I had a Roux-en-Y done in 1999 and have lost 186 pounds. In Feb of 2009, I had a Lifestyle Lift done in Atlanta, GA. The neck work was an add-on option that I chose to have along with the upper and lower eyes and the mid-facial lift. I am not totally unhappy as there is a huge improvement BUT the skin after six weeks still has crepe-like look to it in the region the under chin, where it meets the neckline neck area. Is there anything that will help to firm this skin and restore some collagen and elasticity?
After so much weight loss a patient usually needs a very vertical lift with tissue taken out along the sideburn in order to create a lot of upward tension along the jawline.
The liftestyle lift as usually done does not do this.
In addition you are in the "lumpy-bumpy" stage, so the wound is thick.
Time will help relieve the thickness of the scar, but the extra skin is likely to remain.
