Thank you for taking the time to read and view the exhaustive material I’ve put online about my case. You have done a better job at making my situation more understandable than I have myself. I have a tendency to elaborate on every detail which can be confusing to the reader. I believe I got this way because the surgeons I consulted for help always acted as if they couldn’t understand the “mechanics” of the problem. Not wanting to believe they were just trying to get rid of me, I resorted to elaborate descriptions, mistakenly thinking that their failure to “see” or not “get it” was due to my inability to describe things in proper medical terminology.

Of course, I know better now. They were all playing me for a fool, believing opnions would never be questioned. You have proven what I have always known.. that common sense and an analytical mind can easily see through their lies. Thank you for taking time to share your very accurate analysis. I hope this causes others to question the opinions of doctors when they know mistakes have been made.

Lucille

” In 1997, Ms. Iacovelli had a face lift. Everything went well — so well, in fact, that she decided, with doctor’s permission, to have a rhinoplasty just two months later. The rhinoplasty caused a swelling that affected the still-healing face lift, loosening the skin of the neck from the ‘platysma’ muscle underneath it, causing a droopy, ‘turkey-neck’ appearance.

In 2001, Ms. Iacovelli had a ‘revision’ face lift that not only did not address the problem caused by the original, but made it worse — much worse — by pulling the platysma muscle the wrong way, so tightly that it forcibly pulls her jaw inward and downward, understandably making it difficult for her to eat, swallow, and even breathe normally. ”

One only has to pull inward and downward on their own neck to get an idea of the discomfort that Ms. Iacovelli has had to live with every minute of every day since her second face lift.

One would hope that any surgeon who makes a grievous error — whether purely cosmetic or, especially, health-affecting — would do whatever s/he could to correct that error. Unfortunately, many surgeons do not. Ms. Iacovelli’s surgeons have not. Perhaps they don’t like to admit their own mistakes… Perhaps they don’t like her outspokenness… In any case, it’s a shame.

Lucille… I know you don’t know me… But please know that my heart goes out to you… I hope you are finding some comfort these days… If only it could be the comfort that these doctors should have had the simple human compassion to help you find years ago!

Sincerely,
Cleo