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Neck Lift
Two Different Necks, Two Different Procedures
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The Full Neck
Heaviness under the chin and along the jawline, a softened or blurred angle between chin and neck, sometimes a “double” contour. This is largely an accumulation pattern: fullness that needs contouring.
The plan usually centers on removing and refining that fullness so the jawline and neck angle re-emerge. In the right candidate, submental liposuction of the neck alone can do a lot; more often it’s combined with deeper work for a lasting contour.
The Lax Neck
Loose, crepey skin and vertical bands running down the front of the neck. These bands are the edges of the platysma muscle, which has separated and slackened with time.
Removing fat here won’t help and can make things look worse. A lax neck needs the platysma muscle repositioned and tightened and the skin re-draped, which is deep-layer work, not contouring.
Neck and Face Are One Result
The platysma in the neck is continuous with the SMAS in the face, one structural sheet. That’s why a facelift and neck lift are so often done together: addressing the face while leaving a heavy or banded neck breaks the harmony the eye reads instantly. The deep plane facelift works on that continuous layer, so the jawline and neck are restored as part of one balanced result rather than a separate operation.
Most necks are a mix of fullness and laxity, in different proportions. Which is why the plan is built after reading your neck, not from a menu. See How Your Face Ages for more on accumulation versus depletion.
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