Does This Pain After Lifestyle Lift Suggest Nerve Damage?

I had Lifestyle Lift done 9 months ago, and now I'm feeling severe pain in the ear and around the ear area. Is this nerve damage? What can be done about it? Never had this before the procedure, so I'm wondering what happened during the procedure to cause this. Thank you.

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If the pain is new, check it out

If the pain is new in the recent past, even though you had the surgery 9 months ago, then it could be scarring from the surgery or some other less desirable cause. Either way, go back and see your surgeon. By the way, I have no love lost for the Lifestyle lift. I feel that it is a relic of a procedure, dusted off to line the pockets of an unscrupulous businessman.

Pain after Lifestyle Lift: Botox can help

The pain you are describing may represent entrapment of or a granuloma involving the greater auricular nerve. This nerve provides sensation to the lower half of the ear and can become entrapped by suture or by the the scarring process that occurs after a procedure. Injection of Botox into the area of the nerve can provide a degree of improvement or break the cycle of pain. I have seen relief in a number of patients who have described prolonged postoperative pain. The effect... more

New ear pain after Lifestyle Lift

It is unusual that you developed this 9 months after the surgery. Only the surgeon will know the techniques that may be responsible for your symptoms and it is best to seek their advice. Having said that the rest of this is speculation. In my opinion there may be several causes. 1) referred pain: the pain may be originating in another area but is being "referred" to your ear due to the rearranging of skin and nerves. This is like phantom limb pain. Desensitization therapy may help... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Pain can be resolved

Lifestyle Lift, mini-facelift surgery, generally speaking is associated with some discomfort postoperative that lasts several days. There are instances where individuals will have discomfort lasting more than 7 to 10 days. Less than 1% of individuals after any facelift surgery will have discomfort lasting longer than a month. The underlying reason for discomfort is actually unknown. Theoretically many physicians feel it is related to continued healing in the area. There is an important... more