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... more
How would you fix bumps, scars from facelift?
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
3 answers to “How would you fix bumps, scars from...”
A: 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... more
A: 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... more
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258 posts
14 Apr 2009
As for smoking I quit 4 months before the surgery.Even then, I didn't smoke much at all. Socially .... I don't have any scarring in the front of my ears& w/ other surgeries, I never scar badly. I will never go back to the LSL Dr that gave me a lower lift w/o my permission. NEVER. I lost so much trust in Doctors because of believing his lies. Had I known we as patients were allowed to call an organization to check out a DR, I would have. Unfortunately, I found that out way too late. I believed the small incision & everything being pulled up from that because I had a 4.5 hr TMJ surgery that was done in my ear& slightly out& you can't even tell I have a scar. The LSL Dr told me I had no scar tissue growth from that surgery. So, why wouldn't I believe him. They take gallbladders out now through small incisions, uteruses out through the vagina, many types of surgery are done w/ a small incision, why would I disbelieve an authority figure, like a DR that takes an oath to do no harm, to lie to me about where & how big the incision will be& what they can do by pulling up a muscle through that small incision Dr Kent said in his video interview? The cuts you see are not keloids, they are cuts that were pulled due to the way they used tension. I'd like to know the permanent stitches you saw behind the ear, if taken out, will there be a chance this pain will go away? I've heard Dr's here say LSL sutures around the nerves. Bottom line is almost 3 yrs later, they still won't tell me what they did to me. I know he pushed the top of my ears back& asked if the pain minimized& it did somewhat. My ears are longer& the tops stick out more. The revision he offered was to give me another pixie ear to make it look like the other one he created. Does anyone here know exactly what a LSL is, what they do? I really need help, some relief. Thanks
258 posts
14 Apr 2009
As for smoking I quit 4 months before the surgery.Even then, I didn't smoke much at all. Socially .... I don't have any scarring in the front of my ears& w/ other surgeries, I never scar badly. I will never go back to the LSL Dr that gave me a lower lift w/o my permission. NEVER. I lost so much trust in Doctors because of believing his lies. Had I known we as patients were allowed to call an organization to check out a DR, I would have. Unfortunately, I found that out way too late. I believed the small incision & everything being pulled up from that because I had a 4.5 hr TMJ surgery that was done in my ear& slightly out& you can't even tell I have a scar. The LSL Dr told me I had no scar tissue growth from that surgery. So, why wouldn't I believe him. They take gallbladders out now through small incisions, uteruses out through the vagina, many types of surgery are done w/ a small incision, why would I disbelieve an authority figure, like a DR that takes an oath to do no harm, to lie to me about where & how big the incision will be& what they can do by pulling up a muscle through that small incision Dr Kent said in his video interview? The cuts you see are not keloids, they are cuts that were pulled due to the way they used tension. I'd like to know the permanent stitches you saw behind the ear, if taken out, will there be a chance this pain will go away? I've heard Dr's here say LSL sutures around the nerves. Bottom line is almost 3 yrs later, they still won't tell me what they did to me. I know he pushed the top of my ears back& asked if the pain minimized& it did somewhat. My ears are longer& the tops stick out more. The revision he offered was to give me another pixie ear to make it look like the other one he created. Does anyone here know exactly what a LSL is, what they do? I really need help, some relief. Thanks