how long does facelift recovery last the
facelift has been the gold standard in
cosmetic surgery for surgical facial
rejuvenation to address sagging cheeks
and neck skin for many people it's what
first comes to mind when thinking of
cosmetic surgery and it is assumed to
require a long healing time for years
face lips were viewed as an exclusive
procedure done by wealthier people who
didn't mind a prolonged recovery process
until they were ready to reveal their
new face to the world in my practice
I've developed strategies to help my
patients have the full range of facelift
procedures with minimal risk minimal
downtime and quicker recovery
I'm Dr. Amiya Prasad I'm a
Board-certified facial cosmetic surgeon
and Fellowship-trained oculofacial
plastic and reconstructive surgeon I've
been in practice in Manhattan and Long
Island for over 20 years during my
training in facial cosmetic surgery the
facelift surgery involved general
anesthesia overnight hospital stay a
large dressing drains a lot of swelling
and weeks of not so comfortable recovery
at that time I began thinking of ways to
make facelifts be less difficult for
patients to experience with a shorter
recovery time without sacrificing the
results and the longevity the first
thing that contributes to longer facelet
recovery is general anesthesia for many
people who undergo general anesthesia
recovering from the effects of general
anesthesia is equal to or worse than
recovering from the surgery itself side
effects from general anesthesia include
nausea vomiting and lightheadedness
patience after having general anesthesia
are often required to stay at a facility
with nursing care overnight and have a
large facial bandage with drains when I
perform
facelift surgery I use local anesthesia
with LITE IV or intravenous sedation
rather than general anesthesia the
patient is more comfortable with a
twilight-type of sedation throughout the
procedure we perform surgery within our
own office facilities which are
certified by the Joint Commission after
surgery patients only need to stay in
our office for about an hour or two
before returning home a light facial
dressing is used without any drains
basic aftercare involves putting
antibiotic ointment where the sutures
are placed and these sutures are removed
after one week patients can return to
work in about a week to two weeks after
surgery the same standards for surgery
ranging from limited mini lifts to
extended face and neck lift surgery are
applied the deeper tissue often referred
to as the muscle is addressed the same
way as any facelift procedure performed
under general anesthesia this layer of
tissue is called thus masked which
stands for superficial musculo
aponeurotic system I perform the full
range of facelifts from short scar mini
lifts to SMAS flaps and deep plane
facelifts speaking of deep plane facelift
it's important not to be overly
impressed by doctors claiming to perform
deep plane facelift exclusively to imply
that they know techniques that other
surgeons don't in fact all experienced
face of surgeons are trained in all face
life techniques
less aggressive facelifts such as short
scar face lift is not actually a
shortcut
procedure but it is appropriate for
people who want to lift a sagging
jawline but don't have significant
laxity of skin and deep tissue under the
chin on the neck a deep plane facelift
is actually another procedure performed
by experienced facelift surgeons which
involves undermining and tightening the
deep tissue layers beneath the skin and
thus masts the face and neck lift is a
procedure typically suited for older
patients who have significant laxity in
the neck and under the chin so a longer
incision is needed to lift the face and
neck at the same time I regularly
performed these more involved face and
neck lifting procedures for my patients
and still able to get them back to
normal life in a week to two weeks
another way I expedite facelift recovery
is with advanced wound healing methods I
apply the wound healing material
extracellular matrix or Acellular
matrix which consistently helps the
incisions heal faster and make them
virtually imperceptible even after about
a month recovery time is important but
recovering quickly doesn't matter if you
don't like the results from eyelid
surgery - facelifts I approach all my
patients and their procedures with a
natural aesthetic I believe my patients
should always look like themselves after
any procedure and in the case of
facelifts a version of themselves which
looks five to ten years younger in my
practice recovery from facelift surgery
is optimized by using local anesthesia
with sedation efficient and meticulously
performed surgery and the use of
advanced wound healing technology I hope
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