I am wanting to get a Traditional Face and Neck lift, along with an upper blepharolplasty, but finding it very hard to schedule more than 3 weeks away from work and public events. Do you think that 3 weeks is enough time that I can be in public and others not be able to tell? Especially people that I see a lot and know me well?
August 14, 2025
Answer: Downtime for a Facelift Great question and the answer is... it depends. For an isolated facelift, you should be physically presentable with makeup. If you are having concurrent fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing and/or lower eyelid blepharoplasty, you will be able to wear makeup at 2 weeks, but may be appear more postoperative. That having been said, you will be much more aware of your appearance than the vast majority of the general public. My limitation for any bending/physical activity is 2 weeks and for weight lifting/golf/tennis/ Pilates is 4 weeks. I follow patients for 12 months after such procedures, because healing occurs in stages and this offers reassurance and guidance. I hope this helps.
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August 14, 2025
Answer: Downtime for a Facelift Great question and the answer is... it depends. For an isolated facelift, you should be physically presentable with makeup. If you are having concurrent fractionated CO2 laser resurfacing and/or lower eyelid blepharoplasty, you will be able to wear makeup at 2 weeks, but may be appear more postoperative. That having been said, you will be much more aware of your appearance than the vast majority of the general public. My limitation for any bending/physical activity is 2 weeks and for weight lifting/golf/tennis/ Pilates is 4 weeks. I follow patients for 12 months after such procedures, because healing occurs in stages and this offers reassurance and guidance. I hope this helps.
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August 9, 2025
Answer: 3 week recovery from facelift 3 weeks is probably enough recovery time for facelift and upper blepharoplasty, but it depends a lot on how secretive you want to be. If you want it to be worth the expense and recovery time, then you want to have a noticeable difference. Techniques such as the hemostatic net have made a definite difference in recovery time.
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August 9, 2025
Answer: 3 week recovery from facelift 3 weeks is probably enough recovery time for facelift and upper blepharoplasty, but it depends a lot on how secretive you want to be. If you want it to be worth the expense and recovery time, then you want to have a noticeable difference. Techniques such as the hemostatic net have made a definite difference in recovery time.
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