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Devastating

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Devastating

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In the fall of 2016 I went in to see Dr. Angelo Cuzalina in Tulsa Oklahoma at Tulsa Surgical Arts. I had a little saggy skin in my neck area. He recommended doing what he called a “neck lift”. In January 2017 I had the procedure. After the procedure I had several thick bands showing up in my neck as well as sunken places.
I kept going in and he would say it looks really “good”. He said sometimes people to develop bands and scar tissues. He injected me with steroids and added some filler in the sunken areas. Finally he said I would need the bands cut, fat grafts in the sunken areas and a face lift to correct the problem! I was devastated!! I went to see two other doctors and they both said I had what they call a, “cobra neck”, from having too much fat taken when I had the lipo of the neck. I did end up getting a face lift with another doctor and I the hollow areas and the bands still show.
Dr. Cuzalina never told me that this was a possibility before he did the neck lift or I never would have had it done.
The surgeon that did the face lift said because my skin is so thin around my neck doing a fat graft would cause further problems and it would show through and if he cut the bands it would also show through, so it looks like I will always have a deformed neck. He said if I would not have had the lipo of the neck but a facelift instead I would not have this problem.
How I wish I would have Never let Dr. Cuzalina ever touch my neck!!
I will now have to live the rest of my life being self conscience of my neck.

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Angelo Cuzalina, MD

Angelo Cuzalina, MD

Physician, Board Certified in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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Replies (3)

September 16, 2018
Did I miss the end of this story? I’m courteous because the same thing happened to me.
November 9, 2018
I'm so sorry. It does indeed look like a cobra effect from too much fat removal (I'm not even sure, looking at your pre-operative photo, that you needed submental liposuction). But if it helps, had I just met you, I would think nothing of your neck except that you are a thin person or a fit person. I am a very fit and thin person, and my neck, and that of a lot of women I see working out, looks similar (actually, worse) because I just have no fat in it *and* I clench my neck muscles when I work out. I'm guessing you're a very pretty woman whose attractiveness is not at all affected by this outcome. Nonetheless, none of us want to spend this kind of money for an outcome contrary to our hopes. I wish you well.
March 7, 2021
He is an oral surgeon, why was he doing a neck lift?