Is the Pain from Lifestyle Lift Permanent?

Lifestyle lift, just like any other facial rejuvenation surgery, creates scars around the ear. Just like after any other facial rejuvenation surgery the patient can experience increased pain sensitivity around the ear. This pain may be related to the scar itself, underlying sutures, or injury to surrounding nerves. If the scar tissue around the incision is the most tender part, steroid injections, combination of steroid injections and 5-FU, silicone sheeting, or Scarguard MD could be... more

This is unusual and may be due to a suture reaction or keloid scar. As mentioned below steroid injections can dramatically improve the pain. It is possible that the pain would be permanent but highly unlikely. I would encourage you to see your surgeon. In the meantime consider topical massage and silicone sheeting

You may have hypertrophic scar and you may need steroid (kenolog) injection. Please haave your doctor examine you and treat you. The care after urgery does not end with suture removal and it continues as long as patient has issues. Please go back to your doctor. I am not fan of Lifestyle lift because it is done mostely by surgeons that are not trained to do all different kind of the face lift and every patient that resopnds to the massive media blitz gets the lifestyle lift.... more