How Would You Fix Bumps, Scars from Facelift?

asked 3 years ago by Bits in IL
Latest answer by Todd C. Miller, MD
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Tags: bumps, scar, surgery scar

This is my LSL results.. How would you fix this? The bumps are larger than this picture shows & I feel stitches under each bump. I also have severe pain, especially with weather changes; pulling/tearing sensation of the earlobes, down the neck, behind the ear. In the front my ear(s) were pulled down& my lobe was sewed to my face. My scars are nowhere close to my ear, never tried to be hidden & look like a 5 yr old made them.Please explain how we know if an ENT has had any facial plastic surgery training& experience

4 answers to How Would You Fix Bumps, Scars from Facelift?

These scars can be improved

One of the unfortunate outcomes of certain "minimally invasive" lifts such as the one you had is that too much of the tension is placed on the skin, and not on the underlying tissues that also contribute to the aging process. Because of this, the tension causes the scars to widen and in general for patients to have a poor long term outcome, and as in your case, a very bad experience. That being said, what you have described can be improved. I would wait a minimum of 9-12 months... more

Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

You have hypertrophic scar

The concern with Lifestyle lift is, since there is minimal undermining to decrease the swelling and brusing, the main lift is with skin and this can cause tension on the scar and thick scar. The advertisment show pre-op sad patient with no make-up and then happy patient with make-up after surgry which is very misleading . smiling by itself gives you a lift. Patients need to do their homework and find out about their surgeon before surgery and not after surgery. Patients can find out if... more

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Your surgeon is the best reference for that question

You must realize that this does not represent a formal consultation or recommendation as it is based only your limited comments. Having made that disclaimer, do you or have you smoked? Your scars may have been aggravated by this condition which compromises the blood supply to the skin. Generally, the answer to your question is not simple. I would guess that repeating your face lift with minimal tension on the skin after cessation of smoking for at least 4 weeks is probably the best method... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Lifestyle lift scars

From you picture it looks like the incision site was placed too low around the ear lobe and the skin was closed under too much tension. The unfortunate result of closing the skin under too much tension is that the scar can thicken, widen, and migrate. It is possible to revise these scars although I would wait at least 9-12 months before doing so. In order to revised the scars you would essentially need a revsion facelift that would allow the tissue to be mobilized enough to successfully... more

Todd C. Miller, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

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How Would You Fix Bumps, Scars from Facelift?

These scars can be improved

You have hypertrophic scar

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