PLEASE HELP! Four years ago I had a tracheal shave and platysmaplasty, immediately after I had a significant decrease in the upper register of my vocal range, an odd sensation while swallowing, and the feeling of a phantom hand around my neck. My ENT said there was no damage to my vocal cords, so anterior detachment is very unlikely. I suspect it's due to excess scar tissue/adhesions in the submental region. Has anyone seen/experienced these complications, and is there a procedure to fix it?
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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...
There are many forms of tread based neck and face lifts that keep changing names. Since introduction of sutures of any kind these lifts generally failed to produce long lasting results and turn to be waste of money and time. When someone has an anatomical problem (platysma muscle bands, external...
