Alright so I'm sitting here with Anna,
Anna, we are how far out from our procedure now?
One year.
One year?
You know, um, when I met Anna,
you were just about to leave to Europe
and so I didn't think I was going to see you again for a long time
so this is a big pleasure for me to be able to see her today after one year.
So Anna, talk to me a little bit about uh
what procedures we've done and a little bit about the story behind it.
Okay, you're gonna help me a little bit with the procedures because I have a full face done.
I have eye lift, the face restore
vertical restoration
vertical restore
I had the lip lift which I love so much
fat transfer to the face
and I just love it, I'm very happy with the results.
So Anna how old are you first of all?
I'm going to turn 47.
47 and so let's talk briefly because this is something I'm really passionate about,
talk to me about, you know, the years before the procedure and kind of like,
what things you were doing ahead of time.
Well I am very addicted to beauty.
I love building a workout,
I'm a licensed aesthetician so I'm always,
I always take good care of myself.
What happened is, four or five years ago, I went to a doctor,
plastic surgeon in Orange County.
He did my nose and I was talking to him about facelifts because I didn't want to keep fillers on
and he said I didn't qualify at that time for a facelift
and he said you should do non-surgical procedures
and he uh he is the one who referred a dermatologist to me in Orange County
and I started having a lot of things done You name it, a lot of fillers done,
and I spent a lot of money, I was frustrated.
Almost like what I spent for the full face surgery, I spent with non-surgical procedures
and my face just didn't look good, yeah did not look good at all.
So it's interesting
So what were the, what were the specific concerns that you had?
Was it laxity relaxity?
I lost volume on the face.
I started looking older, like in the beginning was good.
After a month and a half, two months, my face was asking for more and more and then all of a sudden,
I started looking older instead looking younger.
So it's an interesting thing because this is a an issue that comes up a lot
for younger people who start to see early signs of aging
who want to get in front of it, you know,
a lot of times you're you're pulled into these non-surgical directions
and a lot of people share your experiences.
I've met so many people who have exactly that story and sometimes it ends in
cheeks that are way too big,
obviously lost money because of things that didn't work
and you still continue to age and along the way
You pick up a few new sort of facial changes which aren't always, you know, great. It's devastating.
There's a lot of money that you put in the trash can very much and after a little while,
a month and a half, two months, not even
like it takes so long your face starts to fall apart people need to understand
because I just, what I recommend is just to be careful out there
because it's a lot of sales
and there's a lot of doctors, dermatologists,
they're gonna promise you're going to look amazing,
they get these devices,
they take the money at the end,
It's just uh, plastic surgery
Yeah
and you know, I think it's it's interesting because our practice
has always been very limited in terms of the things that we bring in
and the things that we bring in we only bring in things that that meet a very specific purpose
and actually do it.
Um, do you give a results that actually work because it is
heartbreaking for me to see so many people save up to do things
and ultimately not get results because I think the emotional need to look
as young as you feel is very real for people
and it can't be, you know, underscored.
So let's take a look real quick.
I'm just going to take take a peek here, so this was,
you know, a year ago before surgery and obviously, Anna is a beautiful woman
You know, very early sort of changes, but they're there.
You know, you can see that the heaviness along the cheek and jawline,
these are the things that were concerning Anna
and the loss of volume, you know, throughout a little bit of extra skin around the eyes
a little bit of a distance here
um in the upper lip region
So we did a Full Face Fat Transfer to restore the volume
You can see the concavities of the temple are now gone a year later,
more volume in the upper eyelids,
a very clean upper eyelid sulcus there
You know, smaller creases, everything just looks healthier and more vibrant.
and then when we see the face shape
Here, you have a much more square looking facial shape
whereas here, the facial shape takes on this beautiful v-shape
highlighting her nice, strong, jawbone and then when you look at the profile view
which is also gorgeous, you can see just this overall kind of descent coming down here
Now everything is brought up.
I mean this face basically belongs to somebody in their 20s or or 30s,
you know and it doesn't show any signs of aging and yet looks 100% natural
Which is the best part of this
but also the best part is the fact that
you're not going to have to do anything about your face for years and years to come.
I am so happy, thank you very much for helping me.
Oh my pleasure, my pleasure,
and I appreciate you sharing your story.
I know we did this back, I think it was month one after the procedure,
so it's really nice to be able to follow up with you a year, a whole year later!
Thank you and Dr. Karam makes you look like a better version of yourself
He does. His work makes your beauty in a very natural way.
I love it. Thank you so much.
Aw thank you, thank you for doing this, I really appreciate it Anna