This time, it’s about important precautions to follow
If you received surgery
The blood remains as it is
Then it may swell up
On the surface layer of the skin
Necrosis occurred a little!
The mouth is practically like this
so it will be difficult to even open them
The talk about doubling the effect of the surgery
And that method is...!
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Hello!
It’s Hugo Plastic Surgery TV that prioritizes people
And I’m Dr Yang Sunghyuk
Last time, we talked about
the ultimate!
The best method!
A full facelift to looking young, right?
This time, it’s about important precautions to follow
If you received a surgery
Q. How can you double the effect of surgery after the procedure?
The talk about doubling the effect of the surgery
That is why I want to introduce a method to help recover faster and have satisfying results
And that method is...!
(The method to double the effect of surgery is) to follow the precautions!
Regarding a few precautions
There are few points
I want to emphasis
So I'll explain them with some few examples
First of all, it must’ve been so hard for having a major surgery
A full facelift is really a major surgery
After being under anesthesia for a long time
You barely walk to the recovery room after waking up
When you think you’re back to your senses
The hospital will tell you to go home
You finally made it home
But you must be very anxious
So for those people
I'll explain some precautions
you can follow, so keep watching
First, you don't have to worry too much after the surgery
Make sure to change
into comfortable clothes
There may be tubes coming out on both sides
with a drain
It's important to secure the tubes so that they don't get pulled out
Because it's heavy…
Because it's uncomfortable when it's hanging…
And it's a perfect
(Fits perfectly in the pocket) pocket size
But the problem is
as the drain bulbs puff up
it causes negative pressure to the surgical area
stimulating a blood flow to the drains
But if it's inside a pocket, the drains is restricted
causing a disruption in the blood flow
Which results in swelling on the face
Another case is
Even though it's hanging
it gets heavier over time
And since the drain bulb is structured with a lid
Some would actually empty their drain bulb
But you shouldn’t do that!
Recently, a patient emptied it because it was heavy
The next day when the patient came to the hospital
It was really swelled up!
There was no negative pressure at all
So
for that patient
because their blood was clogged, they had to get it drained
and replace their drain bulbs again
But the problem is!
When the blood is clogged
Our skin is already thin enough
It becomes tighter and tighter! And then!
The skin
becomes thinner and thinner…
From the neck, the blood
was barely flowing up
causing a lack of blood circulation
And in the end...?
On the surface of the skin
a bit of necrosis occurred!
But fortunately
It seemed like only the surface of the skin was slightly scratched
but with a bit of bandage the patient recovered completely
As such!
You need to take good care of your drains
I said…
Not to worry but
told you a scary story, didn't I?
But this is just an example
Don't place them in your pockets!
Hang it carefully!
Don't empty your drain bulbs yourself!
Just come back the next day and we'll empty it for you
Q. Considering it's a facial procedure, I'm worried about eating. When is it possible to go back to having regular food?
I can totally understand that
Right after the surgery
The patients are wrapped up in bandages and also with facial compression bandages
The mouth is practically like this
so it will be difficult to even open them
It's also swollen
and lips don't move well either
You can eat from 4 hours after the surgery
but avoid strong flavored foods on the day of the surgery
We recommend soft foods like 'porridge' or 'soup‘ that are easy to swallow
Remove the compression garment when eating
Don't remove the bandages though
From the day after the surgery
You can have normal meals
Just try to avoid hard foods for about a month
And
There may be a time when it's hard to open your mouth
From about a month later
If you practice opening your mouth
Your mouth may open wide like before
So you don't have to worry too much
The medicine you received when you were discharged
Should be taken three times a day
until the date you were prescribed to
If you have pain, take something like Tylenol
You know how you start to crave pork belly after about 2 weeks
One thing that's for sure is
not that you shouldn't eat meat, but you should avoid food that is tough
When some kind of strong pressure is applied
As blood flows
it could cause rebleeding
The intention is to avoid expected side effects
If you want to eat pork, try boiled pork belly!
It's soft and delicious! You can always have it that way
I actually want my patients to eat well
Q. I'm worried about the swelling in my face, when would it subside?
Facial swelling is common until 3 days after the surgery
To prevent further swelling, cold compresses is needed
Even when sleeping
It'll be better to have your face is higher
than your heart
From about 1 to 2 weeks after the surgery
Try to reduce the amount of time
you spend lying and sitting down
And instead, try to walk more
With the compression bandages, it's best to have them on
even when you're sleeping for the first 10 days
I also have a story for this one
A patient who was doing so well with their compression bandages after the surgery
Visited us on the first day
And the patient had very little swelling
And I went
"You did really well! just keep up for a little more!"
But after hearing all that...
That patient stopped doing it
And when I saw the patient again on their next visit
They were extremely swollen
And the patient said, "I took it off because it's uncomfortable when I sleep..."
But you see
Pressure is one of the most important factors
You should do it for about 3-5 days
The reason you feel pressure also
Means that the pressure is working well
If you can endure it a little longer, it would be great
Q. When is it possible to go back to basic daily life?
After the surgery, basic daily life
is possible from about after a week
When the stitches are removed after a week
and the bandages after 10 days
Strangely enough, swelling starts to subside quite fast
After about a month, a lot of swelling goes down without realizing it
The drains are removed after 2 to 3 days
After removing the drains
It's possible to wash your face the following day
Of course, when you wash your face
it could wet the wounds
Then quickly tap tap tap
And wipe it
In the case of swimming or saunas
as you have soak the whole body
If the wound area gets wet
It tends to swell and gradually widen
So it's possible after about a month
In the case of light makeup
It's okay about a week after removing the stitches
It's good to avoid rubbing anything to stimulate the area
Even intense exercise or neck stretching
Is better to postpone it for a month
If you stopped taking medication before the surgery
You can go back to it after the 3rd day
Dyeing or perming your hair is possible after a month
When can the patient start taking showers?
It's okay to lightly shower after removing the stitches
But if you rub the wound directly or feel like it could cause harm
It's better to postpone for a month
It's better to avoid bumping or touching
the surgical area
Even by just an accident
bump
If could bleed
And could lead to hematoma
Then, in the wounds that have almost healed
You may need to perform a disinfecting procedure again
So just be careful!
Q. Is it normal to have no feeling in the face after surgery?
I often hear people say “it feels like someone else's skin”
That should be the case
Because the skin was flipped like this
The sensory nerves that were passing through like this
Were completely cut off!
However, the sensory nerves
For the most part,
they come back within a month or three months
It would be great if you remember that they will definitely come back
There are some phenomena that occur during the process of them coming back
Even though I didn't touch or feel anything
Sometimes it feels tingling
Sometimes it feels like something is crawling
Your sensory nerves are gradually returning
Think of it as your sensory nerves are doing tests as they regenerate
So don't worry too much
Hugo Plastic Surgery
Becoming younger and prettier
Is a difficult process
Please be aware of the precautions that I mentioned earlier
If you follow them well
You can recover well without any problems
If you have any more questions, please leave a comment
I will directly respond to them
Until now, I have been plastic surgeon
Dr Yang Sunghyuk
Thank you for watching till the end