What is a safe number of facial procedures to have at once and how would you combine them? For example: face lift, browlift, upper and lower blephoplasty, fat transfer? Is it better to do a couple of them at a time to lower your risk of complications? If so which procedures would you combine first? Thank you for your expertise!
Answer: Combining procedures is safe. It is very common to combine multiple facial rejuvenation procedures at once. It is very common to combine a facelift with upper and lower blepharoplasties. Adding a brow lift and fat transfer should not increase the time of the operation much and should easily be accomplished within a safe time frame of approximately 6 hours. The rate of complications when combining all these procedures is very low. Combining the procedures also benefits you, as you will only have one recovery and will lower your cost as you have a single surgery and a single anesthesia. I hope this helps you. Best wishes.
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Answer: Combining procedures is safe. It is very common to combine multiple facial rejuvenation procedures at once. It is very common to combine a facelift with upper and lower blepharoplasties. Adding a brow lift and fat transfer should not increase the time of the operation much and should easily be accomplished within a safe time frame of approximately 6 hours. The rate of complications when combining all these procedures is very low. Combining the procedures also benefits you, as you will only have one recovery and will lower your cost as you have a single surgery and a single anesthesia. I hope this helps you. Best wishes.
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Answer: It's typically recommended to combine facial cosmetic procedures Great question! When it comes to cosmetic surgery on the face, and specifically in regards to the procedures you mentioned, it is typically better to have them done at the same time. That is, of course, if you are in good health and medically cleared to undergo a longer surgery. A few benefits to combining the procedures:1. One recovery period rather than several 2. Usually more cost effective 3. Surprisingly, having everything done at once can appear more natural and "harmonious". The human eye is trained to detect subtle differences and when one area shows signs of aging and another doesn't (for example, excess sagging skin around the eyes but a tight, sharp jawline) this can look very unnatural. There are limits/exceptions to combining surgeries of course and this can vary from surgeon to surgeon.
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Answer: It's typically recommended to combine facial cosmetic procedures Great question! When it comes to cosmetic surgery on the face, and specifically in regards to the procedures you mentioned, it is typically better to have them done at the same time. That is, of course, if you are in good health and medically cleared to undergo a longer surgery. A few benefits to combining the procedures:1. One recovery period rather than several 2. Usually more cost effective 3. Surprisingly, having everything done at once can appear more natural and "harmonious". The human eye is trained to detect subtle differences and when one area shows signs of aging and another doesn't (for example, excess sagging skin around the eyes but a tight, sharp jawline) this can look very unnatural. There are limits/exceptions to combining surgeries of course and this can vary from surgeon to surgeon.
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October 31, 2023
Answer: Combining multiple facial procedures Thank you for your query. Many procedures can be combined while doing facial rejuvenation. The procedures that can be combined depend on the condition of your face as well as your skin and the comfort and experience of your surgeon. I often combine all the procedures you have mentioned. There is a single recovery and there are some advantages in terms of costs as well. Please find an experienced board certified plastic surgeon who can examine you and help you with all your concerns. All the best!
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October 31, 2023
Answer: Combining multiple facial procedures Thank you for your query. Many procedures can be combined while doing facial rejuvenation. The procedures that can be combined depend on the condition of your face as well as your skin and the comfort and experience of your surgeon. I often combine all the procedures you have mentioned. There is a single recovery and there are some advantages in terms of costs as well. Please find an experienced board certified plastic surgeon who can examine you and help you with all your concerns. All the best!
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October 12, 2023
Answer: Safety in Facial Rejuvenation For a healthy patient seeking facial rejuvenation, the set of procedures you mentioned can be safely performed at one time and is considered routine. This assumes an experienced Surgeon who moves at a pace of an experienced Surgeon. This saves you from multiple anesthetics and multiple recoveries. However, if you have any cardiac, pulmonary or other chronic issues of concern, you should first have a complete medical workup to determine your suitability
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October 12, 2023
Answer: Safety in Facial Rejuvenation For a healthy patient seeking facial rejuvenation, the set of procedures you mentioned can be safely performed at one time and is considered routine. This assumes an experienced Surgeon who moves at a pace of an experienced Surgeon. This saves you from multiple anesthetics and multiple recoveries. However, if you have any cardiac, pulmonary or other chronic issues of concern, you should first have a complete medical workup to determine your suitability
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October 10, 2023
Answer: Up to you and surgeon Hi! It's completely up to you/your body and your surgeon. If you have any risk for undergoing long trips of anesthesia, it might be better to split it up vs. multiple trips under anesthesia can also be risky. If it were not an issue of anesthesia alone, it is absolutely fine to undergo all of it at once. If you did want to split procedures, I usually recommend treating the eyes in their entirety in one unit because they will rely on each other (browlift will mean less skin excision for upper bleph, etc.), and then doing face in another go around (fat+facelift). Good luck!
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October 10, 2023
Answer: Up to you and surgeon Hi! It's completely up to you/your body and your surgeon. If you have any risk for undergoing long trips of anesthesia, it might be better to split it up vs. multiple trips under anesthesia can also be risky. If it were not an issue of anesthesia alone, it is absolutely fine to undergo all of it at once. If you did want to split procedures, I usually recommend treating the eyes in their entirety in one unit because they will rely on each other (browlift will mean less skin excision for upper bleph, etc.), and then doing face in another go around (fat+facelift). Good luck!
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September 27, 2023
Answer: Combo procedures are safe I generally think having one anesthetic and one recovery is best. However, there are limits to a surgeons ability to operate skillfully over very long cases. Each surgeon has their own rules of how long they’ll operate. The combination above is safe to perform as one procedure but you will have a long recovery and difficult few days after the procedure. If you were to break them into multiple procedures, I would combine the brow lift and blepharoplasties as one procedure and then do the facelift and fat grafting as another. Pending the technique used for the lower blepharoplasty, the surgeon may want to do fat grafting with that procedure.
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September 27, 2023
Answer: Combo procedures are safe I generally think having one anesthetic and one recovery is best. However, there are limits to a surgeons ability to operate skillfully over very long cases. Each surgeon has their own rules of how long they’ll operate. The combination above is safe to perform as one procedure but you will have a long recovery and difficult few days after the procedure. If you were to break them into multiple procedures, I would combine the brow lift and blepharoplasties as one procedure and then do the facelift and fat grafting as another. Pending the technique used for the lower blepharoplasty, the surgeon may want to do fat grafting with that procedure.
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