Dr. Gilbert Lee, MD, FACS - Voted San Diego's Top Doctor for Plastic Surgery 2007, 2008, 2009, 1010, 2011

Videos of Before and After of Facial Procedure Cases

 

Linda's Face & Necklift, Blepharoplasty and Fat Injections

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Linda is a middle aged mom who comes to Dr. Lee to reverse the aging process. Dr. Lee thinks she is a good candidate for upper and lower eyelid surgery, some liposuction of her jowls and a lift to her cheeks. In the OR, Dr. Lee starts with Linda's eyelift by taking off some of the extra skin on the upper eyelid. Afterwards, he works on the chin and cheek lift and completes the facelift with some dermabrasion around the lips. The entire surgery takes about 5 hours and everybody does an exceptional job. When Linda comes back to Changes Plastic Surgery for a post-op visit after five weeks of recovery, everybody is wowed by her stunning transformation. She is glad her son talked her into having a facelift done by Dr. Lee. Her neck is amazing and her skin is very smooth. When Linda reviews the before and after pictures with Dr. Lee, she notices how rejuvenated her eyes are and how much her neckline has improved. Overall, Dr. Lee is very pleased with his work, especially with all the scars disappearing. Linda shows her appreciation and is very thankful to Dr. Lee for the "unbelievable" transformation of her face.

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Brooke & Lindsey's Lip and Tear Trough Fillers

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Brooke comes to Dr. Lee with her roommate Lindsay with a desire for fuller lips. Dr. Lee tells her that with a few injections her lips will look fuller. Lindsay would like to address her undereye bags with the hopes to look less tired. After the consultation, Dr. Lee prepares the patients for treatment with a local anesthetic. He then uses a marker to mark the perfect location for the injections. Dr. Lee thinks that especially the first time at a plastic surgery center, Brooke and Lindsay did the right thing by coming in together and supporting each other. After the injections, both girls get an ice pack on the treated areas to decrease the redness and swelling. Brooke's lips are nice and pouty, just like she wanted. Brooke tells Lindsay that she now looks like she woke up from a long beauty sleep. Right before they leave Changes Plastic Surgery Center, Lindsay comments that she now wants lips like Brooke since they look so good.

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Marnoosh's Rhinoplasty

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Marnoosh is introduced to Dr. Lee by her brother Michael, who had his nose surgery done by Dr. Lee years ago. During the consultation, Marnoosh tells Dr. Lee about her wish to bring the tip of the nose up insert comma have it a little more refined and eliminate the hump on the nose line. Dr. Lee suggest shaving down the back of her nose about 3 millimeters and refining the nose tip to match her beautiful face. Marnoosh is very excited to have the rhinoplasty scheduled with Dr. Lee. In the OR, Dr. Lee explains what he is doing during the procedure. He takes cartilage from the tip of the nose and uses some of it to form a nice nose tip. After the procedure, Dr. Lee explains that the procedure went exactly as planned, and that the nose will look just as discussed before. During the post-op visit with Dr. Lee, Marnoosh explains how perfect she thinks her nose is now and that her friends first can't tell that she had any type of surgery. When looking at the before and after photos, Marnoosh almost forgot how she looked before. She is really happy and Dr. Lee feels that she is a great success story.

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Shauna's Facelift, Blepharoplasty and Fat Injections

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44-Year old Shauna complains about her jowls and her neck sagging. It is very important for her how she looks especially since her husband is 10 years younger delete than her. Dr. Lee recommends the tightening of her jaw muscles and delete do a little fat grafting above her eyes and in the tear trough area to give her a youthful look. On the day of the procedure, Dr. Lee reassures Shauna who is a little nervous. Once in the OR and Shauna is under anesthesia, Dr. Lee and his team start with the blepharoplasty, which will give Shauna a little more crease. After redefining her chin line, Dr. Lee performs fat grafting on her temples and her lips. The swelling on the lips will take about 4 weeks to go away. The procedure goes very well and Dr. Lee is certain that Shauna will have fabulous results. At the time of the post-op visit, Shauna expresses how much she loves her face and that she is very pleased with her results. Dr. Lee shows her the before pictures to discuss what he did. Shauna says that her husband is happy and says that she now looks younger than he does.

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