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Is Botox an Option for Bands Showing After Necklift?
I had a necklift with platysmaplasty 4 mos ago. I think that maybe I had too much lipo just under chin, because when my head is tilted back, very small bands show and pull, and a larger band shows and creates a dent. What is the remedy for this? Is botox on these bands an option?
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Botox for bands showing after necklift
Botox is certainly an option to inject into the anterior platysmal bands to relax and soften them for 4-6 months. This prevents the bands from regrowing together if they were transected at the time of the surgery.
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PLATYSMAL BANDS
When a Platysmaplasty is performed the muscle bands in the neck are sutured together. On occasion this may create a single band in the midline. If this occurs Botox may help to alleviate their appearance until things are completely healed. This is definitely worth a try.
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Neck bands following necklift surgery
Your neck bands are likely due to several issues. If they are prominent, Botox or Dysport is an excellent way to relax these neck bands as they are likely due to over active and prominent platysma muscles. Aggressive liposuction of the neck, especially in cases of removal of fat from below the platysma muscle during platysmaplasty and necklift can lead to a hollowed out appearance beneath the chin. The platysma bands can become exceptionally prominent in this...
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Botox works for temporary improvement of neck bands after facelift
Neck bands, which appear as two folds of skin beginning under the chin and extending toward the chest, are caused by a sagging muscle (called the platysma.) Botox can be helpful in improving those but only works for a few months. Plastic surgeons debate whether to sew the bands together when doing a facelift to prevent them from recurring; my preference is most often to do it.
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Botox for neck bands
Using botox to treat neck bands can work if the bands are appearing due to overactivity of the muscle but usually requires a reasonable dose of Botox. The small bands you are describing when you tilt your head back are not uncommon after a platysmaplasty if part of the muscle has been released or cut and may just be some scar tissue. At four months I might give it some more time to see if it improves on its own otherwise you can try some Botox to try and soften the appearance.
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Platysmal Bands After a Necklift
Liposuction in the neck may expose the platsymal muscles so that they will be apparent when you engage the muscles. The intervening fat between the muscle and skin was thinned during the liposuction so you can now see more of the action of the muscle through the skin.
At 4 months, you may see more healing. I have seen that suction-massage machines such as the Vela-Smooth or TriActive actually smooth the liposuction result and may cause an improvement to the neck area...
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Minneapolis Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Is Botox an Option for Bands Showing After Necklift?
Maybe, but the bands may be the resuklt of how the Platysma muscle was sewn together, scarring or excess fat removal during the Neck Lift. If that is the case, the Botox will not do much to improve the look of the bands and dents, IMHO. Botox is easy enough to try, so why not do it and see what happens.
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Plastysma bands
Sometimes platysma bands are more prominent after liposuction of the neck as it is thinned out. Botox may help with those bands. AN exam is key to evaluate this.
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Not all neck bands improve after Botox injections.
Botox injections may improve the appearance of muscular neck bands, typically in patients under 50. Even in the best cases, Botox treatments for platysmal banding may be unpredictable.
If you're seeing irregular bands neck when you tilt your head back, this may be from scar tissue rather than muscle bands.
You should bring your concerns to your surgeon, or consider getting a second opinion from an experienced facelift surgeon.
I hope this is helpful for you.
Dr. Joseph
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Platysmal bands that are present in the neck after facelift surgery can be improved with Botox injections into the Platysma
Muscle. In the course of treating the neck in a facelift or necklift, fat is usually trimmed between the muscle and skin. This can leave a "band" of the platysma muscle in the neck which is visible after the swelling from the surgery subsides. I like to cut back the muscle in its mid portion in the neck to prevent the banding, and suture the remaining muscle on each side to itself to prevent this problem and give a smooth contour to the neck. If there are...
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