One Month After Face Lift - I Have Puffy, Loose Skin Around my Mouth - Should I Worry?

I had a full face and neck lift one month ago. I saw my surgeon today and asked him about the puffy loose skin around one side of my mouth. The other side of my face is smooth and tighter. I was hoping he would say it is just swelling that will eventually flatten out, but he was unsure. He mentioned that the area around the mouth is not lifted in a face lift. Now I am worried that this area will end up being saggy.

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One month post-op

1 month is still relatively early in healing process after your surgery. There is still swelling and changes that will occur. It is possible that you may need volume (fat or fillers) or laser resurfacing around the mouth. Be patient and continue to follow up with your surgeon as directed.

Sam Naficy, MD

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Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Loose Skin Around Mouth & Lips After a Facelift

Perioral aging is not corrected with just a facelift alone and that is why one needs to perform total facial rejuvenation which is a correction of the frown lines with the combination of deep fat facial compartment refilling with resurfacing and/or plumping of the lips usually with a hyaluronic acid filler. It is truly a multi-modal combination therapy to blend facial rejuvenation with the perioral rejuvenation. These are distinctly different operative procedures which should be done and... more

Rod J. Rohrich, MD

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Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Facelift - One Month After Face Lift - I Have Puffy, Loose Skin Around my Mouth - Should I Worry?

It is, of course, impossible to address this fully via this forum. But I would tend to agree with your surgeon - the areas right around the mouth are typically improved less with a facelift than are the jowling and excess skin of the neck. This has to do with the vector (direction) of pull that is accomplished, as well as the degree to which the skin stretches out again in active areas (ie, around the mouth). That one side looks different from the other is fairly common,... more

Puffy skin 1 month after facelift

Your surgeon was certainly being honest with you. However, I would have added that it is way yoo soon to know what the final results will be and that one side always seems to heal at a different rate than the other. I would relax about this for now and give it six months to heal and then re-evaluate with your surgeon.