel that it really imbalances my face. would getting more filler help? or a certain style?

I turned 18 yesterday. I come from a toxic family addicted to drugs, and I started very young. The first time I used cocaine I was 14. I was diagnosed with ADHD and took Ritalin.

I became addicted to snorting Ritalin; in school I would snort about 80mg a day. Sometimes it would go over 100mg. I discovered ayahuasca and magic mushrooms, and it changed my life. My treatment-resistant depression disappeared overnight.

I quit smoking cigarettes, drinking, and snorting cocaine about a year ago. But I think I got a free nasal valve collapse. When I breathe heavily, one side of my nose (the one I used more drugs on) closes up. The septum on that side is absurdly separated, as if it were curved, and only the other nostril is normal.

I'm freaking out, I need to see an ENT doctor. What's your opinion? Please.