Pulsating Feeling After Endo Brow Lift, Will it Go Away?

asked 4 months ago by beachlover.2011 in Jacksonville Beach, FL
Latest answer by Joseph A. Eviatar, MD
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Tags: 3 weeks post-op, endoscopic, side effects

I had an endo brow lift 3 wks ago. My forehead feels like it is pulsating (and is driving me crazy). Sometimes I realize it is not doing it but thinking about it gets it started again. Will it go away?

5 answers to Pulsating Feeling After Endo Brow Lift, Will it Go Away?

Post-Operative Recovery Is Fast...But Sometimes Not Fast Enough!

Three weeks after an endoscopic brow lift is still quite early in the scheme of things. If one thinks about how an endoscopic browlift is performed, one realizes that in the course of this procedure, small nerves are being transected, strong ligaments are being taken down, soft tissues are being elevated and placed under tension. It is neither surprising nor uncommon for a patient at your stage of recovery to experience the sensations you describe. Symptomatic treatment with muscle... more

Peter G. Lee, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Pulsation after brow lift

Any of the brow lifts can cause irritation of the nerves for several months and sometimes up to a year the area can feel strange. So, after three weeks I wouldn’t worry about it. see video

Joseph A. Eviatar, MD
Bronx Oculoplastic Surgeon

www.ChelseaEye.com

Endoscopic browlift and post operative sensations

While some patients are back to work and feeling wonderful in days others do have complaints like yours. A browlift encompasses multiple facets that affect the healing process. There are muscles, nerves, and soft tissue that are stretched and cut and may result in different sensations. Some patients may experience numbness while other experience tingling or fasciculation of the muscles. It varies from patient to patient. The good thing is these are typically very short lived and you will... more

Michael Elam, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

Strange Sensations

Nearly all of my endo brow lift patients enjoy the wonderful, refreshed and youthful look provided by this procedure. BUT It does come with a price (and we're not just talking money)! Small nerve ending are cut and other nerves and muscles are stretched by the procedure. This can result in unusual sensations of numbness, tingling, or even occasional true muscle spasms as Dr. Garcia mentions here as well. If you can feel the pulsations, but neither you nor anyone else sees any movement of... more

Evan Black, MD
Detroit Oculoplastic Surgeon

Pulsations after a forehead lift

Pulsating sensation after a forehead lift are actually common, they come from the muscle that was lifted having spasms, a muscle relaxant will help settle it down, we use Robaxin for 2 weeks after when we do forehead lifts to avoid the problem. It will go away on its own in time though.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

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