Seattle Lower Face Lift doctors
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Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue |
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17 answers |
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William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
1101 Madison St Suite 1280, Seattle |
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11 answers |
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Philip Young, MD
Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon
1810 116th Ave. NE Suite 102, Bellevue |
8 answers | |
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Braden Stridde, MD
Federal Way Plastic Surgeon
918 S 348th St Suite B, Federal Way |
4 answers | |
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Phillip C. Haeck, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon
901 Boren Ave Cabrini Medical Tower - Suite 1650 , Seattle |
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2 answers |
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Stella Desyatnikova, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon
509 Olive Way Suite 1430, Seattle |
2 answers |
Recent Answers
I am 7 months postop lower facelift. I still have an area of soft, "puffiness" above each clavicle, but more pronounced over the left one. It tends to increase with activity during the day, and recedes at night. Is this a probable lymph drainage issue?
At this point you likely have around 80% of your healing. We usually tell people that they will have 60% of their healing / recovery complete by 6 weeks, 80-90% by 6 months. 100% can take as long as 2 years. This is based on wound healing studies and tensile breaking strength of a heal wound.
What I have experienced based on doing more than 1200 face and neck lifts is that the swelling could be related to old fluid accumulation. The fluid tends to settle at the bottom of the neck lift which is right above the clavicles, only your surgeon would know what he did during surgery. This swelling can be improved with steroid injections, pressure dressings, taping etc.
14 days after lower face lift the left side of my face remains swollen. On waking from the anaesthetic I had difficultly closing my left eye which still causes me problems. I have no conrol to the left side of my nose or left side of upper lip.As I talk my mouth becomes very twisted. I have severe bilateral muscle pain when talking or eating. My PS prescribed prednisolne 2.5mg twice daily and valium 2.5mg three times daily. Is this unusual and should I be concerned as my plastic surgeon is not.
This is not uncommon after 14 days. At this point you likely have around 20-40%% of your healing. We usually tell people that they will have 60% of their healing / recovery complete by 6 weeks, 80-90% by 6 months. 100% can take as long as 2 years. This is based on wound healing studies and tensile breaking strength of a heal wound. You have a while to go for complete healing. The left side and the trouble with moving your face here could be some stimulation of your facial nerve. If you are moving it at all at this point, that is a good sign and you will likely have full recovery in 2-3 months.
