I had a facelift (SMAS) 4 weeks ago tomorrow. It's a very bad allergy season, here in Texas. Are antihistamines or Singular for allergies used after surgery?
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Thank you for your question. MACS stands for minimal-access surgery, which I call a mini facelift or awake facelift in my practice because it is usually performed with local anesthesia rather than general. Incisions are smaller with this technique, so recovery and scarring are both reduced....
Thank for your question.Any skin healing involves new blood vessel forming so that nutrients, proteins, oxygen, etc. can be brought in for repair (healing). The new blood vessel formation is called "neovascularization". It does tend to disappear over time.That being said, it can be...
Thank you for asking about your face lift.Final healing after a face lift varies from 6 - 18 months.Tissues soften and become more natural in appearance and feel over that time.Scars improve a lot over this time.However improvement in anatomy, such as bands, will not improve.
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