neck lift surgery

I had a partial face lift and neck lift 2 years ago. I still feel extreme tension/tightness at the sides of my neck, near my cervical nodes. I cannot palpate any node enlargement. I am also experiencing increasing parasthesia of my lips to the point of difficulty enunciating words. I have no lip drooping, but I experience some saliva drooling while speaking. My surgeon merely suggests more surgery.

Hi I had recently had surgery or a broken disc in my neck and 3 other compressed discs that were all laying on nerves. My surgery was about a little over a week ago and I still don't have feeling in one of my fingers and the doctor told me that if I didn't come back within a week it probably won't, is this true?

I had neck lift surgery in April of 2012. Ever since the back of the right side of my head feels like I have a metal plate that has been placed inside. My right side of head feels numb but at the same time I am in so much pain. Part of the pain goes deep into the center of the back of my head. The other part of the pain is at the lower part of the back of my head right at my neck. I get very little sleep due to not being able to lay on my back and having to sleep on my left side.

I had a face & neck lift 3.5 years ago and I am still experiencing swollen jaw area & tingling sensations in my cheek areas. Sometimes I feel like I am going to choke the chin/neck area is so tight. I exercise, massage, hot/cold compress, etc but nothing is relieving the swollen areas. Any ideas?

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I had a chin implant and neck lift 3 weeks ago. The day after surgery, I went in to have the drain removed. When the PS took off the dressing, the drain was not there. He searched in the trash can and had his nurses looking for it. In about 2 more days, I developed a seroma. It was drained 3 times. Now I have a horrible lump across my neck which I'm assuming is scar tissue from the seroma.

2 years ago I had a neck lift, with lipo under the chin and my upper and lower eyes done. I have had constant and often debilitating pain since the surgery. Burning like Chinese burns, no feeling to the sides of the face, tightness that is overwheelming. Slight swelling along the jawline RHS that is worse at different times. I've had blood tests, xrays, ultrasound, second opinions from other plastics surgeons and doctors.

One month ago I had a neck and half face lift. I am now have a large under the skin scar tissue development next to my mouth, it is preventing me from opening my mouth, I can not even eat a banana, floss my teeth,etc. My doctor said to massage the area, and come in the office for ultra sound treatments to help dissolve the scar tissue, several days later there is more scar tissue devloping in other areas. what is your take on this and what is your recomendation?

Tough it out long as you can. I started with this condition in my early 30's but finally had to have disks fixed via surgery which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. My Neuo surgeon went through my throat (font) which opens up to the disks. Took bone from my hip, and basically screwed and glued my neck. Now at the time I had no feeling in my left arm and immediately the next morning I saw an immediate difference.

I had a neck lift and lower face lift 3 days ago. I am just noticing that the right side of my mouth is drooping when I smile and when I talk. I do not notice more numbness on that side of my face. I am wondering if this is a normal symptom for post op face lift.

Sounds like a neck problem. I suffered for years until they found I had some bad disc's in my neck had surgery in 1986 still doing good sometimes if I lift to heavy or lift wrong it gets stiff but not the pain I had before the surgery...

HI EVERYONE I JUST TURNED 29 YEARS OLD ON THE 2ND OF JULY. IM A MOTHER OF A 1 YEAR OLD SON. I RECENTLY HAD CHIARI MALFORMATION AND SYRINGOMYELIA SURGERY IN NOVEMBER 2014. I AM STILL HAVING SERVERE NECK PAIN EVERYDAY AND MY NEUROLOGIST SAYS THAT THE SYRINX IS CLOSING BUT I SWEAR THIS PAIN FEELS LIKE THE PAIN I WAS HAVING BEFORE SURGERY.SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I AM SO TIRED OF BEING IN PAIN EVERYDAY. I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN I CAN'T TURN MY NECK OR LIFT MY HEAD UP.

Two years ago I had a lower face lift and since then I have had pain in my neck under my chin, between the surgical incisions in front of and behind both ears. The pain is more sever when I get hot and my neck feels like it is burning up. When I touch the skin, it feels fingers are cutting the skin. My surgeon said he had never had anyone have this problem before.... that was not very comforting. He put me on neurontin and recently gave me a cream of benzecaine, lidocaine, and tetracaine.

Lie on your back and bend your knees. Place your hands behind your neck for support and lift your head, neck and upper shoulders off the mat or bed. If you have Diastasis Recti, a separation of the large muscles in your core, only lift your head while using your hands to support your stomach muscles. If you google the exercises you should be able to see videos.

I was not able to lift my arm after surgery but I have been doing pt since end of August and I can lift the arm but my lower trap is doing the work- I have a 1 cm edema on my upper trap. I am desperate at this time and reall need help from this site.

old, I lift wts, I swim and I play Basketball. I am doing everything I was doing before surgery without the soreness brought on by nerve irritation. I am in my 3rd week of working out and I feel good. I do 2 miles a day, lift wts. and either play basketball or swim. I truly feel that the more active you are before a surgery like this the better you respond. My Dr. is a very good Dr.

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Sometimes if I move my head too quickly, I get a sharp muscle pain in my neck like a pulled muscle... I think because I have just held my neck so still just in case of pain. So I'm slowly getting stronger, and I watch what I lift or how much I do in one day. When I'm exhausted, the aching is greater too. Hope this helps?

Six months ago I had a mini face lift. I had a great deal of bleeding after surgery and extreme nausea. I had 10 cc of fluid/blood removed from a large pocket on my neck. Two months ago I needed a second surgery due to an unusual fold in my neck and some blisters and hard knots under the skin of my neck. Since that surgery I have been getting steroid injections into the hard knots/scars. I now have a depressed pocket, the size of a penny and several rock hard knots under the neck skin.

Hi, I have pain on my left shoulder, I can rotate my neck easily but can not lift my left shoulder and arm up easily, I don't have any pain in my spinal cord, and back of the neck.

Had my craniotomy/laminaectomy/duraplasty on November 7 in Houston. Out of the hospital on Nov. 10, but still in Houston until follow up appt on Nov 22. Yes, I'm exhausted and head and neck hurts, but not as much as I had thought. Lots of naps and short walks to get my strength back up. Down to half the prescribed pain meds. My most noticeable improvement is the ability to really breathe ,,, big lungfuls of air. Feels great.

No one agrees i should get one but i want to get a boob lift because i hate the some what of a sag i have.Im a C34 an i love my boobs but i really wish they were perky.someone told me id ruin my boobs by getting a lift...what should i do???

Due to the usual reasons for sagging skin - aging, chronic dieting and genetics, I am considering a buttocks lift. I am worried that I may be bringing unforeseen medical/health problems into this relatively late stage of my life from what seems a pretty radical surgery which also leaves inch wide scars that run along the backside. How much pain and suffering is there? How long does it take to recover and resume a physically active life - vigorous daily exercise, jogging, sports, dancing, etc.

I don't think I've heard of restrictions like these for a single level fusion, do you have other things wrong with your neck? Generally, we're all placed on restrictions immediately following surgery, but once your fused they pretty much let you do whatever you want. I had no restrictions after I fused and my work was very physical at that time, I also worked with a guy that had had a 3 level and he pretty much did everything everybody else did.

I had decompression surgery in November 2007, and until this year have done well. Since this summer I have had nausea, dizziness, bad taste in my mouth, and severe shoulder and neck pain again. Can arthritis set in after this type of surgery? My incision is 8 inches and long and was 2 inches deep. My exposed cerebelleum was covered with my own dura. Any comments from anyone?

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