I had a facelift and neck lift with Lipo six months ago. Right after my right side, got a huge bump behind the ear in which he drained. It kept getting swollen so he drained it a couple of more times and then he said we shall leave it alone. Now it looks very wrinkly and red and when I touch it, it feels lumpy so I am wondering what happened here or why did this happen and Will it get better on its own?
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Thank you for your question.
This might be caused by the sutures used during the SMAS facelift. Discuss this with your surgeon and see what he or she says.
Thank you for your inquiry and for sharing your photographs.
My impression is that the contours around the corner of the mouth suggest that a combination of a deep plane facelift and neck lift would be more suitable than a deep plane neck lift on its own.
Rather than combining all of this with...
I would recommend a revision deep plane neck lift. In your photos you can see that there was too much midline fat removed. There was not enough fat and/or glands removed, which gives the appearance of the large bulges on the left and right sides of the neck in the photo. This is sometimes called...