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

When undergoing a facelift, it's important to remember that bruising, swelling, and redness are all normal symptoms to experience in the first several months as you continue to heal. That being said, lumpiness can sometimes be resolved by gentle massaging depending on the cause. Other causes of lumpiness include infection or drainage. I'd recommend that you seek medical attention right away to ensure that you're healing correctly.

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.

At 2 months following a facelift, most of the swelling will have resolved.  Significant lumps or contour irregularities at this time are likely secondary to deep tissue folding or overlap.  Various options are available to improve the result such as selective steroid injection, micro-liposuction, dermal fillers or micro-fat grafting.  Of course, revision surgery is also possible.

Mario J. Imola, MD, DDS, FRCSC, FACS.