Hello. I am a 59 year old femal who underwent a lower facelift 2 years ago. Since that time I have been trying to work with my surgeon to establish why I have indentions along my jawline when I smile. He doesn’t seem to have any explanation and I feel like he simply wants me to go away. Any ideas what can cause jawline indentions?
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Good evening. As long as your surgical incisions have healed properly, and there are no sites of infection or open wounds, there is no such thing as too much scar massage in your case. Your healing incisions/immature scars should approach peak tensile strength around 6-8 weeks after surgery...
Plastic surgery scars require attention after surgery so that they remain cosmetically-appealing and barely noticeable. In our office, we use a protocol for scars that minimizes their activity in the 6-8 weeks after surgery. If you have late plastic surgery scars, you may also require laser and...
Hi, a revision is possible, but instead of pleats, you would have horizontal incision which would cross from the back of the ear into the hairline. Since you wear glasses, the incision would be hidden by the back tips of the glasses. One thing I would anticipate is that the pleated skin may have...