I had a face lift and a neck lift a month ago. As a result, I now have what appears to be a small rope around 1/2 of my neck. Additional my right side of my face is far more doopy than my left, ( which is good). I go back to the Dr. in 10 days for my 6 week evaluation. Is this something that he should fix?
August 25, 2011
Answer: Rope around neck
it is difficult to say exactly what is the cause of your issue. what does your surgeon say? most issues do get better with time. if you do need a revision wait at least 6 months from the initial surgery
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August 25, 2011
Answer: Rope around neck
it is difficult to say exactly what is the cause of your issue. what does your surgeon say? most issues do get better with time. if you do need a revision wait at least 6 months from the initial surgery
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August 24, 2011
Answer: Disappointing facelift/necklift results!
This area of subcutaneous scar fibrosis causing "banding" in the neck is usually the result of undrained hematoma or seroma. Did you have a drain? Was it removed only after the drainage had diminished? Did you wear an elastic chin strap and limit activities in the first 2 weeks after surgery? Did you have a lot of swelling and bruising after surgery? All of these play a role in any such occurrence, but when I have seen this, re-operation is almost always necessary, but not sooner than 6-12 months after the initial surgery, and only after infrared, ultrasound, and massage therapy has been used (along with time) to soften the scar tissue as it matures on its own. Rarely, steroid injection into the scar fibrosis can help to soften and flatten the areas of "bunching."
Aside from the neck banding, your result on both sides, but more so on the right (as you have indicated), is just not very good. Perhaps you had significantly looser skin and much more deep nasolabial and subcommissural folds pre-op, but regardless of the severity of your pre-op skin laxity, this result should be better. Actually, a fair amount better, IMHO.
So, either way, you likely need a revision facelift/necklift. Please verify the training, experience, and board-certification of your surgeon (American Board of Plastic Surgery is the ONLY ABMS board that certifies real plastic surgeons--there are other ABMS boards that certify doctors who perform cosmetic operations without complete plastic surgical training, as well as a few "bogus" boards). If you need to, obtain several other consultations over the next few months with experienced ABPS-certified plastic surgeons who do lots of facelift surgery. This will help you decide if what your own doctor is saying is accurate and realistic. Best wishes!
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August 24, 2011
Answer: Disappointing facelift/necklift results!
This area of subcutaneous scar fibrosis causing "banding" in the neck is usually the result of undrained hematoma or seroma. Did you have a drain? Was it removed only after the drainage had diminished? Did you wear an elastic chin strap and limit activities in the first 2 weeks after surgery? Did you have a lot of swelling and bruising after surgery? All of these play a role in any such occurrence, but when I have seen this, re-operation is almost always necessary, but not sooner than 6-12 months after the initial surgery, and only after infrared, ultrasound, and massage therapy has been used (along with time) to soften the scar tissue as it matures on its own. Rarely, steroid injection into the scar fibrosis can help to soften and flatten the areas of "bunching."
Aside from the neck banding, your result on both sides, but more so on the right (as you have indicated), is just not very good. Perhaps you had significantly looser skin and much more deep nasolabial and subcommissural folds pre-op, but regardless of the severity of your pre-op skin laxity, this result should be better. Actually, a fair amount better, IMHO.
So, either way, you likely need a revision facelift/necklift. Please verify the training, experience, and board-certification of your surgeon (American Board of Plastic Surgery is the ONLY ABMS board that certifies real plastic surgeons--there are other ABMS boards that certify doctors who perform cosmetic operations without complete plastic surgical training, as well as a few "bogus" boards). If you need to, obtain several other consultations over the next few months with experienced ABPS-certified plastic surgeons who do lots of facelift surgery. This will help you decide if what your own doctor is saying is accurate and realistic. Best wishes!
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