14 days post op of Facelift and Brow Lift. Why is my outer ear cartilage painful? Could this be perichondritis?

June 22, 2014
Asked By:Laura29 in Bakersfield, CA

I had face and brow lift 14 weeks ago. Yesterday the cartiledge of my outer right ear started to ache. By the end of the day it was quite painful and I had to resort to pain medication for relief. I don't see swelling or redness. My only post-surgery problem was granulation tissue above the same ear and extendeding about an inch onto my cheek. Treatments with silver-nitrate didn't help and my doctor finally had to clean the wound and suture it up. (four weeks ago).

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