Hi, about a year and a half ago, I had a deep plane lower facelift. I have these lumps or swollen spots below my cheekbones that aren’t going away. I’ll try to attach a picture. Is there anything I can get done about this?
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In our practice, we perform facelift procedures earlier in the week, and not on a Friday afternoon. There's lots of follow-up care for the first four days after the procedure.
This is a tough question because we all start somewhere and with only our training as experience, and this can be highly variable. I have been in practice for 21 years and I am certainly a better surgeon today than 20 years ago. However, young surgeons with the right training can certainly...
The widening of your cheek bone is likely from the "bunching" of the deep layers of tissues at the point where they are anchored into the bone. The only fix for this would be a surgical one where the tissues are carefully thinned. Given that this area is high risk for nerve damage as the...
