Neck Lift Q&A

83%

WORTH IT RATING

43 Reviews

Ask a Question

View Before and Afters

Average Neck Lift Cost: $7,355

Learn about Neck Lift

255 people and 392 doctors are talking about Neck Lift

Get Free Email Updates

Results of Face and Neck Lift

asked 1 year ago by sally63 in Australia
Latest answer by Todd C. Miller, MD
Question viewed 667 times
Tags: neck, neck bands

I am three weeks post SMAS face lift, submentoplasty and fat grafting. I have a nice new jaw line, scars under my chin(good) and inside, above and behind my ears( all good) but still have neck banding, in fact very obvious banding altogether spoiling my nice new face. What to do now? My swelling has completely gone - I am a quick healer and am happy with all the other aspects but as a professional keyboard player, when I lean over or look up, it is not a nice look in the neck.

12 answers to Results of Face and Neck Lift

Persistent Neck Banding after facelift and Neck Lift

Regarding: "three weeks post SMAS face lift, submentoplasty and fat grafting. I have a nice new jaw line, scars under my chin(good) and inside, above and behind my ears( all good) but still have neck banding, in fact very obvious banding altogether spoiling my nice new face. What to do now? My swelling has completely gone - I am a quick healer and am happy with all the other aspects but as a professional keyboard player, when I lean over or look up, it is not a nice look in the neck... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Neck bands persist

Three weeks is too early to determine whether or not the neck banding is going to be a persistent problem. It is wise to wait at least 6 months before determining whether or not revision work needs to be done on the platysma muscle. Botox may be a reasonable short term option which can give you improvement in thebands while you wait for the final result to take effect. Discuss these findings with your surgeon.

Todd C. Miller, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

Treatment of Persistent Neck Bands Following Facelift Surgery

At three week after surgery you describe having residual platysma muscle. bands of your neck. The procedures that you listed seem appropriate but don't describe what treatment was done for the platysmal bands that you had preoperatively. At this point, it is too early to perform another neck lift surgery, It would be best to allow the neck tissues to heal further and soften for a few months. In the interim, treatment with Botox injection of the neck... more

Fredrick A. Valauri, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Residual Neck Banding after Facelifting May or May Not Persist

Residual banding after facelift surgery may be residual platysmal bands, or may be linear edema within the skin from dermal injury during undermining. Linear edema will resolve with time, massage, and/or steroid injection. Untreated platysmal bands will not improve with time, and will, in fact, get worse. Ask your surgeon if the platysma was thoroughly addressesed, and if not, you might consider revision platysmaplasty after several months of healing have allowed tissues to soften again. more

Laxmeesh Mike Nayak, MD
Saint Louis Facial Plastic Surgeon

Neck bands

If you recently had a facelift and still have bands in your neck, perhaps the bands were not approached? Also it is still a bit early in your recovery.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Swelling after necklift.

It is unlikely that the thickening is permanent. Some irregularities may persist. However, given the timing of your recovery, it is not at all unusual that you have bandingat this point in time. Give it at least another 6 weeks and massage if permitted by your surgeon.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Facelift

It is really too early to pass judgement. Also you have to consider the before and limitaions of any given surgery. You whould wait up to 6 months to see the final results. At that time, if you still have neck laxity and bands, then you may need a revision. Discuss your concerns with your plastic surgeon.

Siamak Agha, MD, PhD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Neck bands after face and neck lift

There are a number of different ways to improve or correct platysma muscle bands in the neck, and sometimes the final results are not obvious immediately after surgery. Temporary improvement may be obtained with Botox. Revision with reoperation should be deferred several months if the result is still unsatisfactory.

Olivia Hutchinson, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Post neck lift banding

You have many more months to see improvement. See your sugeon for followup and ask if there is merit in considering Botox for neck bands that are present now and to help them relax while you're healing from the surgery.

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Platysmaplasty Probably Needed

It sounds like you neede a full plastymaplasty with release of the platysma bands themselves. This involves cutting the lower portion of the platysma muscle so that it cannot band anymore. If you still have beanding, then this was not done at that time. Botox can help temporarily, but you may need some sort of revision to address that issue.

Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Barrington Plastic Surgeon

Banding after facelift.

It is too soon to do anything other than a little botox. No surgery til 1 year after surgery since things will change in the coming months. If the neck is unsatisfactory then, it can be revised.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Persistent neck bands after face and neck lift

3 weeks after a neck lift you should not have visible neck bands if a good platysmaplasty was performed. Sounds like you may need a neck revision in 6 months.