I have ridiculous rippling after facelift swelling went down, except for neck jowl lift, I look worse than before? (Photos)

My best advice is to make another appointment with your original surgeon to discuss your results. A good surgeon is not just there during the surgery, but practices important followup with his (or her) patients, because we, as surgeons, should care that our patients are happy with their results. I would speak to your original surgeon again, making sure to express that you are depressed and upset. I wish you all the best. 

Unfortunately, you have the classic "swept" appearance of a standard facelift. With the amount of wrinkles that you have and the quality of your skin, the only way you could have avoided this would be if you had undergone a deep plane facelift technique with or without volumization (such as with fat grafting). Now that you have these ripples, the best option is a revision facelift using the deep plane technique. I understand that this is not affordable. Treating the wrinkles with a "peel" may work, but only if the peel is incredibly aggressive (a Baker-Gordon Phenol peel). Any other peel will not provide the wrinkle reduction and skin tightening that you need and will not really effect the problem you have. The only other option would be a laser such as a full field CO2 (fractionated won't tighten enough) or full field erbium laser. The last option would be a series of fractionated CO2 or Halo laser treatments. I would discuss your very significant concerns with your surgeon.Andrew Campbell, M.D.Facial Rejuvenation SpecialistQuintessa Aesthetic Centers