Numbness and Lumpiness After Facelift?

After undergoing a Facelift or any surgery, your body undergoes a process of inflammation and healing. Although the sutures are usually removed in the first week after surgery, the healing process continues for up to 1 year. All patients having a Facelift develop numbness in the cheeks since the skin of the face is lifted away from the underlying tissues. As a result, the nerves are no longer communicating with the skin. Fortunately, the nerves usually recover fully and the feeling returns... more

Lumpiness, swelling, and numbness after a facelift / mini lift / s lift / weekend face lift can be a normal thing. Lumpiness is usually due to a number of factors of which include; fluid collection, inflammation, sutures, and cysts. Most of the time, the lumpiness will go away with time. At times, your surgeon may consider steroid injections to help the lumpiness. Although, time is a better alternative. Steroids injections can cause their own problems like skin thinning that is hard to... more

After a facelift, it does take some time for the face to heal.  Numbness occurs in almost all facelifts but is temporary.  It is quite uncommon for numbness to persist after a year.  Lumpiness is some of the underlying tissue healing.  This will improve from a week to week basis.  Discuss these concerns with your surgeon.

Since it has only been three-and-a-half weeks from the facelift surgery, it is perfectly normal to expect numbness around the ears, next to the incisions and underneath the chin as well. This will most likely resolve completely on its own within the first six months after the surgery. There can be some lumpiness associated with the healing process underneath the chin and the neck that will also fade away with time

It is completely normal to notice some lumpiness and numbness in this time frame after your facelift surgery. Your body heals in a very systematic manner. With more time, these issues will continue to improve. Don't be surprise if the lumpiness becomes more noticeable to you in the months ahead. They will improve markedly after 6 months.

Yes, this is normal. Our verbal and written instructions warn patients to expect numbness, lumps and bumps and pink firm incision lines for a good while after a face lift. It subsides quicker in some people than in others, but it is normal and expected. In fact, it would be rare to have a patient who did not experience some degree of these healing conditions.

Feelings of uneveness and lumpiness under your facial skin are normal signs of swelling and healing. In addition, if you would not have some numbness of the cheeks and neck, I would be concerned that your surgeon did not do an appropriate face and neck lift... Joking aside, all of the things you are describing are within the expected range of normal 3 1/2 weeks after your facelift. Stay in close touch with your surgeon so that you can discuss any abnormalities or concerns if they should arise. more

Hello It is normal to have numbness for several months after a facelift. Likewise, you will notice small areas of lumpiness as some residual swelling disappears. Sometimes small collections of blood appear as lumps and they resolve with massage and time. Be sure to point all those areas to your doctor and ask for any advice on speeding up the recovery.

It is normal to be numb where the skin was lifted up to accomplish the facelift. The feeling will come back over the next few months. The firmness in the area where a cyst was removed is not unexpected and should soften with time and massage. Stick close to your doctor and follow their recommendations. Most of this will resolve fairly soon.

As all surgeons here have mentioned, sensory loss after facelift is not a possibility, It is a probability.  Based on my experience, I usually tell my patients they may begin to get some sensation back as early as a month post-op, but it may take at least 6 months to a year for sensation to be normal....and rarely, it may never be normal. Healing is a process....it doesn't just start and then stop, so be patient and allow your body to heal. About lumpiness, this too,... more

Numbness is quite common after a facelift.  Thsi usually gets better over a 6-8 weeks periiod. As for lumpiness, this may be swelling. Give it some time or speak with your doctor.

Your description of numbness and "lumpiness" under the chin after Facelift is completely normal and will improve.  Wound healing must go through a process (which no Surgeon can alter), until a steady state is achieved.  This process takes about a year or 4 seasons.  Good Luck!