LovelyLucy

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It isn't smooth,the doctor doesn't like it. I don't have a double chin,never did but there is a pouch where the drain was that didn't tighten up...as I understand it, it is a skin elasticity issue. The skin sort of looks like a deflated balloon. He would like to do it just because it reflects poorly on his work and I would like it to look better too, right now it sort of looks like I had nothing done.

Debra, I take less klonopin than I did when first prescribed! My only addiction is sugar.My surgery was a year ago. I was lucky to not have suffered bruising or pain. Numbness and tightness have come and gone and come and gone. However my neck still has that sensation of a sling under my chin. My PS would like to do a revision on my neck but I am not so sure I want to go through with another surgery considering how long I have felt those tight sensations. He is giving me another year to consider it, which pleases me, I don't want to feel rushed, I want to feel "normal" before I begin anymore cutting. I got very tired of the numb ears, and all the pulling. I am happy with the fact no one notices anything except for those college friends who say, "You haven't changed a bit!".

I take clonopin for the same reason, sleep, and can't imagine trying to take it during the day and staying awake! I get migraines from sleep deprivation and keeping me asleep during the night is key to my well being. I take a very small amount and never have felt like I was addicted to it. Maybe that is why I slept so well after the surgeries!

Margie, it has eased up tremendously around my ears, just tight sensation under jaw/chin area (where the skin isn't attached correctly), about a 1 inch band from nearly ear to ear. I saw my dermatologist and she said she thought that I was probably still healing. It isn't nearly as bad as it was, I think the warmer weather has helped. As for doing it in the office, I am not sure I want have them cutting and pulling while I am locally numbed. I would rather pay the $3500 and wake up fixed...but will I have to go through all that padding and chin strap? And there is always the numbness thing again just as it is going away!