Medrol After Neck Lift For 60 Year Old?

Thank you for your question. Every case is unique, with bone conditions, and if you have Osteoporosis, you are losing bone/calcium, and this is something you should discuss with your prescribing doctor managing your Osteoporosis. A neck lift should not adversely affect your medication, but you need both of your doctors to discuss your case. I hope this helps.

I don't use a medrol dose pack with a face lift. More commonly we use steroid injections under the neck area to help healing. This will have no affects on your health.

        I do not use this medication after a face and neck lift.  Every surgeon has a different idea about postoperative regimen, and you should express your concerns to your surgeon.

 

 

Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

As you can see, this is not a routine practice.  Yet it works for your surgeon.  With this knowledge, I'm certain you can request that you not take it as many surgeons do not use it and the outcomes are equally good.

It should not be necessary for you to take steroids following neck lift. Sometimes intraoperative IV steroids are given to decrease swelling. This can aalso be optional.

Medrol is designed to have a mild anti-inflammatory effect but it is not enough to significantly interfere with healing. It is also not enough to affect your osteoporosis. I would not worry about tit but on the other hand you will also likely do fine without it. Keep in mind that plastic surgery is not only a science but a performance art and each surgeon has a certain way of doing things that he feels works and that he is comfortable with. I am sure he has used this before and had a good experience with it ( as have I). So, I would choose the surgeon for his expertise and proven results and not sweat the small details he uses to get his results. I wish you all the best.