65 Yrs Old - Birthday Present for Myself. Melbourne, AU

Finally after a bit over 13 months, I managed to take some more photos and I am quite happy with my results. The scars are hardly noticeable, my hair is growing, still not long enough to put it up with the rest of my hair, but getting there. My neck is good, much better than it was before. I wouldn't call it perfect, but I am happy with it now. I am 66yrs old, so I can't really expect it to look like a 20 yrs old's neck ;-) I am posting some photos to show the scars and my neck from left, right and front view.

Sorry, I haven't done any update for awhile, but I was waiting for my scars to get better, so I can post a fantastic picture of myself! :-) I am still waiting....., it is still not the best. Improving, but after 12 weeks I would expect the scar to fully close up, not weeping and not being so angry red anymore. It is like that especially on the right hand side. It is no matter what I am doing, it is just not healing as it should. The photos aren't the best as I am still putting hydrogen peroxide, then Betadine Antiseptic Liquid and Vaseline on it (which shows on some of the photos). My hair also is not growing back, still have a big bald patch on the left hand side behind my ear, also a bit on the right hand side, but that isn't so bad. I won't see the specialist until the 19th September, so hopefully it will improve or (fingers crossed!!) might even fully heal by then??? That's all for today, hopefully everybody out there is healing nicely, or getting ready for the big day!! :-) Anyway, good luck to you all!

I thought it is time to put in an update on how I am going. Have a look at my before and after photos. They are fantastic, the improvement is unbelievable. The PS told me that because of my scars opened up, it will take much longer for it to heal, which I can understand. I was supposed to put hydrogen peroxide on the scar to make it heal quicker. I don't think it has done anything, but suddenly a few days ago 4 days after starting with the hydrogen peroxide, my hair started to fall out. Now I have a big bold patch behind and above my ear on the left hand side. I stopped using the peroxide as I am sure that's what caused it, and hope that it didn't damaged the hair follicles and my hair will grow back. Mind you it will take a long time, as my hair is long, but as I don't have much hair to start off with, I can't really afford to lose any! Anyway, I am going to see the PS first thing next Tuesday, as he comes back from Vietnam on Monday. I am just happy that he can see me so quickly, as I’m telling you, I am a bit anxious both about the scar and the loss of hair. It is still numb, I heard that it will be for about 4 months, so that doesn't bother me too much. I am still sleeping half sitting up and wearing the neck bracelet at night. I don't know if I still need to or not, but it can't hurt. Would love to sleep on a normal pillow, laying down, but I am still swollen, and as soon as I am not sleeping half sitting, by the morning my face is even more swollen. (I tried it out for one night!!) Again sorry, but on the photos my hair looks very greasy, but it is the Vaseline on it. I am still putting Bethadine and Vaseline on it daily, hopefully it will help. I still have a fair few dissolvable stitches in, so I am going to ask Dr Ross if he can take them out as I think it will help with the healing too. At the moment it feels like it is pulling on my skin too much. So here it is for today. I hope all of you other ladies are healing well or if you are ahead of your operation, you are getting some good information on this site. It is important to know all the pro's and con's, so I hope my review helps a bit.