What’s it really like to get a facelift—and recover from one? Are the results worth the swelling, not to mention the cost? We went to facelift patients for answers.
Over the last six months, Allure has been exploring the phenomenon of the facelift in our series, Want a Lift? And in the process we have spoken to over two dozen plastic surgeons. They’ve taught us a lot about the reality of mini facelifts, the ideal age to get a facelift, even how a patients’ injectables might complicate a potential surgery down the road. But the doctors can really only tell part of the story.
Six months later, the feeling is still coming back and I have been told it’s a process. It’s a slightly different kind of numbness, with tightness to it. It’s not a pain, though.” Adds Melody M., 42, “I’m four months out from surgery and I’m still numb, but my doctor says the feeling will return in a couple of months.” Neda Karam says that for six weeks after surgery her face “felt like a rock. It didn’t look swollen, but it felt swollen.
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