If You Still Have Sagging After Neck Surgery, Would Lipo Be a Good Option? What Would You Recommend?

if after neck surgery< if still a little saggy on one side would lipo help it

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Neck sagging after face lift

There are seven common causes of neck sagging after a face lift.The most common is a band of upper neck swelling that goes down in time. The other six: Incomplete removal of fat, usually in the mid, upper neck. Lipo will correct. A fluid or blood collection. This must be drained. Super-thin skin that cannot hold the face lift. Needs surgery. Too much neck skin to be fully corrected by a first face lift. Needs surgery. A face lift that did not... more

Liposuction not likely to help sagging neck skin after a necklift.

Though it may not be what you wish to hear, if there is loose / saggy skin after a neck lift, it is unlikely that liposuction will improve it. A better result would come from a revision, possibly under only local anesthesia to tighten / lift this area a bit more. Address this with your plastic surgeon.

Jeffrey M. Darrow, MD

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Boston Plastic Surgeon

Neck Sagging after Neck Lift

Neck Lift is performed for severe neck laxity and looseness of the Platysma neck muscle. The procedure will restore the youthful acute angle of the neck and tighten the skin BUT it cannot shrinkwrap extreme sun damaged skin. Without a photograph or examination it is impossible to determine if your skin laxity is associated with the way the surgery was done, with the way you heal and or the quality of your skin. The solution / treatment, if any, would depend on YOUR particular... more