Facelift (w/Necklift)
(Patient Ed.)
Hygiene - Incision/Wound Care
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The Face Lift Recovery & Preparation Store is devoted to a wide category of face lift products
that women and men may use before and after their procedures to enhance their
comfort during the healing journey, treat their symptoms, and speed up their
recovery. Our Store is packed with lots of hearty face lift (rhytidectomy) information to help you have the best and happiest face lift recovery. The Facelift Store features products that can be used by patients having any type of face lift (mid, lower), mini face lift, non surgical face lift, weekend face lift, as well as for patients having a neck lift.
Cold
& Hot Therapy
Reduce Post-Op Swelling & Bruising, Soothe Traumatized
Skin See
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Cool off in the
Cold &
Warm Therapy department of the Store where you may find a wide variety
of specialized product solutions for treating post-operative swelling and bruising.
The department includes specialized cold and hot facial compresses, and face
and eye masks that can effectively provide both cold and hot therapy to swollen
and bruised facial and/or neck areas. As the surgery causes post-operative swelling
and bruising to take shape, cold and hot therapy is needed to help reduce these
symptoms. Cold therapy is very effective for reducing swelling, relieving sensations
of pain, and accelerating the healing process. Hot therapy helps break down
and disintegrate bruising discolorations and provides moisture or dry heat to
areas of discomfort. Hot therapy can also be soothing on sore facial and/or
neck tissues that have been tightened or cut.
A practical alternative to using leaky ice packs, messy frozen peas, and hot gauze pads or towels, this reusable, doctor recommended Hot & Cold Face mask compress can be used on the face for cold and hot therapy to help in reducing post-operative swelling, bruising, pain, and discomfort and to speed your healing. Made exclusively for Make Me Heal, the compress can also be used in the cold setting in your daily personal beauty routine to freshen up a tired complexion, soften wrinkles, and alleviate tired or puffy eyes.
Support & Compression Garments
Minimize Swelling, Help Skin Fit Better To New Shape, Speed Up Healing, Improve Circulation, Flush Out Harmful Fluids See full product line
Travel to the Support & Compression Garments floor of the Store, where you can try out a wide variety of well-fitting, high-quality, and comfortable garments for a face lift and/or neck lift. The garments are made for both women and men. Following a face lift and/or neck lift, your doctor may ask you to wear a support garment. Wearing a garment after a face lift (and/or neck lift) can improve blood circulation, minimize swelling after the procedure, accelerate the healing process, and allow the patient to return to daily routines sooner. A compression garment also provides support to surgical areas for more comfort and helps the skin fit better to its new contours. Depending on your doctor, you may need to wear your compression garment immediately after surgery and continuously for several days (or longer depending on the doctor¹s instructions) and then non-continuously for the initial few weeks of post-op.
Made with adjustable Velcro neck closures and an open-ear design, this latex-free facial garment provides compression in the face, chin, neck areas and is appropriate for a face lift, neck lift, and liposuction. This garment improves blood circulation, minimizes swelling, flushes the body out of potentially harmful fluids, helps skin fit better to it new contours, accelerates healing, and allows the patient to return to daily routines sooner.
Made with adjustable Velcro head and neck closures and a covered-ear design, this latex-free facial garment provides targeted compression in the face, chin, neck areas and is appropriate for a face lift, neck lift, liposuction, and chin/jaw augmentation. This garment improves blood circulation, minimizes swelling, flushes the body out of potentially harmful fluids, helps skin fit better to it new contours, accelerates healing, and allows the patient to return to daily routines sooner.
This 100% latex-free adjustable facial band with an adjustable neck wrap provides adjustable compression for both the face and neck area. This compression garment improves blood circulation, minimizes swelling after the procedure, accelerates the healing process, provides support to surgical areas for more comfort, and helps the skin fit better to it new contours.
The Chin Strap Compression Garment - Available in 3 different lengths is our most popular facial style wits its simplistic design. This face mask has Velcro adjusters in the back of the neck and on the top of the head for a better compression. The Chin Strap improves blood circulation, compresses the bleeding vessels, stops the loss of blood, minimizes swelling after the procedure, accelerates the healing process, and allows the patient to return to daily routines sooner. Used following a facial procedure, this compression garment also provides support to surgical areas for more comfort and helps the skin fit better to it new contours.
