Why does my neck/jaw look like this 9 months after SMAS facelift? What can be done to make it better? Is this common?

Yes - it can absolutely be performed. However, you need to ask your plastic surgeon few questions. 1) you should ask them how many awake facelift do they. 2) how any deep facelift do they do? 3) how many awake deep plane facelift do they perform every month?

Hello, and thank you for your question. Based on your photos I do not feel that he would benefit from a SMAS facelift. Patient's generally need to have more changes before we will consider this invasive procedure. You may consider minimally invasive procedures such as ultrasound-assisted...

Those are great questions. First, I recommend consulting with several different Board Certified plastic surgeons that do a large volume of facial procedures. Find someone you feel comfortable with. In answer to your question of how we know where the nerves are, anatomy tells us and we can...

I would advise there is no need to dissolve the filler. As t is was done 6 months ago it will not be as noticeable and will not make any difference to the outcome post Facelift surgery. All the best

Thanks for the photos.Precise filling of the hollow groove area will help a lot.  The hollowness can be filled with office Juvederm to smooth out the transition area.Best wishes,Dr. Denkler

Yes, a facelift can be done following a threadlift.  Because a threadlift is a minimally invasive procedure that relies on the integrity of threads to hold you up, they can be cut and removed at the same time as a facelift.  Once removed, the SMAS facelift proceeds as usual.  A SMAS facelift wi...