Facelift - Missing tissue and scars (photo)

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I had a very, very unsuccessful facelift in Asia. The incision was from the temple to the front of the ear, without lifting the neck. Later, I found out that the surgeon had very poor skills and had caused bad outcomes for almost all his patients. My current problems are: 1. The left side of my face is severely missing tissue, as if the fat pad of the mid-cheek (apple cheek) has completely disappeared. On the right side, there also seems to be some missing tissue, but not as much as on the left. Right now, the lower face looks very full, while the entire upper face has become flat—the complete opposite of the intended effect of a facelift. I do not understand why this happened, because my surgeon did not remove any tissue or perform liposuction. Why is there such a significant loss of tissue? I can assure that before the surgery my face was very symmetrical and round.  2. My mouth is also crooked, with the right side higher. 3. Next to the outer corner of my left eye, there is a ridge where an internal absorbable fixation line has become visible. 4.In addition, the incision was designed in a very obvious and visible way. 5. Not to mention, the facelift itself had absolutely no effect—it is still extremely loose and sagging. Right now, I am suffering greatly and do not know whether there is any way or possibility for repair. really need help.

Alejandro Nogueira, MD · Answer

Firstly, my sympathy for the personal hell you've been through and still living with this evident deformity, that is only attributable to the fear of many surgeons to do a invassive, complete, deep and "risky" (not in good hands) facelift technique; they convince themselves and to some unaware patients that the lesser the invasion the better, safer and more natural the facelift, when it is totally the opposite.

With that said, you are not on spot regarding the causes, thers is no missing tissue there, your problem is a very well known deformity when the surgeon performs an incomplete dissection of the face, it has different names: patched facelift, sweep deformity, vertical sweep, lateal sweep, etc; actually many celebrities suffer this, including recent ex-presidents of superpotences.

Another factor is that you god the facelift at too young age, not a direct cause for this problem but it is true only unscrupulous surgeons would accept a middle aged woman for an authentic facelift, it is an ethical matter of good advising.

The good news is you have not a bad solution: re-do the facelift and perform a comprehensive redistribution of skin, by encompassing the entire face (is it a facelift or not what we're talking about?) and jowls/neck (skin gain is needed).

The bad news: it requires the hands of some of the rare surgeons really doing deep plane comprehensive facelifts, and it is a time consuming and therefore expensive surgery.

Do research well, going to Asia was not a mistake, now put emphasys on the actual experience doing major facelifts and run away from surgeons promiting novelties, conservative procedures or revolutionary stuff.

See below one of my cases of vertical sweep deformity and its correction, older than you but technically equal.

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Facelift - Missing tissue and scars (photo)

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