The Full Facial Compression Garment features a full coverage facial mask with openings for the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The Full Facial Compression Garment comes with Velcro closure on back of head and is fully adjustable. This garment is ideal for patients having different facial surgeries at the same time as well as for patients having face lifts, liposuction or reconstructive head surgery. The Compression Garment improves blood circulation, compresses the bleeding vessels, stops the loss of blood, minimizes swelling after the procedure, accelerates the healing process, and allows the patient to return to daily routines sooner. Used following a facial procedure, this compression garment also provides support to surgical areas for more comfort and helps the skin fit better to it new contours.
An ear pillow enables a patient who has had surgical incisions
done in the ears area (due to a face lift or neck lift) to sleep on her/his
side without experiencing discomfort in the healing ear. The ear pillow raises
the ear from the bed and allows the ear to essentially “float” and
not have any pressure or friction from the mattress or pillow. The hole in the
middle of the pillow allows the ear to fit inside with ease and enables you
to sleep on your side even if your ears may still be sore due to surgery. Patients
often experience ear soreness and pain when trying to sleep or rest on their
side due to the fact that incisions were made in front and behind the ears.
Ear soreness and pain may continue for weeks, 1 month, or longer. As a result,
patients are not able to sleep on their side and need to continue sleeping on
their backs until ear issues are no longer present. Ear soreness is frustrating
to anyone for whom sleeping on one’s back is not the way she/he naturally
sleeps. For this reason, the ear pillow can be a real godsend and save a patient
from sleepless nights by enabling them to sleep soundly on their side and not
worry about their achy ears.
The Ear Pillow - Head Positioner enables a patient who has had surgical incisions done in the ears area (due to a face lift or neck lift) to sleep on her/his side without experiencing discomfort in the healing ear.
Elevation
& Wedge Pillows
Keep Swelling Down, Lower Stress On Body, Promote Optimal Circulation
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Transform your
resting area into the perfect recovery nest by visiting the Recovery
& Comfort Pillows floor of the Store, where you can find elevation
and wedge pillows that are specially designed with an incline to provide proper
alignment and to keep your affected swollen facial areas comfortably elevated
in a 45 degree angle that helps reduce swelling. Elevation enables optimal blood
circulation to all the vital healing areas. Many patients find bed wedges to
be a superior and more comfortable elevation solution compared to putting oneself
above pillows on a bed. The advantages of wedges compared to pillows are that
they are sturdy, you do not have to worry about slipping off as you would with
pillows, you have far less tension and stress on your body, and you do not have
to periodically rearrange the wedge as you would with pillows that shift around
and fall.
The Convoluted Bed Wedge (w/pillow cover) has an "egg-crate like" design and provides an incline design to keep your affected swollen areas comfortably elevated in an angle that is optimal for reducing swelling. In daily life, the wedge can be used everyday for breathing comfort, pressure relief, and for the treatment of swollen feet, acid reflux disease, and hiatal hernia.
The Memory Foam Bed Wedge (w/pillow cover) has a layer of visco elastic memory foam that responds to the body's temperature through the transfer of body heat, resulting in a pillow surface that is shaped like your body. The pillow is designed with an incline design that keeps your affected swollen areas comfortably elevated in an angle that is optimal for reducing swelling. In daily life, the wedge can be used everyday for breathing comfort, pressure relief, and for the treatment of swollen feet, acid reflux disease, and hiatal hernia.
The Convoluted Bed Wedge Pillow With Neck Roll (w/pillow cover) has a built-in neck roll that supplies extra support to neck or lower back areas. The incline design keeps your affected swollen areas comfortably elevated in an angle that is optimal for reducing swelling. In daily life, the wedge can be used everyday for breathing comfort, pressure relief, and for the treatment of swollen feet, acid reflux disease, and hiatal hernia.
The Memory Foam Bed Wedge Pillow w/ Neck Roll is made of a high quality, durable visco elastic memory foam material that conforms to the body’s shape. The memory foam layer responds to the body's temperature through the transfer of body heat, resulting in a pillow surface that is shaped like your body. The pillow is designed with an incline design that keeps your affected swollen areas comfortably elevated in an angle that is optimal for reducing swelling. In daily life, the wedge can be used everyday for breathing comfort, pressure relief, and for the treatment of swollen feet, acid reflux disease, and hiatal hernia.
Facelift
Recovery & Preparation Guide (w/Neck Lift)
The Informed Patient's Guide For Preparation, Recovery, And Healing See
guide
Special Offer ($10 Value): Free 1-month subscription to the Make Me Heal-created Online Facelift Recovery & Preparation Guide (500 Pages) with purchase of $35 (Email customercare@makemeheal.com with your order number to getcourtesy subscription).
