How should I prepare for a facelift?

In preparing for a facelift, you may be asked to:

• Get lab testing or a medical evaluation
• Take certain medications or adjust your current medications
• Apply certain products to the facial skin preoperatively
• Stop smoking
• Avoid taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and herbal supplements as they can increase bleeding and bruising

A facelift may be performed in an accredited office-based surgical facility, licensed ambulatory surgical center, or a hospital. You must arrange for a friend or family member to drive you to and from surgery and to stay with you the first night following surgery.