Hi ALL,

I had the gastric band surgery in with Dr Chris De Bruyne, Belgium three years ago(when I was 62yrs old!!) and was very pleased....except that my face(my cheeks really) became more and more wrinkled as the weight fell off.

Every time I looked in the mirror these wrinkles bothered me and I started researching Mini Facelifts as a possible solution.

I could find NO forum similar to this with any information relevant to us in Ireland.

Anyway,

I went ahead with great trepidation and had a Mini Facelift in Belgium a week ago and (fingers n toes crossed) I'm pretty delighted with the results...even this early.

So I decided to put this little bit of information on this site in the hope that it might be helpful to someone else in the same 'boat' as I found myself in.

I had a consultation with Frederik Serneels when I was having a slight unfill and from there made contact with Dr Patrick De Donker etc,etc.

I was VERY worried because I couldn't get in contact with any satisfied/unsatisfied patients but went ahead anyway....think he's done a lovely job for me ,anyway.

Damienne

Congratulations on your journey...I hd several fraxel laser treatments along my journey and was spared a lot of face looseness for a long time...now I am seeing the wrinkling you talk about and I don't like it. Thank you for posting.

Mimi

Congratulations on your journey...I hd several fraxel laser treatments along my journey and was spared a lot of face looseness for a long time...now I am seeing the wrinkling you talk about and I don't like it. Thank you for posting.

Mimi

Hi Mimi,

My upper arms are quite flabby but I am not considering surgery for them...would Fraxel help?

Is it expensive?

I'm wondering what age you are?

If you want any more information about the Minifacelift just ask?

Damienne

I will be 60 in a few months!! I do not think Fraxel would help the arms, I am happy with my old fashioned arm tuck now that the scars are fading...those batwings were horrible. Fraxel is very expensive, unfortunately.