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 Contact New York plastic surgeon Dr. Sherman today.
Excerpted from:
Everything you always wanted to know about plastic
surgery...
by Joan Kron
Anyone who's seen a couple of episodes of Days of Our Lives
knows the basics. A nose job can take a hump off the old honker;
a face lift can pick up sagging jowls; an eye lift can deflate those
pouches and tighten crows feet. But how much does each procedure
hurt? Where do you ooze? Where do you bruise? Where are the scars?
How soon can you go back to work? Will people be able to tell you've
had surgery? Will you look fresh or will you look flash-frozen?
And, most important, what's safe?
Some of the country's best doctors and experts have answered the
most-asked questions - the who, what, where, when and why of nip
and tuck. Forget daytime drama. Think of this, instead, as eyewitness
news.
How painful is plastic surgery?
It's surgery. It aches, stings, burns, throbs - but it doesn't
have to feel like natural childbirth. Doctors usually prescribe
a two-week supply of pain medication (Percocet or Tylenol with codeine)
after surgery. Many women, especially face lift patients, switch
to plain Extra-Strength Tylenol. (They should avoid aspirin, which
promotes bleeding.) Usually, there is little or no pain the first
day, because of the long-lasting anesthetics sprayed in the wounds
during surgery. (Tummy tucks and breast implants can be very painful
from the onset and can throb even after two weeks.) For most operations,
the second and third days are the worst. In general, you should
allow two weeks to recover and rest after any procedure that requires
anesthetic. Overachievers who don't have the time to recuperate
shouldn't get surgery.
Is a laser eye lift better than a regular eye lift?
Surgeons have been using scalpels to lift the eyes for almost 100
years. But now the carbon dioxide laser ( which resurfaces wrinkled,
sagging, unevenly shaded, and acne-scarred skin) can also be used
as a cutting instrument - merely by changing its tip and readjusting
the wavelength. Making incisions with a laser in the lower eyelid
is controversial, however. The benefits are said to be slightly
faster healing - one week as opposed to 10 to 12 days - and less
bleeding ( the laser seals blood vessels as it cuts). John E.
Sherman, a New York plastic surgeon, believes that the laser
eye lift is best for "a younger patient, looking for quick
results." Down the road, though, the effect of each lift is
the same.
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