Maxillofacial Surgery Not Done Properly? Doctor Answers, Tips
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Maxillofacial Surgery Not Done Properly?

The frenulum tissue above my upper lip was cut during my maxillofacial surgery. It wasn't sewn back properly now my upper lip sags and my nose droops. How can this be fixed?

1 Doctor Answer | Asked by 1238anon in Oklahoma
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Sagging lip and drooping nose after jaw surgery

I suspect that sagging lip and nose dropping are not really related to the frenulum itself but to deeper incisions in the muscles that were either not sutured back together in layers at the end of surgery or the suture lines came apart some time after surgery. We surgeons place sutures but sometimes they loosen for a variety of reasons just like shoelaces loosen sometime after we tie them. Without a face to face examination and a reading of the operative report no one can give you an... more
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