POSTED UNDER Neck Lift Reviews
39 Years Old / Facelift w/Playsmaplasty
UPDATED FROM Exciting791278
1 month post
6 weeks post necklift, very worried this is it
$35,000
- Feeling almost back to normal.
- Scars are fading fast. Itchy and wierd.
- Def worrying about the bands coming back under my chin... my neck looks so bad rn
- Possibly freaking out that this huge surgery didn't make a huge difference?!!
i really dont know what to do. is this gonna get better? probably not right? its just gonna get worse? i'm so heartbroken i feel like nothing is different.
- Scars are fading fast. Itchy and wierd.
- Def worrying about the bands coming back under my chin... my neck looks so bad rn
- Possibly freaking out that this huge surgery didn't make a huge difference?!!
i really dont know what to do. is this gonna get better? probably not right? its just gonna get worse? i'm so heartbroken i feel like nothing is different.
UPDATED FROM Exciting791278
10 days post
10 days post-surgery progressp + pics
What a journey it has been!
All stitches came out yesterday (ones in front came out day 7, ones in back came out day 9)
Here's my summmary
- insomnia is the worst. i have not slept more than 2 hours deeply since surgery. i just cannot get comfortable on my back.
- still wearing compression alomost 24/7, will keep doing so for at least another week. i wear it when i go out for groceries. i dont care, its winter, whatever. under a baseball cap and with a scarf. get a few wierd looks but whatever.
- mentally this sucks, i'm lonely/bored/tired. i love my surgeon and i think i'm gonna be happy i did this, but wow i feel like shit rn.
- i'm not at all concerned about scars, just seeing the progress in 2 days already in the front i'm sure the ones in back are gonna flatten and fine out, plus they are soo hidden in my hair. but those in back just came out yesterday so look alot fresher.
- lymphatic drainage massage really helped with some swelling and hardness. i'm gonna keep doing that.
- super worried that my f*ckin platsymal bands will come back just cos of how mentally exhausted i am. sprialling a bit, trying to keep positive mental attitude.
All stitches came out yesterday (ones in front came out day 7, ones in back came out day 9)
Here's my summmary
- insomnia is the worst. i have not slept more than 2 hours deeply since surgery. i just cannot get comfortable on my back.
- still wearing compression alomost 24/7, will keep doing so for at least another week. i wear it when i go out for groceries. i dont care, its winter, whatever. under a baseball cap and with a scarf. get a few wierd looks but whatever.
- mentally this sucks, i'm lonely/bored/tired. i love my surgeon and i think i'm gonna be happy i did this, but wow i feel like shit rn.
- i'm not at all concerned about scars, just seeing the progress in 2 days already in the front i'm sure the ones in back are gonna flatten and fine out, plus they are soo hidden in my hair. but those in back just came out yesterday so look alot fresher.
- lymphatic drainage massage really helped with some swelling and hardness. i'm gonna keep doing that.
- super worried that my f*ckin platsymal bands will come back just cos of how mentally exhausted i am. sprialling a bit, trying to keep positive mental attitude.
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You look great. I'm five days post op a neck and face lift. I'm using a wedge pillow to keep my head raised and taking an acetaminophen before bed to get a good night's sleep. Good luck on your recovery.
8days post op amd i feel everything you just said.. im still so bruised(looks great though) but now my neck thyroid area is swollen amd a little hard. Surgeon said normal, but still terrified this was self induced. You look amazing how are you 2 months post op? I too am scared my jowls will come back amd all this suffering is in bain
Im so high and in pain i cant use my reading glasses. Im so sorry for my crappy unintelligible post. I misread and thought your surgery was in 10/2023. My surgery was 12/18 and i feel exactly as shitty as your describing.. the fear is paralyzing me as well.. my surgeon is on FT w me often and amazing, he is telling me the unevenness from rt to left is completely normal and that im not botched… you look beautiful as well, i think the steroids and pain meds are letting our imagination run completely wild..
hello!! appreciate this sooooo much. how you feeling!!!!
Feeling ok, nevk still sore and bruised 5 weeks out. Doc said its fone and will heal eventually w/o lumps and bumps. Im still numb all over, not overly pulled and my fat transfer was a bust bec i lost 10 pounds post op in that first week:((. I think he angered my thyroid though he disagrees, may have to add a little volume(fat transfer) but will wait until March. Overall im ok, still healing and final results are not hoing to show for another 6-10 months, waiting anxiously.. how are you?
Hi, im still super, super sore. Not happy about my under chin scar but im pretty sure it will soften up. I did laser resurfacing as well w co2 and my skin really looks like shit right now. The fact that i havent been sleeping much in last 3 weeks made me lose 10 pounds.. so thats not helping w the w facelift recover, look gaunt and skeletally.. i decided to get some ensure to pack the pounds back on. Honestly im still terrified, i hope im mot gonna be an ugly mess. The laser always looks worse before better so im hoping for some collagen build in next few months. The reality is, for me; so far shitty recovery and very long. I call bs to the ones they say went back to work after one week! Ive been at war, no way! I took a 3 rd week off.. how are you?
