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Subtle, Natural- Minimal Downtime!
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Subtle, Natural- Minimal Downtime!
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I had a mini facelift done by Dr. Konstantin 25 days ago. It certainly wasn’t a necessity as I’m 39 and have always been told I look young for my age. I have thick heavy skin and for the past couple of years I’ve noticed my face falling/looking puffy around my lower face.
I’d walk past a mirror and catch myself and think “that’s my mom”- nope it was me. I’ve always thought I wanted to stay ahead of aging as best that I could so that as I age minor changes would look nicer than 1-2 big massive changes when I look much older.
I wanted a surgeon who focused only on facial surgery and I’m thankful I found Dr. K.
In preparation, I began taking arnica 4 days prior to surgery and made certain I consumed a generous amount of water in the days leading up to surgery.
My facelift was done under local anesthesia and began at 9:30am- I was home by 12pm.
The second day was painful but subsided a bit once the compression bandages were removed. My swelling and bruising was at a minimum. I stayed on top of my pain medication and made certain I kept myself well hydrated.
By the fourth day I could easily go out in public (my swelling looked like I’d been a tad aggressive with facial fillers).
By Day 6 the incisions behind my ears were quite painful and by Day 7 when the stitches were removed, my pain was almost entirely gone.
I did have minor wound healing issues behind my right ear- it’s Day 25 and the open is nearly completely healed.
I still have some swelling on either side of my ear (where my ear meets my face) to my lower jaw and my submandibular glands but since Day 1 the swelling decreases every single day.
At this point, I’ve investigated/studied my face so much that I feel like I just look the same as before surgery but this past week I’ve seen 3 people I haven’t seen since before surgery and they’ve all asked what was different- had I had fillers? Have I lost weight? Did I lighten my hair? “You look great!”- so even though I don’t see a major change, I know I look like I did a few years ago- which is exactly what I wanted.
There’s still swelling so perhaps there could be some small changes left to be realized.
I’d walk past a mirror and catch myself and think “that’s my mom”- nope it was me. I’ve always thought I wanted to stay ahead of aging as best that I could so that as I age minor changes would look nicer than 1-2 big massive changes when I look much older.
I wanted a surgeon who focused only on facial surgery and I’m thankful I found Dr. K.
In preparation, I began taking arnica 4 days prior to surgery and made certain I consumed a generous amount of water in the days leading up to surgery.
My facelift was done under local anesthesia and began at 9:30am- I was home by 12pm.
The second day was painful but subsided a bit once the compression bandages were removed. My swelling and bruising was at a minimum. I stayed on top of my pain medication and made certain I kept myself well hydrated.
By the fourth day I could easily go out in public (my swelling looked like I’d been a tad aggressive with facial fillers).
By Day 6 the incisions behind my ears were quite painful and by Day 7 when the stitches were removed, my pain was almost entirely gone.
I did have minor wound healing issues behind my right ear- it’s Day 25 and the open is nearly completely healed.
I still have some swelling on either side of my ear (where my ear meets my face) to my lower jaw and my submandibular glands but since Day 1 the swelling decreases every single day.
At this point, I’ve investigated/studied my face so much that I feel like I just look the same as before surgery but this past week I’ve seen 3 people I haven’t seen since before surgery and they’ve all asked what was different- had I had fillers? Have I lost weight? Did I lighten my hair? “You look great!”- so even though I don’t see a major change, I know I look like I did a few years ago- which is exactly what I wanted.
There’s still swelling so perhaps there could be some small changes left to be realized.
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