Facelift 8 months ago. Have dizziness, confusion & tingling. Is this normal?

I'm very sorry to read about your
experience; I know this must be distressing for you. At 8 months after surgery,
these symptoms may be related to your facelift, or they may well be independent
of any complications from the procedure. As other doctors have recommended,
please see another neurologist or an ENT doctor to get to the bottom of your
symptoms. I'm surprised and disappointed that your original neurologist didn't
examine your concerns deeper. I wish you luck in your search for answers and a
speedy resolution to your symptoms.

See an otolaryngoloist for an ear exam. Sometimes blood during surgery drains into the ear canal, becomes dry and can block the ear canal and result in middle ear dysfunction. Other causes of dizziness need expert exam and the Otolaryngologist is a good place to start.

I too am sorry and distressed to hear of your ongoing problems. They are definitely NOT normal. Yet, having said that, and understanding that facelift recovery can take a full 6-12 months, I also understand why you have connected the two things (facelift surgery and your dizziness, confusion, and extremity tingling) as possible cause and effect. I doubt they are related at all, but your symptoms clearly require additional evaluation.I also agree you need to be seen at a major multidisciplinary center, probably starting with a (different) neurologist, who can tell you if an ENT eval is also indicated. At least the first neurologist was truthful, though shallow in accepting your presumed cause and effect. Evaluate first, then decide on a course of testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Try again, please, but concentrate on your symptoms, duration, and severity, not what you have tentatively considered to be the proximal event, as it will likely turn out to be irrelevant and only coincidental. Anesthesia could also have been part of the issue, if timing of symptoms was close to your surgery.I wish you well and best wishes! Dr. Tholen