To tina0098, Hi! Here are some suggestion: 1) Botox will erase these bands, but you have to do it three times a year. 2) With an isolated neck lift through a short incision under the chin, the muscles can be sutured together to create a sling and eliminate the bands. 3) The bands can... more
Neck band re-do after submentoplasty?
I am 47, someone thin, really good skin tone. In June, I had submentoplasty without the skin incision to remove banding. It looks a lot better than before but I still have two small bands located right at the junction of the cervicomental angle. They do not extend down my neck, they are just in the angled area, maybe about 3/4 inch long. When I clench my teeth, everything flattens out nicely. But when I am relaxed, they are visible. Should I redo the bands, skin incision, fat added? What is the best remedy? Thanks.
3 answers to “Neck band re-do after submentoplasty?”
A: It depends on the cause.
If they are truly small bands(muscle) they can be excised. I doubt that these are bands. It t is probably a pseudo-band caused by excess skin which would be best handled by a mini lift with fixation of the muscle behind the ear.
A: Botox
I have done botox to this for my patients directly into the bands. It has been very helpful. The surgical option is to sew the neck muscles together, which is called a platysmaplasty.
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