“Facelift - 54 Yrs Old”

I was very relieved to hear your reply and the response from others. I had a face lift on June 1, 2010 and expected to be fully recovered in four weeks when I received medical clearance to resume normal activity. I had an "s" scar incision around my ears, a small incision under my chin and a temple lift. I am 56 years old, in terrific shape and in overall good health. I have always been very energetic and positive. I had my upper and lower eyes done two years ago and was jogging at my normal rate within a month. Over the July 4th holiday weekend, I could not make it through a short trip to the gardening store. My body (from the neck down) feels great and ready to go! My TEMPLES are pounding after the least bit of exertion and ALWAYS sore. I am working part time from home to allow rest whenever I need it. I have a great family giving me tremendous support but I am getting really scared that this pain will never go away. I tried to walk a twenty minute mile on the treadmill yesterday and after two very slow miles but legs wanted to run but my head was pounding with pain. My results are great! But the constant discomfort is getting me down. I take pain medication and a sleeping pill at night no medication during the day. Has anyone felt this soreness and pain around the temples? WIll it go away soon? I desperately need some encouragement. I would only have this procedure in the US (near home) unless you have family in another country.

I will be 5 weeks post tomorrow and I have a ridge on my left cheek and two places (both sides of my mouth) that have lumps. The skin is squishy to touch, but no fluid is there to be removed - my doctor tried. I have been told to massage hard and ultrasound treatment daily. Yesterday he injected a small amount of a steroid and that seems to have helped. I am curious if others have had the ridge/lumps and how long it takes to resolve.

I have lumps under my ears - at first they were so big I felt like I looked like a teletubby... Swollen face and huge neck but it's been three weeks tomorrow and I am already starting to look like myself thank goodness! I really think the doctors should tell us about these lumps. On my follow up visit after one week he said, "I showed you pictures of these lumps." I said I paid close attention to everything you said and I don't remember you ever telling me about these lumps. But they are getting smaller thank goodness! My husband said they don't show when I wear my hair down so that's good since he is very critical. Hang in there! You will get better but I still think the doctors should tell us about the lumps because it shocked me - I thought OMG am I dieing or something? Lumps are not discussed much on the Internet either - this is the only place I found any info about these lumps and I searched high and low.