Face Lift Surgery as an Outpatient

Some face lift surgeries are performed as an outpatient. In other words, you will not have to stay overnight at the hospital, you can go home a few hours after the
face lift surgery. Leaps and bounds have been made in the medical profession in that these same face lift surgeries which are performed under local anesthesia, would have taken up to eight hours just a few years ago. Make sure that someone can drive you to and from the surgery because you cannot operate a vehicle after face life surgery. It would also be helpful if that person can stay with you a few hours after surgery to make sure you are comfortable and to help you with things. As with medical procedures, every patient is different and some people who have face lift surgeries must be observed in a hospital setting overnight.