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Can Your Sinuses Be Injured, Cut or Brused During a Face Lift?

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5DogMaFeb 27, 2013

Watching the procedure on You Tube it looks pretty rough. Also, how do they avoid cutting eye during the eye lift surgery. I'm thinking of having upper and lowers done.

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Face Lift 8 Weeks. Is This Lumpiness and Ridge Normal? (photo)

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Tim Neavin, MD

Thank you for your question. It is normal to have swelling, bruising, and lumpiness after your face lift surgery, this will go down within 2-3 months as you are still in the healing stage. I would still advise you to follow up with your surgeon.

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Is There a Residency Program at UCSF (San Francisco) for Facelifts?

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Michael I. Echavez, MD

There are two possibilities at UCSF I can think of that may offer a facelift by a resident at a discounted price.  You could try contacting the Department of Plastic Surgery and also the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, which has a facial plastic surgery division.  The phone # for...

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Ropey Firmness from Ear to Adam's Apple 10 Days Following Necklift and Lower Face Lift. Is This Normal? (photo)

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Larry S. Nichter, MD, MS, FACS

The good news is that this is probably normal and will resolve with time. The linear ridge of swelling can be caused by the drain, serum (seroma), blood (hematoma) or an edema ridge as fluids run downhill especially if your chin was in a down position during the early healing process which traps...

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Am I Having an Allergic Reaction to Long Term PDS and Permanent Sutures Used on my Face Lift Performed 10 Months Ago?

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Andrew Campbell, MD

Any suture that dissolves should be completely gone by 10 months. Obviously, permanent sutures don't dissolve, but you shouldn't be having any sort of reaction to them at this stage. Swelling and numbness are normal after a facelift and should slowly improve over 6-12 months. The areas you are...

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Long Face, Wide Nose, Small Lips? (photo)

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Toby Mayer, MD

Rhinoplasty with tip refinement will give you the most benefit.  Fat grafting to your lips would give you slightly fuller lips without "duck lips". 

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