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Why Do I Have a Rope Like Scar on Neck Where Drains Were After Neck Lift? Also Neck is Very Tight and I Cannot Look Up.

asked 5 months ago by Sallyfemale in Atlanta, GA
Latest answer by Sam Naficy, MD
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Tags: 2 weeks post-op, drains, normal, numb, ridges

The Jackson Pratt drains were in for a week and where the tubes were is now a ridge around the front of my neck. There is a little fluid but mostly it feels hard. It has been 2 weeks. Also my ears are completely numb and the cut under my chin is 2 inches long and red and raised. My neck is so tight that I cannot look up. I am terrified that I will have an ugly rope around my neck forever. My ps says it is not a scar but what is it?

2 answers to Why Do I Have a Rope Like Scar on Neck Where Drains Were After Neck Lift? Also Neck is Very Tight and I Cannot Look Up.

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Rope-like firmness at drain site

Two weeks post surgery is still very early for you to judge the results of your surgery - be patient and follow up with your surgeon. This issue will most likely resolve with time and massage. Rarely a steroid injection is needed.
Sam Naficy, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

seattleface.com

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Fullness from facelift drains

Two weeks is early in terms of recovery after a facelift. So although we often suggest you can get back in public at this time, or that recovery is described as two weeks, a number of the things you see in yourself might be still within normal range of recovery. Drain use varies with docs, with some using none at all and some with prolonged placement. A week is pretty long in that continuum. The drain pathway will often form focal thickening around that foreign body, which... more
Kevin Robertson, MD

Madison Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.robertsonplasticsurgery.com

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