Before Surgery And The Day Of Surgery
When you decided to perform a cosmetic surgery facelift you should adhere to a more healthy lifestyle. It is important to stop smoking at least four weeks before surgery. You should also avoid ani-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and also certain herbal supplements, as they prolong bleeding time. Some adjustment may have to be done in your current medication, if appropriate. If you have very short hair, you may want to let it grow enough to cover your cosmetic surgery facelift incisions while they heal. If you are overweight and you have a realistic desire to lose more than 15 pounds, you should discuss this with your surgeon.
You will get information what to do the night before and the morning of surgery as well as post-operative care and follow-up from your doctor. However we recommend you to go through The Cosmetic Surgery Facelift Guide in advance to be well prepared. If your surgery will be performed on an outpatient basis you should arrange for somebody to pick you up and you should not spend the first night after surgery alone. This is partially because of precaution.
The day of surgery
The cosmetic surgery facelift is performed in a hospital, free-standing ambulatory facility or office-based surgical suite. The first step include anesthesia and pre-medicination. There are two type of anesthesia to be used and you and your surgeon will decide in advance which one to use. Both types will make you sleep, but the first one uses intravenous drugs and the other type uses gas. The medications given you will help you to relax and will reduce pain after the surgery. During the surgery you will be carefully observed and there will be several monitors to check your blood pressure, heart rate and saturation of oxygen in your blood.
After the facelift surgery you will be taken to a recovery area where you will be continued to be closely observed. You will have a bandage wrapped around your head and sometimes small tubes will be inserted under the skin to drain away fluids that otherwise might accumulate. You will not feel much pain from the surgery.
After a few hours of observation you may return to your home, although some patients like to spend one night at the hospital. If you return home, remember not to spend the first night alone.
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