A Patient’s Journey with Facelift Surgery (feat. Kris Price - Ep. 10)

A Patient’s Journey with Facelift Surgery (feat. Kris Price - Ep. 10)

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Show Notes

This episode of the podcast is one for anyone who is considering facial surgery. A year and a half ago, Kris Price elected to have a facelift, and decided to document her entire journey in a blog. The result was a story of self-discovery that has been detailed in a very raw and personal way.In this episode, Kris discusses the decision-making process that led to her choice to get plastic surgery. She is open and honest about the hardest aspects of the choice, and what it was like to make that commitment. Kris also talks about her own improvements in self-care, and how choosing to have a facelift has made her more in tune with her own needs.Highlights:Dr. Hall’s opening comments (00:00)Kris’s introduction (02:35)How Kris came to the decision (05:36)Developing trust (13:08)Working with the psychology of self-care (17:00)Recovery and post-surgery (25:34)Interpreting the artistic eye and the natural result (35:15)Worst part of the recovery (38:38)Post procedure and final thoughts (42:14)Links:Dr. Jason Hall, MDWebsite: https://drjasonhall.com/Twitter: twitter.com/jhallmdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhallmd/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrHallPlasticSurgery/Links referencedKris’s personal blog: https://www.lifeofkrisprice.com/TranscriptDr. Hall: Welcome to The Trillium Show, where we help you make the changes you want to see in your body, in your mind, and in your life. I’m your host, Dr. Jason Hall.Dr. Hall: Today’s episode is going to be pretty interesting and I think that you’ll really enjoy this if facial surgery is something that you’ve had any consideration in at all. Kris Price is a longtime patient of mine, who underwent a facelift about a year-and-a-half ago when this podcast was recorded in January of 2022. And the interesting thing is that during the course of the interview, her recollection of the surgery and what it has done for her is very positive. And this is interesting because she blogged about her entire journey on her own blog that we’ll link in the [show notes 00:00:57].And the experience that she shares of going through the process of facelift surgery is very different than what she feels about it now. And this really goes to speak to how the journey of facelift surgery—really of any cosmetic surgery—is one of self-discovery and one of constant change. And it’s something that we try and shepherd patients through, that’s kind of what we do as part of the surgery process, but it is something that patients may not really appreciate when they’re considering having cosmetic surgery. And I think it is going to be very interesting for patients who are considering facial surgery to listen to this show, but then go read Kris’s blog, and listen to her accounts of her recovery, for the first year. She writes very detailed descriptions of what she’s experiencing throughout the first year and being able to see that movie before you live it is, I think, going to be very helpful for patients who are contemplating going down this road. So, I hope you guys all enjoy this half as much as I enjoyed recording it. And without further ado, here’s Kris.Kris, welcome to the show.Kris: Thank you so much.Dr. Hall: So, tell our audience a little bit about yourself, kind of, where you’re coming from, having nothing to do with plastic surgery.Kris: Okay. I live here in Tennessee. We’ve been here about 27 years. I’ve been married, oh my goodness, over 30 years to my husband, my wonderful husband; we were high school sweethearts. And I have two boys. One is in school in Boston, trying to be a PA. So, bless his heart for wanting to go into the medical field right now.Dr. Hall: Amen. Oh goodness.Kris: And my other son has finally decided he probably wants to be a trucker. He wants to just drive a truck. He just loves the autonomy, and he knows the field’s really needed right now. They really, really, really need truckers right now. And so he says he wants to fill that niche.I have worked mostly in the medical field. I started off in a business office and then I went to medical records, and then I started working in doctors' offices, mostly the front, first person you see type person. But then I did work in a hospital for about five or six years, I was a unit secretary on the floor. So again, the first face you see. Which is very odd for me because I’m an introvert, so it’s definitely very much out of what I’m comfortable doing.Then I went to the pharmacy in the hospital, worked in the pharmacy for a year, and went back to unit secretary and a couple more doctors offices. And then my husband said, “Your job is done. You have paid for college for both children and you can come home.” I said, “How soon? [laugh]. Where’s the door.”And about six months later, I came home. I’ve been home for five years. I’m 53 and hopefully do not have to go back to work in the near future. My husband has a good job, and he likes me being home. So. And I like being home.Dr. Hall: That is awesome. So, you really have had an inside look at the medical profession from a bunch of different angles.Kris: I wanted to be a doctor when I was in high school. My goal was to be a physician. Unfortunately, when I got to college, I never got bio-one. The first two semesters I was there, there were so many people trying to take biology one. And it was sort of a lottery system to get your classes. You were kind of assigned a number, and I never got it my freshman year.So, I had to change because I couldn’t wait. I couldn’t do it. So, I guess maybe I decided okay, it’s just not worth the fight. And I was going to go to psychology, so I do have a bachelor’s in psychology. And then I got married and decided I could not do school one more year. [laugh]. I got married at 21, right out of graduating from College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.And I told my husband, “Can I take a year off? Let me get some money, help pay for college.” And I never went back. So, I never did anything with my bachelor’s, but people tell me I’m easy to talk to and people will come to me when they just need a shoulder to cry on. And I’m pretty good at giving advice anyway. So, even without official degree, I’ve been a pretty good person to talk to.Dr. Hall: Well, I can attest to that it’s been—we hit it off from the very first day that we met. And I would really like to kind of dive into that a little bit because so much of plastic surgery revolves around psychology and how you feel about yourself that really… in a lot of cases, drives the desire to have surgery. And so, talk to me a little bit about the decision-making process that you went through on the front end because I think a lot of people struggle with that part of plastic surgery?Kris: Sure. I did it for myself, totally completely for myself. I know there’s a lot going on in social media and news and celebrities and everybody’s talking about plastic surgery. And some people love it, think it’s great. Some people are—you should just age natur...

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