Face Lift Recovery

I am not quite two weeks out from a neck lift. I am happy so far with everything except my mouth. One side (the first, tighter side) of my mouth is tight, and my lower lip on that side makes my smile and laugh VERY asymmetrical. At the one-week check-up I was assured that it would "relax." I am doing hot and cold compresses and massage. I can see little results after 6 days of this treatment. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I be massaging the lip area as well as the jawbone and cheek area? Any other suggestions? Will it go away? They say the surgery was not deep enough to have caused damage, and I have movement in the lip except I cannot "make" the lower lip go lower when I laugh. HELP!