Treatment for Neck Bands when Botox and Neck Lift Aren't Options?

I am 39 and have decent skin tone and texture but hereditary Platysmal banding...no smoking at all and a positive history of sun exposure but no sun...

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Neck Lift: Better to Cut over Active Platysma Band, or Tie Bands Together? Under the Chin?

In the case of neck "bands", it appears popular technique is to tie bands together in a corset method. I've also heard of a few surgeons...

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Can an over Tight Platysmal Transection Be Released?

I had a platysma transection done five years ago, which I never asked for, and have lived with extreme tightness and choking sensations around the...

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What is a Platysmaplasty? Is It the Medical Term for a Neck Lift, or is It Just Part of a Neck Lift?

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I Have Very Prominent Platysma Banding That Shows Up when I Smile, Talk, Eat. My Options?

It's genetic, I think bc my dad has the same bands. I also have large submandibular glands and as I age they have begun to show more. I am thinking...

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5 Wks Post Neck Lift Now " Intermittant" Swelling and Choking Feeling a Good Sign of Complete Relief in Time?

I had a platysmaplasty 5 weeks ago under both my ears and my neck below ears gets hard ,swollen, but an overall a feeling of being "choked"...

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Neck Lift with OUT Platysmaplasty? (photo)

The 1st time I saw the cosmetic surgeon, he said he was going to do a necklift by pulling the skin and SMAS up and stitch around my ears. 2nd time I...

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Neck Lift to Correct Platysma Band, 4 Years Later Submental Platysmaplasty Resulted in Horrible Double Chin? (photo)

Had a necklift to correct platysma band which slightly helped... 4 years later it still bothered me and doctor suggested submental platysmaplasty...

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Possible Loose Platysma Band?

I had a neck lift (lipo with platysmaplasty, and neck skin removed..I was 20. I had yo-yo dieted, losing weight, gaining, lost again). 7-10 days post...

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Bumpy Lump Under the Chin After Lipectomy with Platysmaplasty?

I had a submental lipectomy and platysmaplasty two weeks ago. Healing was great until a few days ago; I now have a swollen, hard, bumpy lump right...

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