FACE | Recovery, Risks, Revisions & Complications

BLEPHAROPLASTY

Recovery

Recovery time after Blepharoplasty can vary depending on multiple factors. Typically, it takes 1-12 months for a full recovery, during which it is crucial to avoid strenuous physical activity, additional cosmetic procedures, and excessive exertion to ensure proper healing.

After Blepharoplasty

• Avoid showering for the first 48 hours after your Blepharoplasty procedure. When showering take care not to wet the dressings. If dressing do get wet, dry with a hair dryer on a cool setting
• Do not scrub, exfoliate, or aggressively massage treatment area for four weeks
• Avoid alcohol and anti-inflammatory medication for 1 week
• Sleep with head elevated on two-three pillows for the first 72 hours
• No exercise, swimming, hot tubs or saunas for two weeks
• Avoid anti-inflammatory medication for 48 hours
• Avoid bending or heavy lifting for two weeks
• Avoid makeup for 72 hours
• No smoking or vaping for 6 weeks
• Avoid driving until vision is unrestricted

SLEEPING

• 0 hours – Day 6: Sleep and rest in an upright position (45 degree angle) on 2-3 pillows
• Day 5 – 14: You may sleep flat on your back. No stomach sleeping with face down for four weeks

EXERCISE

• No exercise, saunas, or submerging your body under water for six weeks, no exceptions.
• Week one: Gentle walking only – the pace you would walk around a shopping center.

RESUMING TREATMENTS

• Cosmetic Injections: resumed after four weeks (not around eyes)
• Threads: resumed after three months
• Facial treatments: resumed after four weeks

WOUND CARE

• You’re eyes will have a stitch which will need to be removed at one week in clinic or by your GP
• Let soapy water wash over the incision sites (do not scrub) then apply antibiotic ointment (chlorsig) to the incision points twice daily for one week while the skin is healing after initially removing the pressure garment. Tiny scabs may appear during the healing process. Please do not pick at the scabs.

Risks

Possible risks associated with Blepharoplasty include bleeding or infection, allergic reaction to medical materials, changes in facial sensations, temporary or permanent areas of numbness, skin laxity, pigmentation changes, bruising, swelling, discolouration, skin blistering, asymmetry, dry eyes, ptosis, scarring, vision changes and unsatisfactory results. It is important to discuss these risks with a qualified doctor before undergoing Blepharoplasty.

Complications, and unforeseen problems may occasionally arise, and in these instances further costs will incur.

Initial fees are paid for the procedure only and results are never guaranteed. Future procedures are not covered by the original quote or fees previously paid (unless otherwise stated)

• Costs associated with a future procedure may include, but are not limited to: airfares, accommodation, carer, time off work, loss of income, medication, pathology, diagnostic investigations and surgical garments.
• There is a about a five to ten per cent chance that a revision procedure will be required after a cosmetic procedure, such as a “touch up” or correcting a complication.

It is imperative that patients are fully aware of and have a clear understanding of the risks and complications of a medical procedure before consenting to them.

EMBRACERF

Recovery

Recovery time after EmbraceRF can vary depending on multiple factors. Typically, it takes 1-12 months for a full recovery, during which it is crucial to avoid strenuous physical activity, additional cosmetic procedures, and excessive exertion to ensure proper healing.

After EmbraceRF

• Avoid showering fir the first 24 hours after your EmbraceRF procedure. When showering take care not to wet the dressings. If dressing do get wet, dry with a hair dryer on a cool setting
• Do not scrub, exfoliate, or aggressively massage treatment area for two weeks
• Avoid alcohol and anti-inflammatory medication for 1 week
• Compression garment must be worn full time for the first three days and then at night time only for 2 weeks
• Sleep with head elevated on two-three pillows for the first 72 hours
• Ice may be gentle applied over compression garment
• No exercise, swimming, hot tubs or saunas for two weeks
• Avoid anti-inflammatory medication for 48 hours
• Avoid bending or heavy lifting for two weeks
• Avoid makeup for 72 hours
• No smoking or vaping for 6 weeks

SLEEPING

• 72 hours: Sleep and rest in an upright position on 2-3 pillows
• Day 3 – 7: You may sleep flat on your back
• Day 7 – 14: No stomach sleeping with face down for two weeks

COMPRESSION GARMENT

• zero – 72 hours: wear your compression garment 24/7 for the first 72 hours
• 72 hours – 14 days: wear your compression garment at night for the first two weeks. If you have swelling beyond two weeks, continue wearing garment

EXERCISE

• No exercise, saunas, or submerging your body under water for two weeks, no exceptions.
• Week one: Gentle walking only – the pace you would walk around a shopping center.

RESUMING TREATMENTS

• Cosmetic Injections: resumed after two weeks
• Threads:
• Facial treatments:

WOUND CARE

• The treatment areas will have Dressings and/or a pressure garment to be removed in 48 hours.
• Let soapy water wash over the incision sites (do not scrub) then apply antibiotic ointment to the incision points twice daily for one week while the skin is healing after initially removing the pressure garment. Tiny scabs may appear during the healing process. Please do not pick at the scabs.

Risks

Possible risks associated with EmbraceRF (Facetite, Accutite, Bodytite & Morpheus8) include bleeding or infection, allergic reaction to medical materials, changes in facial sensations, temporary or permanent areas of numbness, skin laxity, volume loss, burns, pigmentation changes, bruising, swelling, discolouration, skin blistering. It is important to discuss these risks with a qualified doctor before undergoing EmbraceRF.

Complications, and unforeseen problems may occasionally arise, and in these instances further costs will incur.

Initial fees are paid for the procedure only and results are never guaranteed. Future procedures are not covered by the original quote or fees previously paid (unless otherwise stated)

• Costs associated with a future procedure may include, but are not limited to: airfares, accommodation, carer, time off work, loss of income, medication, pathology, diagnostic investigations and surgical garments.
• There is a about a five to ten per cent chance that a revision procedure will be required after a cosmetic procedure, such as a “touch up” or correcting a complication.

It is imperative that patients are fully aware of and have a clear understanding of the risks and complications of a medical procedure before consenting to them.