MICHELLE HUTFLESZ

Age: 51
Occupation: Housewife
Home: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Procedure: Laser Pixel Treatment, Iellios Facelift, Botox, Juvéderm, and Ion Magnum Body Toning
Doctor: Tom Barnard, MD

“Please help. I’m a divorced, 50-year-old mother of two teenage daughters.” This is how Michelle Hutflesz began her submission letter to Dr. Tom Barnard’s makeover giveaway contest. “I was taking care of my disabled brother and I never took any time out for me. All these stressful situations were taking their toll on my body,” she says. “I told them that I felt like I’d been through a war— and then menopause came.”

Michelle hung onto her letter until days before the contest ended, afraid that it wouldn’t make a difference and she would never win. But that Christmas, Dr. Barnard gifted her with a full makeover—a laser pixel treatment, Iellios (non-surgical) Facelift, Botox, Juvéderm and an Ion Magnum Body Toning session. “The body toning contracts your muscles, and I noticed my pants were a lot looser when I left,” she says.

The best part? “People’s reactions. They were like ‘Wow, you look so rested and refreshed.’ They thought I was 36 years old,” says Michelle. “It’s made me happier and more optimistic. Things wear on you and it shows on your face, but now I have a spring to my step.”