by Bellevue | Seattle’s Dr. Philip Young | Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery:

This is a question that I answered for a patient that liposuction done by another surgeon. She was followed by one of the nurses who told her to stop wearing the wrap 11 days after the procedure and that there was nothing to do about the lumps.  She wanted a second opinion.  this is how I answered her question:

Wearing a wrap after the neck lift can be very beneficial. Lumps and bumps are usually par for the course and sometimes unavoidable. They could be areas where there was a previous blood or fluid collection, a suture, retained fat deposit, etc.  I suggest to my patients wearing the wrap non stop for 7 days, and then at night for a total of 2 months.  Where there are areas of swelling, lumps and bumps I suggest them placing some extra gauze there under the wrap for more pressure. This often can resolve some extra swelling.  If this continues there are other measures that can be taken to help the situation, ie steroid injections, more liposuction, removal of the suture, etc.

Thanks for reading, Dr Young

Dr Young specializes in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington

Keloids occur less in the facial area and certain ethnicities are more prone. It really depends on where you develop keloids.  Areas of high movement such as the knees, and shoulders are more likely to develop keloids.  The high part of the chest is another area that has a predilection for keloid production.  If you developed keloid in these prone areas the chances are that you develop keloids to the facial area are probably a lot less.  You are caucasian based on the pictures which leads me to believe that you are probably less likely to develop keloids in your face and neck area.  But you may be a rare case and more details about your keloid formation would help someone decide.  The options for improving your turkey neck include liposuction which will give you some mild to moderate improvement.  A formal neck lift (or necklift / platysmaplasty / lower face lift ) can entail only small incisions under your chin and behind your ear and hide very well and really improve your turkey neck (or submental fat, double chin / neck laxiy / neck bands / fatty neck).  Others have used lasers to tighten up the skin to a minimal degree.  But if you really want some results, I would do a more formal procedure and it can make a world of difference!

Thanks for reading, Dr Y

Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington