Face lift

Post-surgery recovery

In the first days after the surgery there may crop up a slight unease and local pain that can be fought with anti-algid medication. A certain numbness of the skin may also be felt during a few weeks after. The bandages may be kept on for 7 to 10 days.
In the first week the skin tegument is pale, slightly swollen, sometimes evincing small ecchymoses that will go away after the first week. The stitches will be removed 12 days after the surgery as this can be done by the family general practitioner. After healing it is essential that one should avoid exposure to sun, cold and to weight fluctuations, which may mar the results of the surgery.
As far as the scars are concerned, they turn red until they are 6 months old and after 9 months to one year they go flat and turn a light colour. The only stretch not hidden by the hair, the scar in front of the ear, will practically turn invisible after 9 months.

Conclusions

We have performed more than 200 surgeries of facial lift. If you have a lift done on you, you cannot stop the lapse of time. The skin will keep on aging over time, but the effects of a lifting surgery are long-lasting and still after many years you will look better than you would have looked like if you had not undergone the operation at all.