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@@fatimakhamishi!! Well I am almost 2 months since my surgery. I am extremely happy with a mini facelift. I would highly recommend. But from all the videos that I seen I had experienced a much different recovery time. It takes about three weeks before you fully feel good to be up and about and moving around. I am still swollen on my cheekbones and my jaws towards my neck. It is still very uncomfortable to sleep. You have to kind of sleep sitting up still. It is definitely not a "weekend" facelift so if you do the mini, I would just prepare for at least a few weeks of working from home or downtime. I just had expected from all the videos I saw that my recovery be extremely fast. However everything just takes time but the results are well worth it!!

Thank you for your input. We encourage our patients to watch this video to know what to expect following surgery. We are very thankful our kind patient put this together for us!

@@Mangolija Wee it has been a year now and my neck looks like it has thick cords in it. The Doc keeps having me come in monthly for steriod injections. To be honest I liked my neck better before. Also, he filled in with fat injections and left a big dimple on my jaw lline that also looks really weard. I am really dissapoined.

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Painful during the procedure or after ?

@@toniakilman9451 0pĺ.

I’m at 4 weeks & still in pain !!

@@toniakilman9451a good day a r

I am 8 weeks out almost and I still got a black mark under my one eye looks like a dark circle but it's black eye that never went away. Not sure if it's supposed to take this long my ears are still numb. And the one side of my face is still sore when you push on it. I'm still using soft pillows to lay on at night because my gel pillows are too hard for my face.

how was it

I was told no ice, too, in bold and with exclamation mark.

Same. I’m 4 days out. Took pain meds now down Tylenol no ibuprofen. Was not supposed to talk much for 72 hours

You are exactly right! Don't take weeks before, during or for a few weeks.

I just had breast lift and implant removal and took ibuprofen for days and only a tiny small light bruise that went way quick.

I was prescribed ibuprofen not just for pain, but inflammation, too. Maybe that's why so many are experiencing prolonged swelling, not taking ibuprofen.

Thank you

I believe it's an individual process depending on many factors as general health and age

Yes, absolutely true. It's been 2 months since my face lift and upper blepharoplasty. And as you said. Some days I'm losing my mind cause I can't take it. And so fed up with that swelling. The face feels hard as a rock. And the pain from time to time is annoying

It’s individual

Finally, someone telling the real truth. The first month is horrible...stay away from the mirror as much as possible. Agree with two months before you feel normal again.

You are not alone. This is what most patients experience. I wish more people including surgeons would be more honest about the real recovery experience.

12 days out.some facial bruising. Sides of my face still numb,Behind ears lumpy and very sensitive to touch. Neck very tight, swelling way down but pretty neck uncomfortable .

You are not alone. Most patients take at least 2 months before things settle down to tolerable levels, but it takes many months to get your final results without swelling or numbness. That's why they say it takes a year to completely heal.

Did you do a mini? If so did your cheeks inadvertently lift a little from smas being pulled to the ear?

Me too...

I know it’s been 2 years but how did it go for you with your ears?

@@catherined7324I also would like to know.

Hi! i would really appreciate if you could give us an update. It‘s just so hard to find infos about facelift online. I wish more people would document it and upload on YT 😢

Don’t you regret about? 🙏🏼

No sleeping on your tummy... ever!!

Any better now?

Why in agony? what is going on? Did something go wrong? Please share your experience. I'm considering a facelift soon. But want to be sure about what happens after the procedure.

@@San-qy1lj I'd like to know too lol, I'm looking into different types of facelifts but am of course worried about potential bad side effects..

You must be fine by now, since this post is from 9 months ago. I believe there must be some factors on how this experience must be. Mine was traumatic. To the point that if at the end there is something that still needs to be fixed, I won't do it even if they bribe me with money. I am not a whimp, though. I've gone through 11 surgeries before. But nothing prepared me for this. Today is my third week and I am still swollen, even doing everything I am supposed to do. The discomfort is terrible; sometimes is plain pain. He told me I will be swollen for months and that everything I am feeling is completelly normal. He is a very respected doctor, so I have decided to suck it up and hope this is just my healing pace. I can't stand the idea of going to another doctor only to hear him say that he needs to revise the surgery. Those were some of the most painful hours of my life; it won't happen again.

@@margaritamorales-flores5906I am sorry to hear your in pain. How`s things now? Are you feeling any better? I am looking into getting this done along with eye bag removal, but I am scared.

Mine was bad after a couple days

I still have to pay $2500 just for my surgeon to use their outpatient center. :(

​@@denaelawson2132me too but thankfully only $1000. In the end I'm not getting what I want because only doing a mini verses full but 5k less than full facelift so it's a compromise.

€250 in Belgium.

I AGREE!!!

I love myself, which is why I will fight the decay, thank you.

@@dammar117 the decay you can’t run or hide from it is same as daying we can not stop it forever so learn to accept otherway you will be miserable 💐

It's funny how people who don't like surgery, open up videos of surgery just to tell people to love themselves and accept aging😅🤔.

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Yes

Shut up

@M. Al Sabah nope...."she" is a man

You are a horrible person

The gender does NOT matter guys

LOL..honey, gravity won't help with any of that. All women's faces fall after a certain age.

You cannot fight genetics and gravity LOL

Gravity honey no amount of peels etc will help that

Aging is not just about skin. Skin is only one component. There's sag and bone loss. No cream can fix internal structure issues.

I do like her before look better as well. At the moment. But she's only a week after surgery, so she's still swollen. I had mine done 14 days ago and I'm still swollen. Not the way I was the first week, but still swollen. You're not going to see the final result until a few months past surgery. I've read you're going to look the best in your 6th month.

That can't be a before. Looks like two different angles of the after.

Exactly