I had a doctor tell me that the muscle often grows back so my question is if it’s worth the extra cost of a platysmaplasty? I don’t want to do it if in a year, it’s back.
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Hello! Unfortunately, a neck lift will not remove this scar. I would suggest consulting with a skin care professional to see if microneedling, laser or scar revision by a surgeon would be a better approach. Best of luck!
Yours is a congenital trait and removing the muscles would not work well for your neck and head. Botox is a safer thing that can be done to help decrease the size of the muscle. However, it will make the muscle a little weaker. You need these muscles.
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 followed by dehiscence (separation) of the two platysmal muscle bellies from the midline repair. The fullness in the midline could be residual...
