Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Faster Recovery After Plastic Surgery

These days, more people are looking for 'Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)' to help them recover faster after plastic surgery.

In particular, it is widely used to help swelling and bruising subside more quickly after facial procedures such as facelifts, eye and nose surgery, and fat grafting.

• What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment in which you inhale 100% pure oxygen in a high-pressure environment (1.5 to 2 atmospheres).

Oxygen in the blood is mainly carried by hemoglobin in red blood cells, and a small amount of oxygen is carried dissolved in the plasma as dissolved oxygen.

The principle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

However, when undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, dissolved oxygen increases in addition to the oxygen carried by red blood cells, raising the oxygen concentration all the way to the ends of the microvasculature and greatly helping wound recovery.

Indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Source: Seongnam Medical Center Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center

Originally, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, and similar conditions, and in the field of plastic surgery it was used to speed up recovery from chronic wounds.

As the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound treatment and recovery became more widely known, its use also increased in the aesthetic plastic surgery field.

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy After Anti-Aging Surgery -

At Garnet Plastic Surgery, we operate a hyperbaric oxygen therapy program in addition to the usual post-surgery swelling management program.

Swelling management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy after plastic surgery. Garnet Plastic Surgery.

Some people choose hyperbaric oxygen therapy for faster recovery after relatively simple upper or lower eyelid surgery, while many others choose it after larger procedures such as forehead lift, facelift, and neck lift.

The woman in her 50s below had undergone upper eyelid surgery, forehead lift, and facelift, and received swelling management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy after surgery.

Recovery process after forehead lift. Recovery process after facelift. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Swelling after forehead lift. Swelling after facelift. This is a real model with consent for publication.

In the case of lifting surgeries such as forehead lifts and facelifts, swelling is usually at its worst on days 2 and 3 after surgery, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help reduce bruising and swelling significantly at that time.

7 days after facelift. One week after facelift. 7 days after forehead lift. One week after forehead lift. This is a real model with consent for publication.

Also, about one week after surgery, sutures are removed, and those who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy sometimes have their sutures removed earlier than others because their wounds heal cleanly.

When the wound after a facelift heals slowly and does not heal cleanly. Source: a paper related to facelift wounds.

In particular, in the case of facelifts, the incision is located around the ear, and if the wound heals cleanly, there is much less scarring and it heals in a less noticeable way, which leads to higher aesthetic satisfaction.

2-week review after forehead lift. 2-week review after facelift. Before and after forehead lift. Before and after facelift. 2 weeks after forehead lift. 2 weeks after facelift. This is a real model with consent for publication.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is widely used in this anti-aging field, but it is also used to increase fat graft survival after fat grafting.

It can also help reduce the risk of inflammation in nose surgery and revision nose surgery, and may help restore blood flow to the tip of the nose.

• Recommended Candidates for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -

• People with severe swelling or bruising after plastic surgery

• People whose surgical area tends to swell easily or bruise for a long time

• People who want to return to daily life with a faster recovery

• People who want to increase fat graft survival

• People who are worried about reduced blood flow or inflammation after nose surgery

• People visiting from overseas who want to complete recovery within their stay

• When the skin color becomes darker due to reduced blood flow after facial filler procedures

• For overall physical decline and recovery of immune function

Review after forehead lift. Review after facelift. Review after fat grafting. Review after upper eyelid surgery. Review after hyperbaric oxygen therapy.