The Facelift
Recovery & Preparation Guide (called "Facelift World")
informs and gives you answers and solutions to all the issues (symptoms, complications,
risks), concerns, problems, and questions that can arise before and after your
procedure. Told from a patient’s point of view, the Facelift (w/ Neck
Lift) Recovery & Preparation Guide also equips you with all the healing
solutions, insider tips, and product recommendations that are most helpful to
patients. The facelift guide also educates you about everything that you need
to know about, do, or change in every area of your life from the moment you
are preparing for your procedure until full healing is achieved (which can take
months to resolve). The Facelift (w/Neck Lift) World also includes all the preparation
and recovery information needed by a patient only having a neck lift. This guide
is relevant for all face lift procedure types, from mid face lift, mini face
lift, and endoscopic face lift, to lower face lift, SMAS face lift, and other
face lift types. The Facelift (w/Neck Lift) world is a product of an ongoing
research effort that has never been done before in the plastic surgery industry
involving many sources including the analysis of thousands upon thousands of
facelift patient experiences.
Healing
Vitamins, Supplements & Homeopathic Remedies Accelerate
Healing, Minimize Swelling & Bruising, Support
Wound Healing See
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Take the natural
path to healing in the Healing
Vitamins, Supplements & Homeopathic Remedies aisle of the Store,
where you can find healing supplements and homeopathic remedies (arnica montana,
bromelain) products that can accelerate healing, shorten recovery time, minimize
post-operative swelling and bruising, support wound healing and improve scar
appearance, help you have less pain and discomfort, promote repair and growth
of tissues damaged by surgery, and protect the body from infection by enhancing
the immune system defenses.
The Make Me Heal plastic surgery healing multinutrient - post-op formula (with bromelain; no Vitamin E) is designed specifically to help patients accelerate healing and obtain better cosmetic results following plastic surgery (as well as general surgeries) by providing all the vital healing supplements, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids that have been shown to be vital for recovery from surgery. Taken in tablet/pill form starting the day after surgery or several days following surgery (as soon as patient is comfortable swallowing pills), this post-op healing multinutrient formula helps speed up recovery by strengthening the body�s natural healing process, helping reduce swelling and bruising, supporting wound healing, promoting repair and growth of tissues damaged by surgery, and by protecting the body from infection by enhancing the immune system defenses. This formula is fortified with the Bromelain, which helps reduce post-operative bruising and swelling.
SinEcch is the only natural Arnica Montana homeopathic remedy on the market that has been clinically proven in research studies to reduce post-operative bruising and swelling. By using SinEcch right before and after a surgery, a patient can minimize bruising and swelling, have less pain and discomfort, accelerate the healing process, and shorten recovery time.
Scar
Healing & Appearance Improvement
Limit Post-Op Scarring, Flatten, Soften & Smoothen Scar,
Lessen Scar Size & Thickness, Reduce Redness & Itching See
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Minimize the appearance
of your scars by biking to the Scar Healing & Apperance
Improvement floor of the Store, where you can find scar healing
creams, silicone gels and ointments, and silicone sheets that are specially
designed to improve the healing of your scars and help in scar reduction. These
scar reduction products can help flatten, soften and smoothen the scar, limit
scar growth and size, and reduce scar thickness. These scar treatments can also
lessen redness surrounding the scar, reduce the discomfort of itching that can
occur along the scar lines, and help maintain the skin’s moisture balance
and elasticity of adjacent skin. Scar healing products can be effective and
have benefits for months following a cosmetic procedure.
As the only silicone scar cream/gel product on the market with a patented self-drying mechanism, Kelo-cote Scar Gel is a scar reduction ointment formulated to help flatten, soften, smooth, and reduce the color of all types of scars, including new and old scars, post-surgery scars, keloids, hypertrophic scars, superficial scars, healed-over lacerations, various forms of dermatitis, insect bites, minor burns, scars resulting from skin diseases, and other scar types. With Kelocote, the scar and surface of the skin surrounding the scar become smoothed, soothed and enhanced. Kelo-cote also helps eliminate redness surrounding a scar, maintains the moisture balance in the skin, and aids in healing of damaged skin.
