11/12/2025
What does healing typically look like after surgery? It can vary significantly from patient to patient because many factors are at play. This patient is just 6 days out from upper and lower blepharoplasty along with lower face and neck lift. This is a fairly typical amount of bruising and swelling for the surgeries performed. I combined elements of a high SMAS midface and deep plane lower face/neck lift for the facelift. Not every patient gets the exact same technique but I find this to be a very effective, long lasting surgery for my patients. Within the next week most if not all of her bruising will be completely gone and then we wait for swelling to resolve, tissue to settle, and incisions to soften. This patient is from out of state so most likely I won’t have her final after photos from my camera but I already know we hit a home run for her and I’m thankful that she was willing to share her surgery journey.