Mimi Janet

I had a full facelift over 4 weeks ago. It looks ok, but I have a large area in front of my left ear, goes out onto my face, about 3 inches around that is still swollen,numb, bumpy, sore and almost looks bruised and a little wrinkled. Visible from the side of my face. Right side is better, still hard and numb though. Will this ever go away? I thought that by 4 weeks I would be pretty much all done swelling. Also, how long do most people wear the elastic head, neck cloth? My Dr wanted me to wear it as much as I could stand it, but I go back to school/work on Monday and don't feel it's beneficial to wear it anymore. Help! (PS I also had my 1st Fraxel treatment last week, 1 of 4)