I am a 53 year old woman, 6 years post op from a lower facelift and necklift. For 6 years I have an extreme strangulation feeling and numbness on the sides of my face, chin and neck. I have seen dozens of doctors including plastic surgeons, ENT, pain management, PT and neurologist. No one has been able to help. I've tried exploratory surgery, PT, topical ointments, nerve block injections, botox injections, neurontin, muscle relaxers, acupuncture and needling.
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Hello Wendy,Thank you for your question and photo. From the photo, it appears that you have platysmal muscle banding below the anterior platysmaplasty. This may improve somewhat temporarily with a Botox treatment. For more long-term improvement you may require revision of the anterior...
If you have ptotic or saggy submandibular glands , partial removal will aid in giving you a more definitive neck angel. I would recommend that you meet with a surgeon who is familiar with this anatomy so that you can maximize the results of a neck lift.
I am not sure what procedure you had done? I would recommend a facelift/necklift. In the neck, there is a cobra neck deformity. This is due to over-resection of fat in between the platysma muscle bellies, inadequate tightening of the neck muscle, and inadequate lateral suspension of the platysma...
