Bill D......What did they do through that 3" incision?? Mine is about 12" at least, total..maybe a few more inches. It starts under my chin, goes almost straight down, nearly to my collarbone, and back up to behind my ear. It was stapled also...and yes, you do look like one of hte Adams family members, with that zipper and a drain dangling from beneath it. They removed about half of the staples one week, and the other half the next week. My scar is ok, but it is not invisible. It is not unsightly, though I wouldn't mind it being a little less visible.....small potatoes with all the other stuff done to me, as others have said.

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!