2 years ago I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and i had a my entire thyroid removed along with a few hundred lymph nodes. Since the surgery, my jaw and neck shape had changed dramatically and quite frankly i hate it. it’s my biggest insecurity and i want to know what can be done to fix the shape of my face. i have a lot of what i assume is scar tissue under my neck as it is very hard and stiff unlike fat would be. it’s like a slanted line straight from my chin to the base of my neck
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This is very unusual condition. Very likely that swallowing and "other sensations" are related to scar adhesion. Direct scar release using exciting submental incision and fat grafting to avoid secondary adhesions may be some of the options. In person evaluation with a board certified plastic...
In our practice, neck lift is performed in twilight anesthesia. Blood pressure is regulated before and in the course of surgery.Problems with anesthesia are very rare with this type of sedation/local anesthesia. Preoperative evaluation and clearance by patient's primary care physician is...
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The neck lift is performed after the neck liposuction and/or platysmaplasty if the patient needed one or both of those procedures. It is performed by making an incision beneath the earlobe that extends in upwards behind the ear in the crease between the ear and the skull. Once the...