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What Level of Pain is Considered Normal After a Facelift?
Should prescribed pain meds be able to numb the pain? If they do not, is something else wrong?
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Pain after lift
The discomfort after a face & neck lift is mostly a sensation of tightness. Typically prescription pain medications such as Vicodin or Percocet are needed for 2-3 days. Every person has a different pain tolerance and of course there are differences in types of face lifts as well.
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Facelift pain is minimal
The truth is that for a large percentage of people who undergo a face lift, the pain is minimal. They can usually get away with only taking an over the counter pain medication. In most cases, it is more of a little discomfort and irritation than it is painful.
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Facelift - What Level of Pain is Considered Normal After a Facelift?
Pretty low, actually. Facelifts are typically associate with an often surprisingly low level of pain. Of course, some discomfort is normal, but it's more commonly described as tightness, burning, claustrophobic feelings (from the bandages), and itching or burning. Pain meds are often prescribed, but are used only rarely. In fact, significant pain - particularly on one side and associated with swelling on that side - may be the hallmark of one of the few real...
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Post-operative Facelift
Pain is not a major issue after soft tissue surgery like a Facelift in the vast majority of my patients. Still, pain is very subjective. If you feel you are more sensitive to pain or if you are on daily pain medications regularly you should definitively discuss this with your surgeon. They will help you formulate a pain to help control any post-operative discomfort. Good luck!
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Facelift Recovery
The recovery from a facelift is generally much easier then most people expect. Most patient describe several days of ahving the feeling of discomfort/tightness especially in the area around the neck. That being said, intense pain is not common and is something that if you experience you should let your surgeon know about immediately. It can be a sign of a complication such as a hematoma. Again, this is the exception not the rule.
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Level of pain after a facelift
Vicodin or Percocet are the typical pain medications given for the postoperative period after a facelift surgery. Most patients take just a few pills in their postoperative period and it is best to check with your original surgeon.
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Is recovery from a facelift painful?
Facelift surgery is extensive surgery, but fortunately it is not particularly painful. Sometimes there can be minor soreness near the ear incisions, but the majority of the face and neck region can feel somewhat numb for a few weeks.
The dressings can be slightly "uncomfortable", but typically not too bad!. My facelift patient generally have an easy recovery. It is probably an easier recovery than breast or tummy surgery in terms of pain. Eyelid surgery can be...
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Face lift pain after surgery
Pain is usually not that common after a facelift. Tightness, numbness, ear pain are common. Pain on one side only one needs to be evaluated for any post operative complications. Oral pain medications commonly are more than appropriate for control of pain. We must alway remember that each patient has a different level of pain threshold.
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Pain after facelift
Discomfort after a facelift is usually mild and should be able to be controlled fairly easily with Ibuprofen, Extra strength Tylenol and the occasional low dose narcotic, like Percocet or Demerol. It's usually more like a swelling discomfort than any type of sharp pain. If you are having a lot of pain in the first 2-3 days after surgery you should contact your surgeon to be sure there isn't a hematoma or infection.
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Mild discomfort... first night usually....
I prescribe pain medication for all my patients, however, 90% of them only require something to help them take the edge off prior to sleep the first night. By the second day, my patients take tylenol as needed for pain. So overall, the discomfort is mild.
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Pain
Pain is rarely a major issue for facelift patients. However. unilateral pain and swelling is an indication of a posssible hematoma and you surgeon should know about it
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Pain after facelift
In general facelifts do not cause severe paint. There is soreness and tightness. If a patient experiences severe pain it may be indicative of a hematoma and they need evaluation by their plastic surgeon. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.
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Pain after a facelift
Pain in very subjective and individual to each patient. All of my facelift patients stay overnight in the hospital for 24 hours such that a registered nurse can ensure their pain is well controlled and comfort is optimal. By one week, 90% of our patients are off prescription pain meds.
In patients who require significant neck muscle tightening, the recovery may be longer. Therefore, I would safely plan for 2 weeks off from work....
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Pain after a Facelift
Pain is a very subjective response to any form of trauma including surgery such as a facelift. Some patients require very little, if any pain medications and others require more medications. Everyone perceives pain differently and that is why there is such variation in the amount of medications patients require after a facelift or in fact, any procedure.
Most facelift patients do not require a significant amount of pain control. During the first day after surgery, most...
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Discomfort Following a Facelift
The night after surgery is the time most facelift patients describe discomfort. A compressive dressing is used to keep down bruising and swelling and this can feel tight. When the dressing comes down patients feel swelling but not pain in most cases. There can be an "icky" feeling to having stitches and crusts on the incisions. That requires patientce, but is not painful. I think a healthy sense of humor helps one get through the recovery but for most pain is a non issue.
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Facelift Recovery
Facelift recovery is relatively painless for most patients. Occasionally their may be discomfort around the ears where key achor sutures may be located, but that resolves quickly.
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Facelift pain
While every patient is different in their response to surgery most facelift patients have little pain. They are more uncomfortable from sweliing and tightness. My patients are instructed to contact me if they have pain which is unrelieved by the pain medicine prescribed for them. If that's your situation then I suggest you do the same.
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There is usually no pain after a facelift
Suprisingly, facelift surgery is relatively painless. My patients are given prescription pain medicine but often don't need any. Any discomfort they feel is usually more of a pressure and related to the swelling. If you are experience severe pain, you should contact your surgeon immediately and be seen right away. Intense pain may indicate a hematoma which is collection of blood under the skin. Of course, some people just have a lower pain threshold and just hurt. ...
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Pain after facelift
Severe pain after facelifting not very common and can signal at complication life infection or skin necrosis. Of course this depends on what was specifically done durinbg the procedure as all facelifts are not alike. Usually facelift procedures are more uncomfortable or aching than painful.
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Commonly patient are very surprised how comfortable the facelift is after surgery.
A facelift is little more than a skin, muscle and fat surgery. The first night, there will be discomfort and many patients will benefit from a single dose of narcotic like a tylenol III or a vicodin. Very commonly that was the only narcotic needed. There are situations will there will be additional discomfort. Some surgeons like to anchor deep sutures to the base of ear cartilage. This can cause discomfort. Abnormal bleeding forming a collection of blood...
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Pain after facelift
Of course, each patient has their own individual threshold for pain. But there should be very little discomfort after this procedure and if there is severe ain after facelift surgery, it is imperative that you consult your doctor immediately.
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