I have sharp shooting pain in head post face/neck lift. Any suggestions?

June 28, 2015
Asked By:LC_ in New York, NY

I am 5 days post op from a lower face/neck lift as well as upper and lower eyelid surgery..I've developed a sharp shooting pain in my head which seems to come every few seconds..its started earlier today and has continued over the past 8 hrs or so..could this possibly be related to the surgery?

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