Unfortunately, however young we feel from our heart, our bodies often opt for different path… and the neck is one of the first places where many people show signs of ageing. This can be difficult to accept but despite of healthy lifestyle, with time skin naturally loses its elasticity – and not just with increasing age, this can also be as a result of weight loss, sun exposure and other environmental factors. A youthful lower face and neck can be restored with plastic surgery to tighten the skin and muscle, remove any excess fat deposits and divide any bands of tissue.
In majority of cases, it is performed as part of a facelift, but in some patient main ‘problem’ area is the neck, so opt for neck lift only, in order to rejuvenate the neck area only.
Neck lift surgery can address several aesthetic issues:
-Remove sagging skin and muscle in the midline
-Remove any vertical bands in the neck
-Redefine the jaw line
Neck lift surgery typically involves a small incision below the chin, which allows access to the platysma muscle, a thin muscle just beneath the skin to smoothen and redefine the neck. Through another small incision hidden behind each ear, the lateral platysma is accessed and tighten to restore a youthful looking jaw line. Due to small incision that’s too in invisible region, final scar is almost invisible once it is healed.
Anesthesia: Local or General
Length of stay: Day care
Length of surgery: 2-3 hrs
Time to resume work: 3-5 days
Return to light exercise: 3 weeks