Can the vagus nerve be damaged during lower face lift/neck lift-using sutures?

While anything is possible, it would be an extraordinarily unusual to have a vagus nerve injury during a facelift.  I have never heard of that complication.  That nerve lies deep in the neck tissue and a surgeon should be no where in the vicinity of that nerve.  I hope this helps.   

Hello vsaling,The vagus nerve would not be injured in any cosmetic surgery.  The reason has to do with where that nerve is located in the neck.  It is very deep in the neck, deep to your carotid artery (the main blood supply to the head), and the jugular vein (the main draining vein of the neck).  It is deep to two large muscles in the neck (called the sternocleidomastoid muscles).  There would be no way to get the vagus nerve without serious other issues including cutting those large vessels.  Even with sutures the only way to get to the nerve (and keep in mind this is so far removed from where a surgeon doing a neck lift would be) would be to lasso it as well as those other vessels.  I would recommend you describe the symptoms you are having and then a more meaningful response from the community regarding treatments can be given.I hope this helps and good luck.