So much can be done with lighting and facial expression (a big smile changes a lot) that a good photographer could take those shots within minutes of each other and get nearly the same results without surgery at all.
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A new face in three days!
Skimming through the daily paper, I saw an ad from a plastic surgeon claiming to perform a 3 day facelift. This immediately caught my attention, as I had always heard that recovery from a facelift usually takes at least two weeks. Even the Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery says recovery can take four to six weeks. How can one doctor claim to do this in three days?
Well, in fact, Dr. Harold Silver says it isn?t necessarily three days. The plastic surgeon, whose office is located inside Toronto?s Fairmont Royal York hotel, says it can take less.
?The average person comes in the morning. I bring in an anaesthesiologist, he puts the patient to sleep to control the blood pressure. A couple of hours later [the patient] goes to the hotel bed, spends the night, and comes down the next morning. I take off their bandages. They go back to their room, wash their hair, and then go for lunch.?
Pictures of cosmetic surgery that I've seen previously the people looked like they losers in a fight .
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the lighting was changed considerably in the "after" shot. In the "before" shot, it looks like lights were high on the left and right and were not diffused. This increases the number and depth of shadow areas. Pulling the lights down and more to the front as well as diffusing it will take away most of the shadows. The smile helps more than you might know. So, the "miracle" wasn't created by the surgeon alone. The patient and the photographer had their part. Now those weight loss ads are another thing. You can only suck your gut in so far. Lighting won't do much for that illusion but mirrors will. 
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Even so, I think that the picture with the article does reflect changes due to surgery.
I sure hope the arched eyebrows aren't permanently pulled up that high!
We've always known that good surgical technique minimizes bruising and speeds recovery, but I doubt that he ALWAYS gets results that good after 1-2 days. I wonder what the pre-op consent/waiver/disclaimer form looks like. There sure won't be any 3 day guarantee.
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..... to pay for it and the round trip airfare, I sure would investigate this more.
Other surgical procedures have improved over time, so it seems possible he has come up with one.
Angeline
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(First, I think that men age more gracefully than women.)
I think you will find as you grow old that your feelings don't age as much as your body will. I recall my 90 year-old mother said that mentally she felt the same way as she did in her 20's. I now know what she meant.
I have a very large scar on the side of my neck . When I was 4 years old I fell on the top of a heating stove. Though the years it was not too noticeable. Until now.
Now my jaw and neck have sagged enough that the scar is prominent. I have a short neck, too, and the sagging under my chin compounds it.
I was never a beauty, but passable.
Of course, vanity is involved. When I see myself in the mirror I am also reminded that I am old. That starts me thinking how much longer I will be around. There are things I would like to see, like my granddaughter getting married in the next few years.
Angeline
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have any impact on being around to see your granddaughter get married? From the few surgeries that I have had, I certainly wouldn't get gassed for vanity. Risk isn't worth it
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but as you might notice, if you re-read her post, she didn't say that...
to opine about the opening post, a "24 hour facelift" could become very popular....
no need to be away from the house, family, kids and work for longer than maybe a weekend, no need to look like joe dempsey for 5-15 days
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