Where Your Surgery Will be Performed
A facelift procedure can be performed in a surgeon’s office-based facility, an outpatient surgery center, or in a hospital. Generally it performs on an outpatient basis. There are cases in which a surgeon can hospitalize his patient for a day because of using general anesthesia. Some conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure must be controlled after surgery, because it can require a short inpatient stay. Types of Anesthesia
Most facelift procedures are performed under local anesthesia in combination with depressants to make you sleepy. During the operation you’ll be awake but relaxed; your face will be unreceptive to pain. Sometimes you may feel some stretching or rare discomfort.
Some surgeons prefer to use general anesthesia when you’ll be sleeping through the whole operation. The Surgery
A procedure of facelift generally takes several hours, or more if it demands more than one procedure. For more complex procedures some surgeons can prescribe two separate operations.
Every surgeon has his or her own approach to the procedure. Some surgeons conclude one side of the face at a time, and others can do it in two sessions. The right placement of incisions and the succession of events depend on the structure of your face and methods of the surgeon. After Your Surgery
You will not usually have considerable discomfort after surgery. You may only have some pain, but it can be lessened with the anesthetic prescribed by your surgeon. If you have harsh or constant pain or a sudden inflammation of your face you must tell about it to your surgeon at once. You may fell some insensibility of the skin, but don’t afraid it is normal and will disappear in a few weeks or months.
Your doctor may advice you to keep your head uplifted for some days. The swelling that have appeared can be permanent for a couple of days after surgery.
If you've had a drainage tube inserted, it will be uninvolved in one or two days after surgery. A doctor will force you to wear bandages, but they’ll be removed after one to five days. You shouldn’t be surprised with the pale, livid spotted and gummy face you see. You must remember that in a few weeks you'll be looking normal.
In five days most of your stitches will be removed. Your scalp may require some more time to heal. The stitches or metal clips in your hairline will be left for a few days longer.
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