Normal wake up time post op?

You post a good question. Speak with your surgeon about your anesthesia options as you have several.  One unique type of anesthesia I use is local anesthesia with oral sedation (Valium) in an accredited surgery center. I have safely performed thousands of facelifts and neck lifts also combined with eyelid lifts or other facial procedures. When done properly patients are comfotable and sleepy but  arousable.  (If your surgery exceeds 3-3.5hrs you may want deeper anesthesia) Under local, I find the wake up is very easy and patients are safely discharged home within the hour. Moreover, the week recovery is easier as there is no long anesthesia hangover effect. Patients feel like themselves rather quickly. An an additional side benefit with local anesthesia and oral sedation is that the cost to the patient is lower but this should not be the driving force of your decision. Surgeon's skills and experience as well as patient's experience and results are the most important.  Face lifting brings patients a lot of satisfaction. Please consult with several experienced board certified surgeons. 

There are many factors that affect the wakeup time from anesthesia. These include many different medications that are given during the anesthesia, such as narcotics. There are also multiple different anesthetics available on the market both inhalational and intravenous. It is best to obtain a copy of your anesthesia report from your previous 2 surgeries and give that to the next  board-certified anesthesiologist when you want to perform a facelift.

If you are concerned about the length of time it took you to recover from anesthesia after your last two surgeries, you can request the anesthesia records from those surgeries, and bring them with you when you have your facelift consultation.  Your question does serve to reinforce a very important point: the anesthetic care provided during a surgical procedure is every bit as important as the surgery itself, and, in a very real sense, often more important.  In our practice, when a patient has specific questions about anesthesia related issues, it is not uncommon for us to schedule a second consultation with the anesthesiologist who will be providing anesthesia during her surgical procedure. Bringing copies of your intraoperative and postoperative anesthesia records will allow the anesthesiologist to answer your questions more directly, and develop an anesthesia plan for your surgery that may avoid some of the problems that you have experienced in the past.