I am having a face lift and need to take two weeks off from work. Is this something that I can get disability for? Also, I do not want to have to use my vacation time. Thank you for the help.
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December 2, 2016
Answer: Disability after elective cosmetic surgery is ethically questionable.
When it comes to vertically elongating your face, both the upper third (forehead) and lower third (chin) of your face is proportionally smaller than the middle third. A rhinoplasty and chin lengthening procedure would be the two easiest and obvious choices. Depending upon your profile picture...
A pre-op picture would -be helpful here. You do not have what I would call deep lines. Your skin looks nice and smooth, and you have a NLF present up by the nose. As your swelling continues to resolve this may decrease. You can fill the fold, but this will...
It takes time to see final results... I generally tell patients to wait for three months to see what things will look like when everything settles in. Initially you are swollen and may look worse, then as the swelling subsides your look improves. This is followed by mild changes as...
