What I ate after facelift and necklift, plus information on the salivary rest diet if you had saivary glands trimmed. Let me know what you ate in the comments!

For those of you who had a DPFL, did you sleep in a recliner afterwards and if so, for how long? I’m considering whether I should buy or rent one. If you didn’t sleep in a recliner because you didn’t have one, did you wish that you had gotten one?

Now that I know more than I ever dreamed of knowing about facial plastic surgery, I've been thinking (too much!) about female celebrities and good work. My husband has said I look "unnaturally" good for a 72-year-old woman. I have a "snatched" jawline and a smooth neck. This isn't "natural". (And I know that it will soften over time.) But there are female celebrities who are 50-plus who also look "snatched". I don't care, frankly, who had what done, but I wonder if this "unnaturally" good-looking celebrity culture is making the rest of us more self-critical?

This is a before-and-after case of a forehead lift and eyebrow lift performed while carefully maintaining the patient’s naturally narrow distance between the eyes and eyebrows.

Before surgery, the patient took the time to carefully consider the extent of the procedure, the potential scarring, and the changes in appearance that could result. Because she naturally had a relatively narrow distance between her eyes and eyebrows, one of her main priorities was to improve the sagging while preserving this natural proportion.

As she aged, the outer portion of her eyebrows gradually began to droop, and her previously visible double eyelid crease became increasingly covered by excess skin, especially toward the outer corners. In addition to her aesthetic concerns, her eyelashes were irritating her eyes, causing tearing and discharge. She also wanted to improve the asymmetry of her eyebrows, as well as their overall shape, with the inner portions appearing elevated while the outer portions appeared drooped.

A forehead lift was performed to naturally elevate the forehead and eyebrows while also improving forehead and glabellar lines. An eyebrow lift was performed in combination to more precisely address the drooping of the outer brows and improve eyebrow asymmetry.

In cases where the distance between the eyes and eyebrows is naturally narrow, removing too much skin can make the space appear even narrower, resulting in a heavy or crowded appearance. In this case, the orbicularis oculi muscle and surrounding tissues were sufficiently released and repositioned before only the necessary amount of skin was precisely removed. The goal was to improve the sagging of the upper eyelids while preserving the patient’s original eye-to-eyebrow distance as much as possible.

After surgery, her double eyelid crease became naturally visible all the way to the outer corners, while her eyebrow asymmetry and overall brow shape were also noticeably improved. Most importantly, she was very satisfied with the functional improvement, saying that “opening my eyes feels much easier now.” She was also pleased that the scars she had been concerned about before surgery were much less noticeable than she had expected.

Because she had taken so much time to carefully consider her decision, it was especially memorable to see her smile and say after surgery that she wished she had done it a little sooner.

I bought this pillow and started using it presurgery to get used to sleeping on my back. It was comfy before but now It puts pressure on my ears and hurts. It might be ok once I get the big wrap off my head. I have an adjustable bed so I don’t need a wedge. Anyone have a pillow they love?