Is It Safe to Have an 8 Hour Facial Plastic Surgery For, Chin Reduction, Rhinoplasty and Mini Face Lift All at the Same Time?

It is not uncommon to perform this amount of surgery or more. However, eight hours is alot of time to perform the procedures you're interested in. Most surgeons will book that type of procedure for 5-6 hours. You might want to consider seeking a second opinion. While undergoing eight hours of surgery is typically safe, you want to minimize the amount of anesthesia that you require. This is beneficial not only from a recovery standpoint but will also significantly lower your out of pocket cost. I hope this information is helpful.Stephen Weber MD, FACSWeber Facial Plastic Surgery

All surgeries have risk including the risk of death.  8 hours is a very long operative session.  I personally do not like subjecting patients to more than 6 hours of cosmetic surgery under general anesthesia at a time.  However, it is my opinion that it is even safer to break this surgery into a couple of 4 hour operative sessions separated by at least a couple of weeks.  What is your risk of death from this combination of surgeries?  It is impossible to know precisely for you without a lot more health information.  However the risk of death is likely to be around 1 in 30,000 cases. You are likely to be safer not having surgery than having surgery so you need to personally decide the level of risk you are willing to handle.  Hope that information helps.

Yes these are normally done together but should only take 4 hours. Know exactly what will be done specifically to your face before surgery.