Facelift & upper Bleph for Hereditary Problems - Cincinnati, OH

I'm still swollen, but very glad I had the revision. It has been a much much easier recovery than the original surgery. Looking forward to getting the stitches removed this morning!

Yesterday my revision surgery was done to correct the asymmetry. My PS had indicated it would only take about an hour so rather than pay for anesthesiologist and facility fee at hospital again, it was done in office. Knowing the anesthesia would be extremely painful there, I asked about a topical numbing ointment being a possibility. There is apparently only one pharmacy in the area that is willing to make this compound, it cost $52 and they would not take insurance, but I went ahead and got it prescribed. I applied it to the side of my face every 15 minutes for 2hrs prior to the surgery. It only numbs the skin not the muscles of course, so I still had extreme pain during the numbing and consider it wasted money. That was, however, the only pain I felt during the surgery. It was more than a little creepy to hear my skin being cut, and when he was suturing the muscle it sounded like a plastic zipper. The smell of skin being cauterized is another thing to be aware of, but that I was prepared for so it wasn't a surprise.

If you're not scared off by those things, I think I would recommend being awake for surgery rather than under general. I could tell by the tug of the suture what area was being taken care of and know that my jowl was indeed pulled back tightly, I could feel the remaining waddle under my chin being tugged on. It was oddly gratifying. I was able to get up and leave immediately after surgery, and though when the local wore off a few hours later I was in crazy amount of pain, I was able to drive myself to the pharmacy to have my pain script filled.

Now of course the right side of my face looks nothing like the left due to the swelling, but my only concern is will I have the opposite problem as before, and now the right side be nice and tight and the left side be relaxed in comparison? Time will tell, but at this point I have enough trust him my PS that I think he'll make it right if that's the case - though I of course hope to never have to go through any of this again.

I'm really surprised at how much change I've seen over the last 2 weeks! My cheekbones are starting to look a little more defined as well as my jawline so it makes the lopsided face a little bit easier to look at in the mirror but my wattle seems to be returning as well, so I'm torn on how I feel about these latest changes.

Nerves are healing faster than I expected. Still some numbness, but it's gotten much better over the last 2 weeks as well.