Face Lift Instructions

• After your surgery, the nurses will go over all instructions with the person that will be accompanying you at home.
• Don’t be surprised at the pale, bruised, and puffy face, neck and ears you see. This is normal and will last around 10 days.
• A feeling of tightness, especially in the neck, is frequently experienced. It subsides gradually over the first few weeks.
• There is usually no significant discomfort after surgery; pain medication will be prescribed by Dr. Reynolds to lessen any discomfort you will have.
• A dressing may be applied (and should not be removed). Patients are seen the next day, the bandages are removed and the wounds redressed.
• Some numbness of the skin is quite normal; it will disappear in a few months.
• The sutures or staples will be removed in a week to 10 days.
• Hair may be thin for some time around surgical sites.

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