You're not alone. I'm 3 weeks out and my neck hurts like hell. I've had 2 lymphatic massages and it did help, somewhat, but I feel like shit, too. I had a browlift, facelift and necklift and things look good but I didn't know it was going to hurt this bad. I guess we just have to deal with this but I'm pretty miserable.
UPDATED FROM Exciting791278
5 days post
Day 5 Progress + Overview of the surgery journey!
Ok wow, the last few days have been quite an experience. Progress photos below. I'm not feeling good or bad about results at this stage, since there's just too much swelling to really know whats what at this stage.
I got a platsyamaplasty, lowerfacelift and lil fat transfer.
I was terrfied to go into surgery but my doctor (female) has an all female team who were so kind and patient. My doctor insisted (in the nicest way!) that because I am alone and didnt want to tell anyone, that I spend the first night after surgery in a nearby hotel with a nurse. I actually opted to do 2 nights.
thank god.
I got out of surgery around 7p (went in around 2pm) and was looooooopy. i think the first thing i said was "i wanna go dancing?" Thank god for the wonderful nurse and the hotel room. I had drains in and my head wrapped and just felt so out of it. The wonderful wonderful nurse iced my face and neck literally all night and gave me my pills. I could NOT have imagined doing this without her and that experience. The doctor came by early the next morning to check on me. I elected to have another nurse stay for the day and help me ice and just manage everything. I'm a super active person but was surprised at how incredibly impacted i was by all the surgery. The private nurses were honestly the best money I spent. Having someone just wrap you in ice, bring you water, help you rest. Wow, what a difference. I could never imagine having a partner or friend take that on. I have to say the worst part of all this is how little I've slept since surgery. I can't get comfortable and while I do have painkillers and a few valium, I'm really struggling to sleep more than a little dozing here and there.
Anyway, I went home Friday morning (I had surgery Weds) after having the nurse come back for just a few hours to help me shower (to make sure i didnt pass out) and help me into a taxi. And it has been a very wierd and lonely journey since then, but here are some things I have learned
- if you have the option HIRE A PRIVATE NURSE for the first 24 hours. stay in a hotel. make it easy. this is extremely traumatic and hard. having the professional support was essential for me.
- PAINKILLERS ARE YOUR FRIEND. take them. whatever they give you. its the only way. i know others say the pain is surprisingly little blah blah not for me. everything hurts. i'm taking vicodin at night (every 4 hours in the attempt to get sleep) and tylenol during day.
- SALT IS YOUR ENEMY. I thought i could just order chicken soup and be fine. But i swelled up so much after i ate it that my eyes would not open (and i didnt touch my eyes surgically!).. so i spent Friday and Saturday drinking smoothies (at least i was smart enough to leave blueberries and collagen protein ready for myself)
Yesterday (Sunday) i forced myself to wrap a scarf around my head and go get groceries so i could make green soup and chiken soup salt free. but the walking and shopping was awful. i felt like i was gonna pass out coming back. it was def too much for me, but i'm now glad i did it cos i made great green soup and my face is less swollen. Chewing HURTS. Even after 5 days. I just cannot chew. I don't want to.
- YOU WILL FEEL EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT. I'm so tired its def making me extra emotional and worried. i'm trying to say off the internet and reading horror stories about bands coming back after surgery. i spent around 40K all in between surgery and nurses and hotel and all the misc stuff and will just be gutted if my neck bands come right back. but nobody knows anything yet. Just know that nobody can promise any outcome. i fully trust and love my surgeon, but the body is a strange machine and even in the most skilled hands, may not react the way we all want it to.
i'm loosing my mind a little of boredom. trapped in my apartment, too tired to really do much. i live smack in the middle of NYC so i'm also not ready to go outside again and try to walk again after my supermarket zombie experience. talking kinda hurts so i dont want to talk to people either. basically, i want the fast forward button? i literally do not understand how anyone could do this living with a husband or kids. or even a pet.
- NOTHING IS EVEN i'm wearing compression garment 24/7 except when i have my ice pack wraped (i got a long thin one off amazing that goes into a surgical sock thing so i wrap it right around my head tight and its AMAZING)
idk why but my left side is more swollen than my right. my right hurts more than my left. i'm scared i have a mans adams apple but i know its just swelling. i'm grateful for the resources here
- PODCASTS! i loved listening Catt Sadler's story and also Caroline Stanbury! they're both so funny and real. highly recomend, they've felt like friends through this.
what else can i tell you? ask me anything! I work on camera in media so i'm trying to lay really low in the world of people i know but also have the next two weeks to basically be.. alone.. in my apartment
i'm not telling anyone because when i have mentioned this over the years, i am only met with severe disapproval. i dont want any negativity during this time. i did this at 39 because subtlety was my absolute priority. i fully understand i may need to do it again at 49 and thats OK. i want to avoid fillers since i have just wierd feelings about how they age and how they change faces.
