How Long After Facelift Surgery Should Bruising Be Expected to Appear or Spread?

It’s not uncommon for patients to
experience bruising following facelift surgery.  Bruising typically lasts about one to two weeks and is more
likely to occur with more extensive surgical procedures.  It’s not unusual for discoloration to
drift downward onto the chest and change color with time.

In most cases bruising is a normal
phenomenon.  When bruising is
accompanied by significant swelling this may indicate the presence of a
hematoma.  Under these
circumstances it’s important to contact your surgeon as soon as possible.

Bruising can last for a week or two and as it dissipates it will go through multiple phases of the rainbow and this can also descend into the neck area which should be gone in 10-14 days in most cases.