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Wondering About Facelift- How Painful? Do I Need To Treat My Eyelids Too? (photo)
im a 47y.o with lower eye bags and jowls starting, im considering lower bleph and one surgeon i spoke with suggested a standard lift for correction of jowls and overall sagginess. im open to any input. How much pain is involved with a facelift and lower bleph
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what2do
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Pain involved with a facelift and lower blepharoplasty
Facelift and eyelid surgery are often performed together. The goal of upper blepharoplasty is to remove excess skin that touches the eyelashes while the goal of lower blepharoplasty is to remove the puffiness underneath the eyelids. The goal for a facelift is to tighten up the jowls and rejuvenate the neck. Most patients who undergo a facelift and eyelid surgery at the same time use pain pills during the first 2 to 3 days after the procedure. We use drains after a...
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Facelift - Wondering...How Painful? Do I Need To Treat My Eyelids Too?
Facelifts are, in general, surprisingly pain-free. You may have some tightness (you actually WANT that feeling immediately post-op), you may have some bruising, swelling, lumps, etc - but those are temporary. And there tends not to be much pain.
I think you would benefit from a facelift (ie, lower face and neck lift), upper and lower eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) and possibly some enhancement (filler or fat injection) to your mid-face. Based on the photo that's...
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Facelift and bilateral upper and lower lid blepharoplasty
Thank you for the question and photos. Yes, a facelift, necklift with platysmaplasty, and upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty would improve your appearance. Please make sure you go to a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to review all of your options.
Good luck
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Pain after facelift
Thank you for your question and photo. Yes, it appears that you would benefit from a facelift, lower lid bleph and possible upper lid bleph with or without a modified endoscopic browlift. The recovery is about a week and socially unacceptable for about 10 days. My patients report minimal discomfort that is well controlled with pain medication.
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Facelift with upper and lower eyelid surgery would give complete correction.
Thank you for your photo. It shows you would benefit from a facelift - to smooth your neck and eliminate your jowls to give you back a sharp smooth jawline. A facelift would also recreate the more triangular facial shape of youth. Your lowers lid bags would be removed and I also feel your upper lids could benefit greatly from removal of the hooded skin to give your eyes a more alert and refreshed look and a better balance with your rejuvenated face and lower eyelids. ...
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Facelift/ Eyelid surgery
Dear patient, judging by your picture, you are a candidate for a face and brow lift. It is difficult to tell from the picture you provided, whether or not you have excess skin on your eyelids (that can be dtermined at time of your consultation) Normally there should only be minor discomfort following a facelift.
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Facelift and blepharospasm
From looking at your photo, it does seem that you are an excellent candidate for a facelift. As far as the eyelids are concerned I think you actually need both upper and lower lids done. Most of my patients are amazed at how little pain there is with this operation. Many don't even take any pain medicine after surgery. It may be helpful to you to speak with other people who have undergone this procedure. I have many past patients who are happy to discuss their...
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Eyelid lift or facelift?
Based on your photographs, I think an upper and lower blepharoplasty would give you a great result. I would also add Radiesse or another soft tissue filler to your cheeks, nasolabial fold and jowls. Wait to have a face lift until you absolutely need it.
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Time for a facelift?
It looks from your pictures that you would get a great result from a facelift. Your skin looks healthy and you have moderately early signs of aging. You could probably do well with a short scar type of lift which limits the amount of scars you have behind your ears. Be careful of short cuts as they don't tend to last very long. If you were to really consider going forward you might also think about your upper lids and/or brow. I suggest this in order to get the most balanced and best...
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Pain can be controlled easily after a facelift
First things first. You are right to consider doing something about the lower eyelids if you are going to have a facelift. But I would encourage you to consider having the hooding taken from your upper eyelids at the same time. it's just as easy to recover from this surgery as it is having just the lower eyelids done. And having them done at the same time as a facelift means you can recover simultaneously without more pain.
Pain from these operations is...
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Facelift and pain
In general ,face lift and eyelid surgery do not cause a lot of pain. I will often do both at the same time, because treating one area and not the other "unbalances" the face.
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The best would be a complete facelift.
Your eyebrows are low and your upper lids are down to your eyelashes. The lower eyelids so redundant skin,muscle and fat. Jowls are present and you may have a slight small chin. You have good skin and facial volume,also nice cheek bones. Your lips have good volume but slightly more would look youthful.
I would suggest a endoscopic brow lift, upper and lower eyelid lift and a lower facelift. you could consider minimal lip augmentation and possible a...
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San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Facelift and blepharoplasty post operative recovery
Although post operative discomfort after a facelift can vary, the majority of patients do quite well and only require pain medication for the first few days after the procedure. Given your photo, if you are considering a lower eyelid blepharoplasty, I would suggest doing the upper eyelid blepharoplasty as well. I think you will regret not having done the upper lids at the same time.
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Facial rejuvenation
Your posted photo shows typical aging changes mostly in the upper third of the face and the jowls. There is some drooping of the eyebrows, excess upper eyelid skin, some drooping of the lower eyelid margin, hollowness of the eyes with a sharp lower eyelid to cheek junction, a vertically elongated upper lip, marked jowls but shallow nasolabial folds and marionette lines. Your neck is not clearly visible in the photo but I suspect there is extra skin there. The pain after surgery is usually...
