Charles H. Thorne, Dr

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0

Sep 19, 2024

Five stars is not nearly enough for Dr. Charles Thorne, the man who gave me my life back. My story is as follows. In the beginning of 2020, I had a deep plane facelift with a “triple board”, 5 star facial only surgeon in Orange, CT. I had the beginning of slight jowling, (the only thing that bothered me). Although he did a good job on my jowls, my ears went from small, unattached to horrific, pulled down pixie ears that looked glued to my face. As if that were not bad enough, the worst possible thick,red, ropey scars around them. My tragus was flat, (I didn’t even know what a tragus was prior to a lift but once it is gone you will know because you will look weird). The original doctor did 3 rounds of steroids which made the scars flatter but wider. My sideburn hair was gone so I will need a hair transplant there. The scars under my hairline were also thick and lower than he told me it would be. I had makeup tattooed there but it did not help much to cover the scars. I looked fine from the front IF my hair was in front of my ears. If the wind blew I looked like a freak. I had to cover the scars with tons of makeup but you could still see them. I declined vacations with friends even though I told them I had a fl. My life consisted of work, reading, netflix and googling reasons why bad face lifts happen. In my case too much skin was removed as well as too much tension. I decided to try and find someone to give me a scar revision. I was told I would need a mini lift or a V-Y plasty (that would leave a 1-2 inch scar along your cheek to jawline) After spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars (more like thousands) on consultations, I found either the surgeons don't want to fix someone else's mess, or they don't KNOW how. But I did notice the look of horror when they examined my ears. A couple of doctors had even suggested going back to the original doctor. My original doctor said he will need to do a redo mini lift and it will only cost me $1K for the local anesthesia (Of course I had to pay for hotels, not to mention a couple of weeks off work) Well the same thing happened, I should have known if he didn't do it right the first time he doesn't know what he's doing. I spent thousands on lasers that did nothing to help the scars. Then I came across Gia and another woman's review of Dr. Thorne and how he did their revisions (for other issues and other doctors) and they were happy. Looking at Dr. Thorne’s instagram, I noticed doctors commenting on how brilliant he is. I felt hope for the first time in 3 years. Dr. Thorne is incredible. He fixes ears that were bitten off by a dog, or mangled in an accident or children born with deformed ears. Check his work out. Dr. Thorne suggested against a V-Y plasty (which was how my original doctor wanted to fix it for a 3rd time.) due to the scar it would leave along my jawline.
Fast forward, I had my surgery 8 months ago (a pixie ear revision but with a slight facelift.) My ears are like almost like they were prior. The thick scars all around my ears are mostly gone and He removed a ton of scar tissue to give me back my tragus. He even pulled up the scars along my hairline near my neck so they look much better. My friends & family could not believe the difference. How he did this without making me look like Joan Rivers I don’t know. My face came out even better than I thought possible. I think it came out even better than the doctor thought possible. A revision is not as simple as a facelift. A 3rd revision takes real talent and many doctors just can’t do it. Make sure when considering a facelift you look at ears, scars, tragus and not just the jaw line. If hair is covering those areas in the after picture that is not a good sign.
He is also honest and told me I do not need my eyes done yet.

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