What percent of YOUR patients report total restoration of skin sensation so that the face feels EXACTLY as it did prior to their facelift or scalp feels EXACTLY as it did prior to brow lift at the 1 year mark? If not then, when as a percentage?
January 21, 2014
Answer: 100% of return of sensibility is not possible after facelift. After a facelift short-term numbness always occurs. Usually by six months to a year patient states that The face feels as it did before surgery although commonly they can point out small areas of numbness particularly behind the ear. Precise neurologic testing would show some diminished sensibility in all facelift patients even years after the procedure.
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January 21, 2014
Answer: 100% of return of sensibility is not possible after facelift. After a facelift short-term numbness always occurs. Usually by six months to a year patient states that The face feels as it did before surgery although commonly they can point out small areas of numbness particularly behind the ear. Precise neurologic testing would show some diminished sensibility in all facelift patients even years after the procedure.
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January 21, 2014
Answer: Will face and brow return to normal sensation. The only true way to answer this is to say 0% of my patients say their face or brow feels EXACTLY like it did prior to surgery. The incision line from ANY surgery and some of the skin around it can have decreased sensation for months or permanenetly after surgery. The areas of decreased sensation are typically very small and of no consequence to my patients. It doesn't affect their recovery nor their result.
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January 21, 2014
Answer: Will face and brow return to normal sensation. The only true way to answer this is to say 0% of my patients say their face or brow feels EXACTLY like it did prior to surgery. The incision line from ANY surgery and some of the skin around it can have decreased sensation for months or permanenetly after surgery. The areas of decreased sensation are typically very small and of no consequence to my patients. It doesn't affect their recovery nor their result.
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