Is it safe to have a face lift with a cold?

Thank you for your question. If in the unfortunate circumstance that you get sick before your surgery, you may have postpone your surgery until you are better again. If you are feeling sick, I would discuss with your surgeon who may help you decide depending on your individual symptoms.

Being sick before elective surgery is usually not a good thing.  Check with your plastic surgeon to see if you need to delay.

Hello!   My concern with such illnesses after a facelift would be the increased potential for coughing, sneezing, and subsequent bleeding post-procedure. Given your imaging and labs are benign, it would be safe to proceed with a surgical procedure. In fact, there is some recent anesthesia literature demonstrating improvement of symptoms with general anesthesia for viral-type respiratory infections. Of course, your surgeon and anesthesiologist will have to make the ultimate decision to deem you safe to proceed.  Best wishes!

I get asked this all the time.  If you don't feel awful and have no fever, you can go ahead with the surgery with a mild cold.  Otherwise, hold off til you feel better.  Your surgeon will be the one who ultimately needs to advise you.

Trinanne,Thanks for your question.Because a facelift is an elective procedure, I do recommend extra caution with deciding when to proceed.If you have had a cold for that long and still have a cough, I would say any anesthesia would be of concern.Sorry, but better to wait until you are in your best condition for any cosmetic procedure.