Use of oxidized regenerated cellulose to stop bleeding after a facelift procedure.

A 52-year-old woman came to our department about correcting a severe soft-tissue laxity after a weight loss of 67 kg. We performed a deep-plane face lift under sedation with local anesthesia. Three hours after the operation the patient had significant and diffuse bleeding, which was controlled by a local hemostatic agent made of oxidized regenerated cellulose (Tabotamp). In the weeks after the operation no local pain or skin damage was observed. We believe that oxidized regenerated cellulose could be a good ancillary therapy for controlling local bleeding associated with this kind of surgery.