I'm scheduled with Dr. Timothy Marten - Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery Message Board

willowbreeze · 01-22-2008, 04:10 AM

Hi,
I'm so glad I ran across this message board. I'm scheduled with Dr. Timothy Marten on Feb. 1st for a face/neck lift with fat injections, and rhinoplasty. Even though I have had a forehead lift done in the past by another doctor, I'm still really nervous. Your information was very helpful in what to expect, thank you. I wanted to share with you that when I had my forehead lift done I had no movement at all and little feeling for like 2 months before it returned... which as an actress, I'm very grateful for-lol:-) How are you doing now? Everything back to normal for you? If so, how long was it before your lip movement came back? I look forward to hearing from you:-)

Jeanne

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Originally Posted by AliAyson

How's your lip doing? Mine is slooooowly beginning to resolve itself. I think my right eyebrow is starting to have some movement too, but it's so miniscule that I'm not sure if it's really there or if I'm imagining things. In any case, I'm starting to feel better about my lip and eyebrow. I'm also really happy with the way my facelift/necklift turned out. I know that I still have some swelling so some of the "youthfull-ness" will dissolve as my swelling goes down. Dr. Marten often does fat injections with his facelifts but I didn't get them because I couldn't afford the extra downtime for healing. Have you heard of the new method for injecting fat into the face? Apparently it's a much improved procedure and almost all of the fat is permanent (used to be upwards of 80% could dissolve). Because of the permanency you'd better make sure your Plastic Surgeon knows what he/she is doing. One thing I found interesting about the fat injections is that the harvested fat (harvested from your body) contain adult stem cells which seem to have an anti-aging effect on the facial tissues. Interesting, huh?

AliAyson · 01-22-2008, 12:19 PM

Everything has resolved itself and I'm very happy with my results. My lip movement came back fairly quickly, I would say in less then a month. I didn't get fat injections with my facelift because I didn't have the 'downtime' needed for recovery. My understanding of fat injections is that there is considerable swelling for a long time, for at least 2-3 months it would be obvious that something had changed in regards to your face. I was too self-conscious about going back to work looking as if I'd obviously done something to my face. I do plan to go back to Dr. Marten eventually and get the fat injections as my face is very thin naturally and the more I age the more "gaunt" I look. I would really appreciate it if you would let me know how you feel about the fat injections afterwards.

Besides being a great surgeon Dr. Marten is a very nice man who is always responsive to any concerns, etc. His staff is wonderful as well. You've made a great choice in regards to picking a surgeon.

wmkcolors · 01-22-2008, 12:39 PM

How are your scars healing? Are they in front and behind the ears?

AliAyson · 01-24-2008, 09:19 AM

My scars are healing ok, not great..or maybe I should say not perfect. I say this because where my earlobes connect to my face there is a wrinkle or line...hard to explain but it's like as my scars healed the area where my ear meets my ear loosened so my ear lobe moved forward a bit making a tiny fold where the earlobe meets my face. It's not noticable by anyone but me I'm sure, but it is something I've noticed. The scars behind my ears are well hidden and they seemed to be healing ok as well. What I regret is using a scar fade gel like Mederma. I think that this would have helped but I was too lazy to use it.

willowbreeze · 01-28-2008, 06:02 AM

I definitely will keep you posted. I'm more nervous about my nose because I've heard it can take up to a year for your nose to look normal again and for the swelling to go down. Have you heard anything on rhinoplasty? Thanks:-)

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Originally Posted by AliAyson

Everything has resolved itself and I'm very happy with my results. My lip movement came back fairly quickly, I would say in less then a month. I didn't get fat injections with my facelift because I didn't have the 'downtime' needed for recovery. My understanding of fat injections is that there is considerable swelling for a long time, for at least 2-3 months it would be obvious that something had changed in regards to your face. I was too self-conscious about going back to work looking as if I'd obviously done something to my face. I do plan to go back to Dr. Marten eventually and get the fat injections as my face is very thin naturally and the more I age the more "gaunt" I look. I would really appreciate it if you would let me know how you feel about the fat injections afterwards.

Besides being a great surgeon Dr. Marten is a very nice man who is always responsive to any concerns, etc. His staff is wonderful as well. You've made a great choice in regards to picking a surgeon.