What Happens After Cosmetic Surgery?
Karen has just undergone a cosmetic surgery.
She has noticed some swelling on her face and arms.
Are these swellings normal after cosmetics surgery? If yes, how do you control the swelling after the surgery? The answer is yes.
All patients experience swelling after cosmetic surgery.
Swelling is the normal response of the human body to any form of injury and surgery is no exception.
Although swelling will occur in any part of the body that is subjected to surgery, some areas tend to swell more than others.
As a rule, the tissues of the face, especially the eyelids, are quite loose and swelling is exaggerated as compared to other parts of the body where surgery is performed.
But that is no cause for alarm.
Doctors said that it is even more alarming if swelling does not occur at all.
This may be a clue to some serious underlying physical disorder preventing the body to respond to injury in the natural fashion.
Swelling may be controlled by applying cold, moist compressed during the first two days after the operation and warm, moist compresses from the third day up to the seventh day.
Medications are also prescribed to hasten the swelling process.
The degree of swelling is usually at its maximum on the second day after the surgery.
It starts to subside on the third day and is much less on the seventh day.
It will continue to lessen in the following weeks and is almost completely resolved in one month.
During the swelling period, many maneuvers using makeup may be used to conceal the puffiness of the face.
Susan had upper and lower eyelid surgery fifteen years ago.
She was quite pleased with the result then, but now her eyelids have drooped again and she sees wrinkles around her eyes.
Does she need to have the surgery again? If so, how many times can the surgery be repeated? The need to repeat the surgery for upper and lower eyelids is very subjective and depends on several factors.
These factors include the patients' work, social activity, financial capacity and degree of vanity.
If you are already retired from work and need not look as young as can be, then you may not need the operation.
But if you are still in the rat race, a repeat procedure may be very helpful.
If you have a very active social life, a repeat procedure is also advisable.
In the final analysis, the question really is whether you like what you see in the mirror or not.
If you do, then a repeat procedure is unnecessary.
But if you do not like what you see, by all means, have the operation again.
Of course, the price that you paid your surgeon fifteen years ago has multiplied several times over.
The surgery may be repeated several times in a patient's lifetime.
She has noticed some swelling on her face and arms.
Are these swellings normal after cosmetics surgery? If yes, how do you control the swelling after the surgery? The answer is yes.
All patients experience swelling after cosmetic surgery.
Swelling is the normal response of the human body to any form of injury and surgery is no exception.
Although swelling will occur in any part of the body that is subjected to surgery, some areas tend to swell more than others.
As a rule, the tissues of the face, especially the eyelids, are quite loose and swelling is exaggerated as compared to other parts of the body where surgery is performed.
But that is no cause for alarm.
Doctors said that it is even more alarming if swelling does not occur at all.
This may be a clue to some serious underlying physical disorder preventing the body to respond to injury in the natural fashion.
Swelling may be controlled by applying cold, moist compressed during the first two days after the operation and warm, moist compresses from the third day up to the seventh day.
Medications are also prescribed to hasten the swelling process.
The degree of swelling is usually at its maximum on the second day after the surgery.
It starts to subside on the third day and is much less on the seventh day.
It will continue to lessen in the following weeks and is almost completely resolved in one month.
During the swelling period, many maneuvers using makeup may be used to conceal the puffiness of the face.
Susan had upper and lower eyelid surgery fifteen years ago.
She was quite pleased with the result then, but now her eyelids have drooped again and she sees wrinkles around her eyes.
Does she need to have the surgery again? If so, how many times can the surgery be repeated? The need to repeat the surgery for upper and lower eyelids is very subjective and depends on several factors.
These factors include the patients' work, social activity, financial capacity and degree of vanity.
If you are already retired from work and need not look as young as can be, then you may not need the operation.
But if you are still in the rat race, a repeat procedure may be very helpful.
If you have a very active social life, a repeat procedure is also advisable.
In the final analysis, the question really is whether you like what you see in the mirror or not.
If you do, then a repeat procedure is unnecessary.
But if you do not like what you see, by all means, have the operation again.
Of course, the price that you paid your surgeon fifteen years ago has multiplied several times over.
The surgery may be repeated several times in a patient's lifetime.
