Your facelift checklist: preparing for surgery and recovery
Tests, smoking and medication timelines, the day of surgery, removal of the net and stitches, and when you can resume activities: what to check at each stage.
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How pain is managed, how to describe what you feel and which signs shouldn’t wait for your next visit.
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Why Following Postoperative Instructions Matters
Why each instruction after a facelift exists: sleeping position, driving, medications, sun, exercise, follow-up visits and warning signs.
Skin Care Before and After Plastic Surgery: Sun, Retinoids, and Warning Signs
How to prepare your skin for facial surgery and bring your routine back afterward: sun, acids, isotretinoin, smoking, makeup and warning signs.
Recovering From Facial Surgery: What No One Tells You
What the first days and weeks after facial surgery tend to feel like: swelling, sleep, numbness, anxiety, getting back to social life and warning signs.