post op cleft lift

Hey there everyone! I had my cleft-lift done with Dr. Immerman on 5/11/2023 and just wanted to give quick update. 5/10: My parents and I drove to Nashville on Tuesday night (5/9) and stayed in a hotel as our flight to Minneapolis-Saint Paul departed at 6am. We landed at 8am, rented a car and...

Hey y'all, been avoiding dealing with this since December but it's time to admit that I'm having complications after getting a cleft lift with Dr Immerman. I had my surgery in June last year. Around Sept/Oct it felt pretty healed, but I. November I started to notice a dull soreness in the deep...

Hi everyone, my name is Angela no I had Dr. Marc Brand do my cleft lift last July (almost a year ago now). I have gained about 8 pounds since then, and I have noticed today that there is discomfort and blood coming from the bottom of my incision. Has anyone else had this kind of issue this far...

Hi everyone, I had a cleft lift with Dr. Brand in Chicago back in July. Everything went relatively well and I was able to go back to almost normal by September. I was sitting for extended periods of time for my classes, squatting once in a while at work, and walking to and from my classes...

Day 6 I had my cleft lift done by Dr. Brand this past Monday (July 16th), and I really wanted to write a recovery log so I could let you all know how I’m recovering and answer any questions you may have about cleft lifts and recovery! I had my first follow up with Dr. Brand on Friday (July...

Hi everyone! I just had my cleft lift done yesterday morning by Dr. Brand in Chicago, and I wanted to post here to ask for advice and let you all know how it’s going. My biggest concern is my first bowel movement. Even before I had my original cyst landed in the emergency room, it was painful...

Hello! I know I’ve read in the forum before about some who have had issues with some internal stitches popping out, but I can’t seem to find them. So I apologize for the possible duplicate question below :) I followed up with Dr. Caplan about a week ago (everything is healing very well, yay)...

Hey guys! Tried searching through the forum, couldn’t really find anything so posting to the group :) Just wondering if anyone else has had issues with gauze or tape? It seems any tape I use gives me a small rash, so I’ve stopped and haven’t used any in a few days. Now, it seems the gauze is...

Update! I saw Dr. Caplan yesterday, I’ve officially graduated to seeing him in 2 weeks rather than weekly! YAY LOL Overall, he wishes I was further along in healing but he is happy that the swelling and redness has gone down greatly. It is still draining some sero-sang draininage from that...

Hello! This may be a long post, so I apologize in advance. I’ve gotten such good advice and research through this website, it ultimately lead me to my cleft lift surgeon Dr. Caplan in Philadelphia. I can’t thank everyone enough for sharing their stories and experience!! Little background, I’m a...