Lower Face & Neck Lift - Cleveland, OH

So I went this week for my three month visit and after photos. Overall, Dr. Leedy was happy with my progress. I am a little less happy and Dr. Leedy was more than will to listen (and agree) with the small things that are bothering me.

1) the scar in my "side burn" area in front of my right ear is not healing well. It is bumpy and every few weeks it gets a scar. I usually see blood on my pillow.

2) the "puckers" on either side of my chin incision. I am not thrilled with these and they do not seem to be getting better as time goes by.

3) the scars that go down my neck into the hairline are major. Worse than I have seen here online.

Dr. Leedy is a great listener and looked at each of my concerns. We decided that in September, I will come back (at six months) and he is going to do some in-office procedures to take care of these with some "scar revision". He said at that time he may also do a little liposuction under my chin (which I would be thrilled with).

He is not quite sure why the scars on the left side of my face are better than the ones on the right. And he poked around and didn't see any reason why the scar in my side burn is bleeding.

He said the puckers (and the long scars in my neck) are due to the sheet amount of skin that had to be removed. He did not want to make the chin scar any longer so he tried to gather the skin as best he could.

So I'm actually kinda excited about seeing him again in September. I'm a little nervous since it will be in office procedures, but it's all good.

So I went to have a facial yesterday. Next week I will be 3 months post op - so it seemed safe to do since most of the swelling and lumps and bumps are minimal. I had to tell the facialist that I had had the surgery and she was shocked - she said I seemed kind of young to have had that procedure. I told her I'm almost 50 - which she did not believe - so I guess the surgery did its job!

She did some pressure point massage on my face which she said will help facilitate healing, swelling and drainage. She said I am more swollen still on the right side than the left. I love how smooth my neck feels after the facial (even though underneath I can feel some swelling and lumps and bumps). I go back for my "after" pictures on the 13th. I'm looking forward to seeing the before/after comparison.

I continue to feel "the noose" that's figuratively around my neck. I wonder how long it will be until that feeling goes away?

I have posted a photo of the chin puckers on either side of the incision under my chin. While the area right around the incision is not swollen, the area that goes from my chin to neck is still swollen. I'm hoping the puckers go away when the swelling does.