Endolift in real time, honestly.

[Foreveryoung52]

I had lower face Endolift on the 16th of January and I thought I would share my honest journey with people here. I am 72 years old but would like to think I look younger. So I do not believe anyone is too old for this procedure.

I have posted two photos, one before Endolift and one where I am today, three months down the line.

Some bits of advice
Do your research on the clinician and get a full understanding of the procedure.
Brutal but absolutely necessary is the question is my face suitable for this procedure?

If you have a lot of loose skin around the jaw and neck, then quite possibly only a facelift would give you results. Ask your clinician to be honest with you regarding what to expect.
Anyway, this is me
-Immediate improvement after the treatment but face swelled up shortly afterwards. Any photos post treatment are invalid because this is not how you will end up.
-week one week two swelling and bloating of the face much more than I had expected.
-Week two and three swelling subsided but no improvements in skin laxity
-Six weeks or so slight improvement in the jawline and the neck.
-Eight weeks or so moderate improvement in the jawline and quite a lot of tingling sensation around the jaw and in the neck which made me think that something was happening.
Three months or so, which is where I am now I think I have an improvement in the skin quality and a further lift of the jawline, but there is a long way to go before I would say wow this is amazing. I am happy to answer any questions and hope you found this post informative.

The photo of me smiling is the before image. The other close-up is the after image.

It’s hard to compare as the expressions are so different and you have a polo neck on.

If you’re happy with it, that’s great, hopefully the rest of your recovery will be smooth sailing now.

What is the AIBU please?.

Oh my god you are 72!!? Even in your first picture your jaw looked amazing.

Sorry, the pic where we can see your teeth is the before?
Have I read that right?

Yes i know I’m smiling in one photo. I will
try to find one which represents the lift more clearly.

Yes that’s right. I’m new to Mumsnet and haven’t fully got the hang of posting so bear with me!

What is that lipstick in the photo where we can see your teeth?

Did it hurt?

Well I wasn’t happy with it. I just wasn’t. I’ve done facial exercises all my life but they just weren’t enough. I decided on endolift because it seemed effective. It works by dissolving fat pockets.

This is really interesting. Will have to look at this endolift. Im thinking though if I have less fat bulking up my face, it will sag down and have more loose skin!?

Is that loose skin then cut into and stitched etc like a traditional face lift?

OP, it might be useful to ask MN to move your thread to the Style & Beauty board as I'm sure there would be useful exchanges on this topic in that area of MN than on AIBU.

No there is very mild discomfort for some people but for me nothing.

I am new to Mumsnet and so I may have made some errors. Thankyou, very helpful.

No there are no incisions as such. A fine tube passes via a cannula to dissolve fatty deposits and it’s typically suitable for jowls and fat which falls down the jaw as we age. People with a long narrow face are less affected. In my life I had an oval face and jowls can make it look heavy and square at the bottom. My jaw isn’t yet perfect, there is still a fatty deposit on one side which I’m hoping will disappear.

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This might be a better photo., no foundation on whatsoever, but I do have my lipstick on! The before photo hopefully shows clearly how I had small jaws and a lot of loose skin around neck the photo below shows me at around two months. There is quite a long way to go before it lives up to the hype.

Can see it’s tightened up the jaw line quite a lot, hope you love the end result.

That does show the results better. Thank you for posting.

That is a good result.
When you say a cannula was passed through the jaw what do you mean - I thought Endolift was a laser?
How much did this cost please?

P.S. you look wonderful for 72 even prior to the treatment!

That’s very kind that I think I have a way to go before the jaw looks smooth from the front as well. Sorry, I am not describing this very well. The cannula makes the aperture and then a fat dissolving laser passes through the jaw which the doctor has mapped out.. a jowl is a piece of tissue and fat which has descended from the upper face and it is a kind of liposuction process and afterwards you wear a compression bandage at night.

I got it on offer at a private dentist at £1900
Checking around that is very cheap for this procedure.

I think it was very hard to tell in the first set of photographs, and I would have said no difference. But the 2nd set do show some difference, albeit quite slight.

Those are good results

How much?

Local or general anaesthetic?

That really is very cheap OP!
I think the results from the second photographs are very impressive.
For what it's worth, may I say that you look absolutely lovely even without this procedure.

For the OP who asked about how it works. Yes, it is a laser but not a surface treatment. A wire goes under the skin at a very small incision point at the end of the jaw towards the ear end, and it travels under the skin. The tip of the wire is what heats up the tissue under the skin. You would need anaesthetic, similar to going to a dentist for an invasive procedure. And, as OP, explained, there is some discomfort post procedure and it takes a while for any inflammation to subside. However, as treatments go, this on is quite incredible because there is no downtime, reasonably pain free, results are fairly predictable and last a few years.
I am not entirely sure but it might be suitable for neck treatment as well. It's definitely primarily used to remodel the jawline in cases of weight fluctuations or natural ageing.

..I see you have answered questions, thanks. Not a bad price, but I'm not so sure I'd like a dentist loose on my face.

You look really good, OP. I hadn't realised that some dentists can do this? I will make enquiries at mine. Jawline/neck is the most difficult bit I think; it is for me anyway.

Thanks for posting your photos and I hope you're happy with the result; I would be!