I am a 67 year old female that had a neck lift 17 months ago. It left me with extreme vertical lines from chin down. My surgeon has given me 4 rounds of Morpheus 8 to try to diminish them but it really hasn’t worked. What went wrong and what to do now? The surgeon offered me a redo, but honestly, I hate to go through the surgery again. I have some neck and jaw nerve damage as well. I’m just thinking in 10 years, these lines will sag and it will look worse than before I had this procedure done
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This is a cobra neck deformity. This is related to excessive removal of the deep fat in between the platysma muscle bellies in the midline of the neck. It does not appear that the submandibular glands were reduced. It also appears that the platysma muscle has separated and there is now a gap out...
Thank you for your question and sharing your photograph. I am sorry to hear about your concerns.
In general, releasing the adhesion will not produce a lasting impact unless there is an interposition of tissue to prevent the scar from reattaching the undersurface of the skin in that region to...
Thank you for asking this question. The changes you’re noticing don’t mean something is “wrong”, they’re simply part of how weight loss, muscle tone, and support structures shift over time. It’s completely valid to notice a shift in how your face and neck feel, even if the change is difficult t...