Had to Go Back for Corrective Surgery After 1st Face Lift - Florida

First face lift was March 2010.

I did all the research on my Dr prior to the surgery and EVERYTHING came back very positive. Even Board certification.

Even though the Dr results came back positive, after the first face/neck lift and upper eye surgery, I tend to be disappointed in the results.

The eyes came out perfect, but the face lift was not satisfactory. I immediately had problems with my neck, chin and jawline and my Dr said he would take me back for a surgical correction a month after the facelift. I told him let's wait to see if the puckers correct themselves. 10 months later, the problem was getting worse, so I went back in for surgery 12/28/2010 for the surgical correction.

This 2nd surgery was to correct the neck, chin and clean up the jaw line from the first surgery.

Dr said he pulled up the neck again, and removed 1 inch from the neck. He said he sutered in place in 3 areas of the muscle in the neck to hold the neck in place.

I was cut under the chin again for the puckers to be corrected, the jaw line was cleaned up for the 2nd time, and I was also cut again, behind the ears, and down into the neck line.

2 weeks post op, all the bruising on the neck is almost gone. All stitches come out today (14 days post op).

Under the chin, in front of and behind the ears into the neck line are hard, numb and very sore (they were still sore from the 1st surgery).

First week after the surgery, it looked like the puckers (at each end of the suture lines) under my chin were gone, but today, 14 days post op, it looks like those pucker lines are STILL there.

This is the reason I went in for the 2nd surgery was to correct areas from the 1st surgery, but it appears the problems still exist.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see if everything moves back into place. If not, I will NOT go back in for a 3rd surgery. I am tending to question my Dr's experience with face lifts. It's a shame because he is a wonderful person, and I hate to jump from Dr to Dr.

I'm also questioning why the results of my Botox are not what everyone raves about, so my confidence in my Dr is sadly diminishing.