Lower lift recovery video journal

Lower lift yesterday 8/27. Too tired to write much but I’m taking pics and videos so figured I’d post them here since seeing same from others was really helpful to me. :))
(Red shirt is day of surgery, blue shirt is day after)
Darn all my videos are apparently too big to post. I’ll try making them shorter to see if that works.

Days 2 & 3 were rough bc Tylenol 3 with codeine made me throw up till I figured it out and stopped taking it. Combo of no food for a few days, bad sleep, not feeling good emotional low point.

Today, day 5, physically & mentally feeling much much better. But - now I’m scared by this weird swelling that started yesterday & got worse today. I’m afraid it’s a hematoma & if it doesn’t get drained I’ll have this huge bump thing on my face bc I read that scar tissue develops under a hematoma if it’s not addressed right away.

I sent my dr pics and he called and assured me it’s just normal swelling, but the ridge doesn’t seem normal to me. Like, why is it there? I’ve never seen normal swelling with a ridge like that.

Probably freaking out over nothing but it’s got me scared tonight. :(

On the whole, though, I’m loving the results. My smile lines and jowls are totally gone. Nasolabial folds mostly gone too. My whole face I feel like looks younger. Not long and sagging anymore.

I need to focus on the good parts & trust that this is really just normal swelling that’ll go away. Fingers crossed!

Couldn’t wash hair til tonight, day 5, but it feels so much better now! I was scared to wash it with all the staples and stitches, but I tried to be very gentle, and it’s strange / there’s almost no sensation or at least pain, around the sutures. I was afraid they’d hurt but they’re mostly numb, which is a good thing right now!

I will say, having removed the ace bandage yesterday, my head had a really weird shape, like an egg, so much more swollen at the bottom and smaller up top. It’s evened out a little more today but still looks funny. All good though :)