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Pain and recovery from facelifts and eyelid surgery
Hi what2do,
The recovery from facelifts and/or eyelid surgery really isn't bad. You could have some bruising and swelling for about 3 to 5 days but there's really very little discomfort. You will be limited in your physical activities, no lifting, no hot tubs, etc. Doing them both at the same time makes good sense both physically and financially. The healing time is the same whether you do them separately or together.
Best of luck
Chase...
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Wondering About Facelift- How Painful? Do I Need To Treat My Eyelids Too?
I have performed Face Lifts for over 20 years and the amount of discomfort, bruising and swelling varies greatly based upon the invasiveness of the facelift technique. These are the areas that could be improved from the photo provided.
Eyebrows are very low creating increased upper eyelid fullness. This would entail a Brow Lift and possible Upper Eyelid Surgery.
Lower eyelid fat bags that would require lower eyelid surgery.
Relative flat anterior cheeks...
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How painful is facelift
The swelling and bruising from facelift are incovenient, but actually pain is a small issue. Most will feel tightness in the neck, though the cheeks are numb for several weeks after. The initial dressing will feel tight and your ears may be sore until the dressing is off the next day, and your earlobe may be sore longer. It is very true though that facelift is not a painful procedure.
Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com
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Facelift Optioins
Based on your photo, it looks like you would benefit most from a full facelift with upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelids) and a little bit of fat grafting to your mid face. This procedure would restore youthful volume in your face, define your neck and jawline, remove the bags from under your eyes and the excess skin from your upper eyelids. However, an in person consultation would be necessary for a full evaluation.
Good Luck.
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Facelift Recovery
I tell my patients if you ask opinions of 5 plastic surgeons, you will get 5 different opinions and the answers to your question certainly confirm that. We are all artists (or should be) and arrive at beautiful results in different ways. Based on your single photo I would suggest a browlit, lower eyelids and a facelit that addresses the early laxity in your lower face and at the same time adds volume to your midface. A Quicklift technique works the best for that in my hands. I think if you...
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These are not uncomfortable procedures.
Most patients are actually very pleasantly surprised by how comfortable it is to have cosmetic surgery.
The issue of what you should have done is a much more complicated issue. Your personal preferences are of the utmost importance. Not to pick on a particular surgeon, I personally feel that it is very coercive to tell someone that only doing a certain procedure is "like painting half a room." Please do not feel pressures to have surgeries unless you are...
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Options
From your pictures it looks as though you are experiencing volume loss caused by the normal aging process. While you could benefit from a lower bleph, I see significant volume loss that would help reduce and correct that problem area. You could use fat or a filler of some kind. We see many patients with lower eye problems and we treat them with volume rather than cutting. A mid facelift would be an option for your jowls and mouth area. I would suggest having a few more in-person...
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Additional photos would help - but.
Lower lids alone would be like painting half of a room. You have hooding of the upper lids and it would become even more visible when the lower lids are done. It is better, and less expensive to do them together.
However, I am concerned r.e. the offer of a "standard facelift" No one should have a standard or generic anything in good esthetic surgery. It should be customized to fit your individual needs, lifestyle, type of skin.
Upper and lower lids...
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Options for the aging face
Another approach would be to address the lower face including the neck and jowels with a facelift, the midface with volume replacement using fat, and the eyes with an upper and lower blepharoplasty. The most thorough approach would be to combine all of these however you need to determine what bothers you the most and how much work you want to have done.
If you were to do all of the above procedures you should prepare for about 10-14 days off of work and a healing process that ultimately...
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Upper bleph and lower bleph and midface lift
For the best results i really think you need to also do upper blepharoplasty and lower bleph and midface lift.
Good luck!
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Facelift or bleph
How about a different approach. consider doing both upper and lower eyelids and you will get a terrific result. it should be significantly less expensive and the eyelid surgery is virtually painless and giving your facial anatomy and age it maybe a better way to begin the process.
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Face lift questions
The discomfort and tightness of a face lift typically requires a few days of prescription pain medication. You would get a nicer result if you also did a lower blepharoplasty and possibly a brow lift
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Wondering About Facelift- How Painful? Do I Need To Treat My Eyelids Too
I think the pain is small and easily controlled with oral medications. I do think that the eyelid surgery would yield a nice improvement and I think a cheek lift alone will likely suffice, rather than a full facelift.
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MidFacelift Procedure or Blepharoplasty
While it is not possible for me to provide you with an exact set of recommendation, I can see how a midfacelift would help elevate your midface cheek fatpad, as well as allow for smoothing out of the jawline, creating a more youthful appearance. Also, as you appear to have some excess fat of the lower lids, and perhaps some extra fat and skin on the uppers, a quad blepharoplasty (eyelid) surgery would possibly be indicated.
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Minimal pain
The discomfort from these procedures is usually well-controlled with a mild analgesic. Most of my patients are pleasantly surprised after surgery as to how good they feel! You may also want to consider a forehead browlift to give you more facial harmony after your facelift and blepharoplasty.
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