Viddler

This is what I was forced to resort to simply to BREATHE with my head in a normal position. I had to mutilate my own flesh to survive... I was only able to use these for a few months because the pressure caused necrosis. These are hardware clips, so strong that I cannot clip one on my finger for more than a few seconds because it hurts badly. I was able to tolerate these on my face, clipping the full thickness of skin, because there is very little sensation. It has been this way since after the rhinoplasty swelling when all areas undermined in the first facelift became stretched and newly forming adhesion compromised. This skin does not bleed, nor does it bruise, so the degree of trauma my survival methods exacts on tissue cannot be appreciated by the appearance of the skin. If I applied the same treatment to skin on my chin (which has never been subjected to surgery) it would bruise and/or bleed.)

Use of this device allowed me to have normal posture, breathe and swallow with head held normally for the first time since the day of surgery in 2001. This also relieved terrible pain and pressure deep in ears which has been constant since day of surgery. I believe this pressure and tinnitus and diminished hearing is due to caudal tension which has been constantly pulling ears and internal structures down, including Eustachian tubes. This would account for sensation of "taste" deep in ears when eating spicy foods.

Forced to find my own means to continue functioning, this has destroyed the supporting musculature in my neck. I believe this problem could have been simply addressed within the first few years post-operative, with transection/release of platysma muscles which was not done in the surgery. As time passed with the extreme tension left in place, every attempt at normal movement made the inappropriate tension tear and weaken the deeper supporting musculature.