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• Posted to Face & Neck Lift - I Am 58 and People Think I'm 40 on 8 May 2010

  It's not almost 21 weeks since my neck lift and I still have the same issue going on with the nerves under my chin and along my jaw line. The anti depressant helps but I still have days where it's really bad. Today was one of them. it's always worse on the weekends. There still seems to be inflamation along my jawline and below. I put some concealer along the jaw line to hide what still looks like slight bruising. I'm very concerned that it will be this way forever. Wishing I had never done this.

• Posted to Face & Neck Lift - I Am 58 and People Think I'm 40 on 21 Mar 2010

  Wish I could say I was doing better. Tomorrow will be 13 weeks post op. I have some kind of thing going on with the nerves under my chin and along my jaw line and it's worse on the right side. The right side of the lower face lift seems as if it is tighter then the left side. The left side healed better. The nerve sensations and pain were so bad that I was put on an anti-depressant but I can only take half a pill a day because the medicine makes me feel funny. I think it helps a little but it doesn't take it all away. This weekend it was really bad. I am always worrying that it will never stop but the doctor said it's still healing, however, he did say that this type of pain I have is not typical. I have no idea why me. I don't smoke and live a healthy lifestyle. I've always been a good healer. I feel this tugging under my jaw line by the right side of my lips as if something was pulling it downward. I think it's the swelling. The swelling will not go away and the doctor said there is no medication to make it do so. It just takes time to heal. He said it takes six months to heal. I pray that it one day lets up and I go back to normal. If this doesn't start getting better soon I'm going to get a second opinion. I know one thing, I would never have done this had I known this would happen. It feels like acid is on the edge of my face. I wish I would have just been able to handle the aging process better. That was way easier than handling this feeling. Live and learn.

• Posted to Face & Neck Lift - I Am 58 and People Think I'm 40 on 31 Jan 2010

  You look great. Did you have any complications such as numbness on the sides of your face? I am six weeks post-op and still have a lot of numbness although my smile is not effected. Did you get swelling and tightness on your neck. I feel one side is pulled tighter than the other and I can't tilt my neck back like I used to be able to do. I'm praying that this resolves soon because it's getting to be too much to handle. I have a stressful job and life in general and having this issue with my neck is causing me a lot of anxiety. Everyone says it takes time to heal but I just wish someone could assure me that one day I will be able to move my neck without this tugging. I feel like a need an estra inch of skin and ligaments, muscle whatever it takes to get back the movement I require to tilt back my neck. I'd take back my old neck to be able to move freely again.

• Posted to Persistent Swelling on One Side 2 Years Later on 30 Jan 2010

  How is the swelling now? I am 56 and had a lower facelift and neck lift six weeks ago and my neck is still swollen on one side and it's pulling the jaw line down. The lumps under the chin are getting better but the neck is still so tight and I still have some bruising on the side where I have swelling. I can't stand not being able to look up naturally. My neck feels too tight and I feel like I'm trapped and I have bad claustraphobia so this is becomming very frightening to me. I try to stay calm and tell myself that it will improve with time. My PS says it's normal for the swelling and bruisng to last for a while. Each week that passes without improvement causes me more anxiety. If I had known that my neck would feel like this I never would have had the surgery. This evening I completely lost it and just let out this long moan while my dauhgter sat by helplessly. She feels guilty for not talking me out of this surgery. She said maybe she just didn't want to see her mother look older. I was all for it. I've always been a bit impulsive. The neck looks good if I just look straight on into the mirror and side profile looks good if my hair is not pulled back. The one side that is swollen is leaving a red crease up to my ear because of the swelling. Also I'm getting verticle cords running up the middle of my neck if I lift it up about 20 degrees. I keep hoping that when the swelling subsides I will be able to move my neck more easily. I know we don't normally walk around looking up but I want to be able to without that tight trapped feeling. I have to open my mouth to tilt my head back and look up. My younger daughers tried to make me feel better by saying they have to do that when they look up. Someone please tell me they had this feeling and that it went away.