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Will Breast Surgery Before Facelift Revision Slow Healing?

As I turned 45, I decided to have a facelift followed by a small breast augmentation. I had the FL 6-11 with a board certified PS. The FL results have been extremely disappointing. I have identified a new surgeon to perform a FL revision around 6-12. The new surgeon wants my hypertropic scars from the original FL to have fully healed prior to proceeding. Question: If I proceed with the BA now, could this significantly slow my healing and “disqualify” me from having the revision FL ASAP?

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17 Doctor Answers | Asked by AvaD in Los Angeles, CA

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Timing of facelift revision and BA

Proceeding with a breast augmentation should not slow the healing and maturing of your facelift scars. It is good to wait on the facelift scars until they are ready to be revised. Listen to your plastic surgeon for the timing of scar revision. I hope this helps.

Facelift Revision and Breast Augmenatation can be done together but wait 6 months for Hypertrophioc Scars to mature

I think your surgeon is very wise to recommend waiting. Hypertrophic Scars are very metabolically active and to revise them before they have "settled down' could end up making them worse after your revision. I doubt that this would impact your Breast Augmentation but no one knows for sure whether an active Hypertrophic Scar in one area of the body could impact new scar formation after the Breast Augmentation. New 1540 Erbium Laser treatments can speed resolution of the... more

Timing of Facelift and Breast Augmentation

As long as your health is good and you recovered well from your last procedure there is no reason you cannot have a breast augmentation prior to your facelift revision. It might even be possible to do them on the same day.

Timing of multiple surgeries

In general it is a good idea to allow for full healing between multiple surgeries. If you have 6 weeks between your breast augmentation and the facelift revision you should have no issue. The reason we like to give the body a few weeks to recover between surgeries, when practical, is simply to allow for your system to return to normal before additional insults. Most people can handle surgeries close together without incident, and we will occasionally have to perform... more

Breast surgery should have no impact on planned face lift

The performance of your breast surgery should have no impact on the healing, etc. of your planned face lift procedure to be scheduled for June 2012. So, don't worry!

Breast Augmentation will not Affect Healing form a Facelift

Hi there- You should be able to proceed with confidence that your breast augmentation will not in any way affect your ongoing facelift healing.

Facelift and breast augmentation

I routinely do these operations together.. there are no delays in healing , just more areas that are uncomfortable It is less expensive and easier to heal from one operation rather than split it into two.

Will Breast Surgery Before Facelift Revision Slow Healing?

Thank you for your question. There is no problem doing the breast augmentation right now. It will not affect the second facelift surgery. I do agree to wait a year prior to second facelift surgery. One last option would be to wait until June and do both procedures at the same time.

No relation between the two

It is definitely a good idea to wait the full year for the secondary facelift. If you are planning to have the facelift in June 2012, there is no reason you could not proceed with a breast augmentation now as you will be fully recovered in 1 month. An important question is why you developed hypertrophic scars in the first place as they are not that common on the face. One concern would be the possibility that you have a tendancy to form abnormal scars and it is possible that you may... more

Breast Augmentation affecting a Facelift Procedure?

I am sorry that your Facelift results have been disappointing. Having your breast augmentation will not affect the possibility of having your facelift revision or affect the outcome of that procedure. Dr.ES

Breast lift nad facelift revision

A breast lift should have no impact on having your revision facelift. SOunds like a good idea to wait a bit on the face if the surgery was fairly recent.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Revision facelift after breast augmentation?

As suggested by other responders, the breast augmentation and secondary facelift are totally independent of one another. No "disqualification" in plastic surgery, provided your general health is sufficiently good to endure the required anesthesia.

Timing of Breast Augmentation and Face Lift

The timing of the 2 procedures should not have an influence on your healing or results. Discuss what would work best for you with your surgeon.

Breast augmentation before facelift

You can certainly have your breast augmentation now, before your facelift revision. Iw ould be a little concerned about the fact that you mentioned that you have hypertrophic scars from your facelift. This is a bit unusal and the face generally heals without those types of scars. If you really have a lot of hypertrophic scars from the facelift make sure you show them to your breast augmentation surgeon. You might be at higher risk of developing them from your BA. Good luck. more

Timing

I like to have patients wait 6-8 weeks at least between procedures. Most of the healing process has occurred by that time.

Michael Hueneke, MD

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Nashville Plastic Surgeon

Breast Surgery?

Thank you for the question. There should be no problem with healing or otherwise with you having the breast augmentation done now followed by the revision facelift surgery many months from now. Best wishes.

Face Lift and Breast Augmentation-Timing?

Dear AvaD, I am sorry to hear of your unhappiness with your first facelift result. I hope you are happier after your revision. If you perform your breast augmentation far enough in advance and there are no complications, you should be able to proceed with your facelift revision without worry. Hope this helps.