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The Neck Lift involves minimal post-operative discomfort. Pain medication is prescribed, but it is unlikely it will be needed for more than a day or two following your procedure. Most patients return to work or social activities ten to fourteen days after surgery. Strenuous physical exercise should be avoided for four to six weeks following a neck lift as it can trigger swelling thus causing pain.
It depends on how extensive your neck lift is but it can typically require 1-2 days of prescription pain medications for the average patient. The most common feeling is 'tightness' as opposed to sharp pain
I think the answer to this question depends on your surgeon's technique. I RARELY have patients who complain of pain after this procedure. In fact, I honestly cannot recall where this has ever been a problem.
Neck lifts involve freeing the skin of the neck, sometimes thinning the underlying fat either with liposuction or directly, and usually a tightening procedure to the platsyma muscle underneath the skin. The skin is then "redraped' in a cosmetically "concealed" way so as not to see the incision lines. There is expected brusing and swelling but pain is not a usual complaint. I think sometimes in the first few days there may be some mild discomfort with extreme head turning or jaw opening but I instruct my patients to be very "gentle" with head turning in the first 2 weeks after neck lift. I hope this helps! Sincerely, James F. Boynton, M.D., F.A.C.S.
One or two pain pills is average for the minimal pain of a neck lift. Twenty percent take nothing or a Tylenol.