Containing more ingredients that promote scar healing and scar reduction than any other scar cream on the market, Scar Esthetique Scar Reduction Cream contains silicone (dimethicone), Arnica Montana and Calendula, onion extract (found in Mederma), Vitamin A, C, D & E, Copper Peptides, CoEnzyme Q10, Beta Carotene, Pycnogenol, Glucosamine, Lecithin, Algae and Seaweed Extract, and other ingredients that have been shown to be effective for reducing scars. Scar Esthetique helps reduce the appearance, size, height, thickness, and color of scars for all skin types and color. Scar Esthetique works well on both new and old scars regardless of the age of the scar, and can be used on all types of post-surgery scars, hypertrophic and keloid scars, and other scar types caused by injury, trauma, and burns.
Scar Guard is a liquid that forms a clear, protective film over a scar while delivering hydrocortisone, vitamin E and silicone, all known to help reduce scar tissue.
This new and innovative silicone scar reduction product has all the same benefits of silicone creams and ointments, but without the mess and application hassles associated with ointments. Featuring an easy-to-use, glide-on applicator, this physician tested and approved treatment is designed to help reduce the appearance, size, height, thickness, and color of scars for all skin types and color. Pro-Sil can be applied to both new and old scars regardless of the age of the scar, and can be used on all types of post-surgery scars, hypertrophic and keloid scars, and other scars caused by injury, trauma, and burns.
Mederma is a topical gel formulated to help scars appear softer and smoother. Made from special botanical extracts, it is greaseless and pleasant smelling, convenient, easy to use, and affordable.
Comfort Pillows
Maximize Comfort While Resting, Avoid Muscle Tension & Body Aches See full product line
To help you rest and heal in style, the Recovery & Comfort Pillowsaisle features a wide variety of pillows that can maximize your comfort and help you avoid muscle tension and aches during the healing journey. Due to the need to rest and sleep (often in an elevated position) during the initial phase of recovery, having to remain in the same position for long periods of time causes patients to experience all kinds of muscle tension and aches in areas such as the neck, shoulders, back, arms, buttocks, knees, and legs. This leads to patients having difficulties resting and sleeping properly during the recovery and is a cause for frustration. Fortunately, there are some special comfort pillows that are specifically designed to reduce tension and discomfort when resting and to help you have the pain-free rest that is crucial to healing. These products include anything from a u-shaped pillow, ear pillow, and leg separator, to knee and leg wedges and lifts.
Made with a visco elastic memory foam layer, The emory Foam U-Shaped Travel Neck Pillow (which includes a pillow cover) is specially designed to support and stabilize the neck and head while resting, sleeping, or traveling in the car or on long trips or flights on planes. This pillow is ergonomically designed to cradle your neck and relieve pressure, prevent stiffness, and alleviate soreness. The memory foam layer of the pillow responds to the body's temperature through the transfer of body heat, resulting in a pillow surface that is shaped like your body. This pillow is lightweight, easy to roll up, and can easily fit into a carry-on bag or back pack. The U-shaped pillow closes with hook and loop. The pillow comes with a cotton blend cover with fiber filling.
The Leg Wedge (w/pillow cover) allows you to keep your legs in a comfortable position and avoid sore knees, achy legs, and getting your feet to fall asleep. This wedge has an incline design that keeps your affected swollen areas comfortably elevated in an angle that is optimal for reducing swelling.
The Memory Foam Pillow is made of a 100% high quality, durable visco elastic memory foam material that conforms to the body’s shape. The memory foam responds to the body's temperature through the transfer of body heat, resulting in a pillow surface that is shaped like your body.
The Ortho-U Pillow (w/pillow cover) works with the body’s own alignment to support the neck for a full night sleep. This neck pillow can help to bring comfort to the neck and reduces the strain on the head and neck muscles.
The Ortho-U Pillow (w/pillow cover) works with the body’s own alignment to support the neck for a full night sleep. This neck pillow can help to bring comfort to the neck and reduces the strain on the head and neck muscles.
Skin & Sun Protection Hats
Protect Skin, Incisions/Sutures From Sun, Hide Scars, Prevent Aging & Wrinkles See
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Get some protection at the Skin & Sun Protection Hats area of the Store where you can find a wide array of stylish, sophisticated yet medical sun block/protection hats that block 90-99% of the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays and can be used both following surgery to protect your skin and scar lines as well as part of your daily anti-aging routine to help you prevent wrinkles, aging, and other damaged caused by the sun. Recommended and endorsed by plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and aestheticians, these hats come in a variety of brim sizes, exciting colors, and exotic designs. The hats are ideal for post-surgery patients wishing to protect their investments by using the hat to hide suture and fresh scar lines and post-operative bruising following a facial cosmetic procedure (i.e. facelift, eyelid surgery/blepharoplaty, etc.). Protecting yourself from the sun is crucial, as sun exposure can prolong the period your scar remains red and may cause scars to hyperpigment and darken. Additionally, this hat is highly effective for protecting the sensitive skin of patients who have undergone procedures such as a chemical peel or laser skin resurfacing.
