Should I clean my incisions with hydrogen peroxide or just soap and water?

Please follow the post-op instructions from your surgeon and attend your followup appointments. In my practice I have my patients start the day after surgery applying hydrogen peroxide around the ear incision, and then apply a thin layer of bacitracin on it, and to do this twice/day for one week.  They are able to shower (and wash their hair with their own shampoo/conditioner) 2 days after surgery. I hope your recovery has gone well!

Thank you for you question, however every surgeon has their own protocol to cleaning the incisions.  I perform most of my facelift under local anaesthetic, which I advise my patients to wash their hair the next day, using their own shampoo's and conditioners etc.  These products need to be throughly rinsed, with the water just running over their head, with little pressure on the incisions.  I advise my patients to wash their hair in the shower for the next 7 days to keep their incisions nice and clean, to help prevent from infection.  Please follow your surgeons post op aftercare.  All The Best 

I think hydrogen peroxide works very well to clean incisions after a facelift.  Soap and water would probably work fine as well.  One is not necessarily better than the other, but I would recommend following the instructions of your particular surgeon.