Face Lift: Preparing for the Operation
This article gives the reader some tips and advice about what and how to prepare for the operation. These help to ease anxiety and tension for those about to undergo a face lift. For years, wealthy individuals were the only people who could consider having a procedure such as a facelift due to the immense cost of the surgical operation. But now those days have passed and it is now possible for every person to undergo a cosmetic operation such as a facelift without spending an arm and a leg to receive the procedure.
Having a face lift done is actually easy and not as traumatic as it used to be before. Advancement in medicine and other aspects related to it has rendered this operation very doable for a lot of people.
Before the Operation
Before the operation itself,
the patient should undergo screening and tests which is monitored by the doctor to ensure that the patient is a viable candidate for the procedure. It is best to discuss the results honestly with the doctor to be sure that he or she knows what is going on with the patient physically and mentally.
The surgeon usually discusses the after effect of a facelift with their patients and their family just to be sure that they know the full implication of having it done. Although positive results are encouraged, radical changes are downplayed since these may just be too much expectation on the side of the patient and might not be met.
Depending on the type of procedure the patient will undergo, he or she might have to stay overnight in the hospital or may be discharged after resting for several hours in the recovery room. At any rate, the things that the patient needs after the surgery should already be ready for use at home. This is to save from having to go out to buy them directly after the operation, which can be dangerous.
Things that are usually necessary after a face lift are pain relievers, antibiotic medicines, paraphernalia for dressings and ice packs. The patient need not take pain relief if he or she can bear the pain and discomfort but antibacterial medication is necessary for the prevention of an infection.
These has to be taken for as long as the surgeon prescribes them and as many doses per day as written on the prescription. Some infections return to fore if the dosage is not taken for the duration prescribed.
Dressings may be used for some of the incisions and wounds incurred during the face lift procedure but some surgeries require little use of these since the more modern techniques just need small incisions to make the improvements. Extensive surgery may require longer incisions which might need to be dressed daily.