The Ortho-U Pillow (w/pillow cover) works with the body’s own alignment to support the neck for a full night sleep. This neck pillow can help to bring comfort to the neck and reduces the strain on the head and neck muscles.
The Ortho-U Pillow (w/pillow cover) works with the body’s own alignment to support the neck for a full night sleep. This neck pillow can help to bring comfort to the neck and reduces the strain on the head and neck muscles.
Made of 100% cotton canvas boater with contrast color trim and a self-adjustable sweatband, this stylish, sophisticated, and full reversible hat blocks 90-99% of the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays and can be used both following surgery to protect your skin as well as part of your daily anti-aging routine to help you prevent wrinkles, aging, and other damage caused by the sun. Recommended and endorsed by plastic surgeons and dermatologists, this hat is ideal for post-surgery patients needing to hide suture and fresh scar lines and post-operative bruising following a facial cosmetic procedure (i.e facelift, eyelid surgery/blepharoplaty). This hat is highly effective for protecting sensitive skin following chemical peel or laser skin resurfacing. This hat will prove to be a great asset in your daily anti-aging regimen as it can help slow down the aging process by protecting you from the sun’s harmful effects.
Corrective & Camouflage Makeup
Hide Bruises Of All Colors, Camouflage Fresh & Mature Scars, Redness, Swelling Distortions, Lumps & Bumps See full product line
Powder your nose in the Corrective & Camouflage Makeup area, where you can find great, tried-and-tested, and well-known brands of corrective and camouflage makeup (concealers, corrective & camouflage cream, foundation, powders, and makeup removers) that can be used to hide certain symptoms (bruising discolorations, swelling, scar lines, and lumps & bumps) that continue to remain on the face and neck after you have to return to the outside world.
For complete, natural-looking coverage, nothing compares to Dermablend’s Cover creme. Recommended by dermatologists, endorsed by Hollywood actors, models and make-up artists, this remarkable product easily conceals any facial imperfections, such as: Uneven skin tone, Scarring, Freckles, Bruises, Burn scars, Spots and birthmarks, Age spots, Rosacea, Post-surgical redness.
For complete, natural-looking coverage, nothing compares to Dermablend’s Cover creme. Recommended by dermatologists, endorsed by Hollywood actors, models and make-up artists, this remarkable product easily conceals any facial imperfections, such as: Uneven skin tone, Scarring, Freckles, Bruises, Burn scars, Spots and birthmarks, Age spots, Rosacea, Post-surgical redness.
Micronized minerals of zinc and titanium, Pycnogenol (a potent antioxidant) and Vitamin E (dry form) are combined to create a true breakthrough in makeup technology. Not only does this protective foundation cover the hardest to conceal spots, it also aids the health of your skin. Wears all day and is not shiny or cakey looking. Covers redness effortlessly.
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Bath
Safety Accessories
Shower Comfortably, Effortlessly & Safely Without Risk Of Slipping Or Falling
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Shampoo your way
to the Bath
Safety Accessories aisle where you can find accessories that can
help you make your shower or bath “healing-proof”. Accessories such
as a non-slip shower mat, bath/shower bench or chair, and handheld showerhead
can help minimize the risk of slipping or falling down in the shower/bath during
the early phase of recovery when you may be feeling low on energy, tired, and
drowsy from the trauma of the surgery, anesthesia, and pain medications that
you may be taking. Instead of standing and endangering your safety, having a
seat in the shower and placing a non-slippery mat in the shower are tried-and-tested
tips that veterans recommend to practice until your energy level is restored
to normal. Beyond safety, these accessories can make your showering experience
easier and help you prevent making healing-unfriendly movements that may worsen
symptoms such as swelling and bruising.
This adjustable Bath Chair with suction cup tips is specially designed to be placed in a shower or bath and provide a patient with the maximum safety and comfort while bathing. With the bath chair, you can minimize the risk of slipping or falling down in your shower during the early phase of recovery when you may be feeling low on energy, tired, and drowsy.
The Rubber Mat (15 3/4" x 40") minimizes the risk of slipping or falling down in your shower during the early phase of recovery when you may be feeling low on energy, tired, and drowsy.
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