What to expect after facelift surgery?

Posted By Cosmetic Surgery Institute on 18-09-19

Facelift surgery also called rhytidectomy. It's a cosmetic procedure that is meant to create a younger appearance over the face. If your face has sagging and other age changes, then a facelift surgery can make you look younger. Through the facelift surgery, your extra savings folds can be fixed. Basically in facelift surgery, from each side of the face the flap of skin is pulled back, then the contour of the tissue, are surgically constructed in a good manner to give a youthful shape to the face. Excess skin is removed and the flap of the face gets closed with sutures. Mostly with the face fat also gets deposits in the neck, so to make the neck synchronized with face so facelift surgery in Mumbai involves another surgery that is platysmaplasty. Your fine wrinkles and creases don't stable with the facelift surgery. But with the use of cosmetic quality of the skin can be maintained.

Before the procedure happens, you should be instructed with important guidelines. 

You will be instructed to discontinue any medications that cause blood thinning before the 2 weeks of surgery 
You will be asked to wash your face and hair in the morning with some germicidal soap.
No eating from midnight.

A facelift is a kind of outpatient procedure so you can leave the hospital after some time of surgery. Now the point is what are,, expectations about facelift surgery. Expectation depends upon the ambiance where the procedure is done, do not compromise because it's your face, choose what is best for you.

Before the procedure 

Sedation is done, during the time of surgery to numb the parts where surgery is going to perform, but most of the time, surgery happens under the general anesthesia.

During the procedure

In facelift surgery, tightening of the underlying tissues and muscles is done to do face lifting. After this, the repositioned contour is re-draped with the facial skin with the removal of excess skin, the wound gets stitches. It depends on what type of techniques are used for the procedure, there are options like;

Traditional facelift, which runs through the temples, by including the ears and ends behind the ear in the lower scalp.

Neck lifts incision, from the earlobe it starts and continues by wrapping around the ear into the lower scalp.

After the procedure

After a face-lift, procedures you may experience signs like; 

Pain Mild to moderate
Incision side Drainage.
Bruising 
Swelling
Numbness in limbs.

These were the common symptoms. But if you feel serious signs then call your doctor, symptoms like; 

 On one side of your face, severe pain.
Shortness in breathing.
Pain in chest.
Irregularity in heart breath.

In the starting days of post-surgery 

Your incision side will have been covered with bandages to keep the gentle pressure, and minimize the swelling. To drain the excess blood and fluid a drainage tube must be preserved under the skin. During your first days of surgery you need to follow the guidelines: 

Complete rest with the head elevated.
Proper administration of pain medications, and antibiotics as per the description 
The application of cool packs can reduce the extent of swelling.

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