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Concerned About Doctors Suggested Approach to Neck Lift Revision
3 month visit to the Dr today. He agreed to a revision & suggested that the appearance that I have is due to fat left under the skin. He wants to make an incision under my chin again & take out more fat(I had little to begin with)and stitch the incision. I'm concerned about his approach. I dont think this is fat but is extra skin and his idea at a solution may cause more of an issue. I think I need tightening with incisions in front and behind the ears.
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toadsmom
in Long Island
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Concerned About Doctors Suggested Approach to Neck Lift Revision
Thank you for posting the photos. Yes, you are correct, too much skin left, not fat. Best to see more consultants. From MIAMI
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Facelift revision.
It looks like this is not excess fat but excess skin. Therefore, more fat removal will make things worse. See another experienced facelift surgeon to discuss what results can be expected in a revision.
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Neck issue
Without seeing you in person it is difficult to say, but it looks like in the photos that it is skin. Was the hairline incision used or a short scar. It looks as if the skin needs to be redraped in a more posterior rather than vertical direction.
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You should wait at least another 3 months for a total of 6 months in order for the neck skin to have had ample time to properly heal before a revision Neck Lift is considered IMHO. From your photos, it appears that there is excess skin that would most likely require the incisions under the chin and behind the ear/into hairline, which is a formal Neck Lift.
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Revision neck lift approach questioned.
I assume you had incisions around your ears as part of the initial procedure. At three months post-op, this is the absolute earliest I would even consider any kind of revision, regardless of approach. Things have just barely and not completely begun to soften and mature. So consider waiting, though I understand your concern given your result shown in the photos.
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Revision of loose neck
In my opinion, you are correct in that you have extra skin and not fat. This would benefit much more from a facelift and not further neck fat removal.
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Extra skin or fat after neck lift
You should ideally see another surgeon who is experienced with neck lifts to examine you rather than stating what you need by examining a photo. You may need to be evaluated with changing your head position to see what vectors of tension are needed to change the skin's tightness if it is loose skin. The initial surgery and its skin incision should be evaluated to see in which direction your skin was pulled.
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Wait at least another 3 months or longer before undergoing any revision.
The revision will likely entail a freeing-up and redraping of your neck skin with removal of any residual skin redundancy.
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Necklift revision timing
It is best to wait six after your surgery so that most of the swelling is gone.
Necklift revisions can be minor or a bit more involved, depending if the direction of pull must also be addressed.
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The overal recommendation to wait is a time honored one and what I also agree with. That being said, your note implies you have a mini-facelift or Lifestyle Lift. If that is true, you will have to consider converting your procedure to a formal, full facelift to spread out the lax skin that remains. If you didn't mind having scars on the front of your neck, you could consider excising the excess skin that way but you will need to make sure that the procedure will address...
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