“9 months later and still hurts and looks funny”
Facelift: Undecided
Cost: $10,000
Pain: Uncomfortable
Review of Facelift:Pain: Uncomfortable
Facelift satisfaction: Fair
I recommend my Facelift provider: Name not provided
Why: Not sure yet so no real opinion
I had a face lift 9 months ago and my cheeks are still swollen, hard, tingling, numb and at time they hurt. Also the scars behind my ears still hurt and are red and still quite large. My doctor says it takes a year for it all to heal, but I am afraid there is something more. All I want is my smile to be back with out looking like a chipmunk.
The pros are my neck line does look better even though there is one ropey area, but that does seem to be getting better.
The cons are the cost for the pain, I still hurt, smile like a chipmunk, still numb and have tingling censations at time.
Sep 9, 2009Comments and replies (3)
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7 posts
11 Sep 2009
While reading your experience I felt this was me writing it. I have over two months from my face/neck lift and I have all the same symptoms that you mentioned. Every morning when I wake up it feels like my face is so full and swollen from inside (I sleep with my head highly elevated). On occations I feel that the swelling (or something else) is stretching my neck and it is ready to tear my sking. These symptoms dosent' sound normal, something has to be wrong.I can't wait for other comments.thanks
17 posts
29 Sep 2009
Vir55v, you are still very early in the healing process. The numbing and swelling will take months to go away. I'm at 5 months and still have numbness and tighting. Doctor told me that the healing is usually between 3 to 6 months, but has seen some take as long as 18 months.
5 posts
10 Oct 2009
Hello maui girl. Male here 52 yrs old. I am so sorry about your rhytidectomy experience and the chipmonk smile outcome. It will not improve because your surgeon did not do his homework prior to the surgery. Your cheeks/smile look distorted because when the facial muscles are repositioned and the skin/ tissue is pulled/removed the aesthetic results are not natural. Not all facelift patients encounter the same aesthetic outcome that you did. But, had your plastic surgeon been talented/ knowledgeable enough to forsee the final results and the possibility of a chipmonk smile outcome, he would have made the proper adjustments to the facelift procedure. I wish you the best and remember you are not alone.