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Why do a lot of facelift patients end up with a worse double chin after surgery, even if they have a platysmaplasty?

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It's happened to me to some degree, and I've noticed it on reviews on realself, and even on surgeons' own website photos. I can't understand why or how there could be MORE fullness under the chin after any type of full (not mini) facelift - where does the extra fullness come from? How can it be corrected?

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