Again, it is important to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges.

The majority of the swelling, in an endoscopic facelift for instance, disappears within several days and patients may return to most activities within 2-3 weeks.

In older patients or patients with heavy faces, the swelling might tend to prolong slightly. Although you might look and feel great within days of surgery, the areas treated may require a number of months to heal completely and all the tissues repositioned to settle down.

With this technique usually you feel better as time progresses.