I got a platsyamaplasty, lowerfacelift and lil fat transfer.
I was terrfied to go into surgery but my doctor (female) has an all female team who were so kind and patient. My doctor insisted (in the nicest way!) that because I am alone and didnt want to tell anyone, that I spend the first night after surgery in a nearby hotel with a nurse. I actually opted to do 2 nights.
thank god.
I got out of surgery around 7p (went in around 2pm) and was looooooopy. i think the first thing i said was "i wanna go dancing?" Thank god for the wonderful nurse and the hotel room. I had drains in and my head wrapped and just felt so out of it. The wonderful wonderful nurse iced my face and neck literally all night and gave me my pills. I could NOT have imagined doing this without her and that experience. The doctor came by early the next morning to check on me. I elected to have another nurse stay for the day and help me ice and just manage everything. I'm a super active person but was surprised at how incredibly impacted i was by all the surgery. The private nurses were honestly the best money I spent. Having someone just wrap you in ice, bring you water, help you rest. Wow, what a difference. I could never imagine having a partner or friend take that on. I have to say the worst part of all this is how little I've slept since surgery. I can't get comfortable and while I do have painkillers and a few valium, I'm really struggling to sleep more than a little dozing here and there.
Anyway, I went home Friday morning (I had surgery Weds) after having the nurse come back for just a few hours to help me shower (to make sure i didnt pass out) and help me into a taxi. And it has been a very wierd and lonely journey since then, but here are some things I have learned
- if you have the option HIRE A PRIVATE NURSE for the first 24 hours. stay in a hotel. make it easy. this is extremely traumatic and hard. having the professional support was essential for me.
- PAINKILLERS ARE YOUR FRIEND. take them. whatever they give you. its the only way. i know others say the pain is surprisingly little blah blah not for me. everything hurts. i'm taking vicodin at night (every 4 hours in the attempt to get sleep) and tylenol during day.
- SALT IS YOUR ENEMY. I thought i could just order chicken soup and be fine. But i swelled up so much after i ate it that my eyes would not open (and i didnt touch my eyes surgically!).. so i spent Friday and Saturday drinking smoothies (at least i was smart enough to leave blueberries and collagen protein ready for myself)
Yesterday (Sunday) i forced myself to wrap a scarf around my head and go get groceries so i could make green soup and chiken soup salt free. but the walking and shopping was awful. i felt like i was gonna pass out coming back. it was def too much for me, but i'm now glad i did it cos i made great green soup and my face is less swollen. Chewing HURTS. Even after 5 days. I just cannot chew. I don't want to.
- YOU WILL FEEL EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT. I'm so tired its def making me extra emotional and worried. i'm trying to say off the internet and reading horror stories about bands coming back after surgery. i spent around 40K all in between surgery and nurses and hotel and all the misc stuff and will just be gutted if my neck bands come right back. but nobody knows anything yet. Just know that nobody can promise any outcome. i fully trust and love my surgeon, but the body is a strange machine and even in the most skilled hands, may not react the way we all want it to.
i'm loosing my mind a little of boredom. trapped in my apartment, too tired to really do much. i live smack in the middle of NYC so i'm also not ready to go outside again and try to walk again after my supermarket zombie experience. talking kinda hurts so i dont want to talk to people either. basically, i want the fast forward button? i literally do not understand how anyone could do this living with a husband or kids. or even a pet.
- NOTHING IS EVEN i'm wearing compression garment 24/7 except when i have my ice pack wraped (i got a long thin one off amazing that goes into a surgical sock thing so i wrap it right around my head tight and its AMAZING)
idk why but my left side is more swollen than my right. my right hurts more than my left. i'm scared i have a mans adams apple but i know its just swelling. i'm grateful for the resources here
- PODCASTS! i loved listening Catt Sadler's story and also Caroline Stanbury! they're both so funny and real. highly recomend, they've felt like friends through this.
what else can i tell you? ask me anything! I work on camera in media so i'm trying to lay really low in the world of people i know but also have the next two weeks to basically be.. alone.. in my apartment
i'm not telling anyone because when i have mentioned this over the years, i am only met with severe disapproval. i dont want any negativity during this time. i did this at 39 because subtlety was my absolute priority. i fully understand i may need to do it again at 49 and thats OK. i want to avoid fillers since i have just wierd feelings about how they age and how they change faces.
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