A clear jawline and a natural neck contour,
shaped beneath the skin.
A deep neck lift, also called a deep contouring neck lift, reshapes the neck beneath the skin as well as tightening it. The result is a clear angle between the jawline and the neck, and a smooth, natural contour.
Like a statue framed by an elegant pedestal, the face is framed by a well-defined jawline. With age, sun damage, and individual features such as bone structure, fat and the neck muscles, the face can appear to sink into the neck without a clear contour.
Several features shape the neck: fat under the skin and, more importantly, fat beneath the platysma muscle; the submandibular glands below the jawline; the digastric muscles under the chin; the size of the jaw and chin; the elasticity of the skin; and the vertical platysma bands in the front of the neck.
A deep neck lift addresses the deeper features, which skin tightening alone cannot change.
Planning starts with what concerns you most about the neck and jawline. Each plan is based on a 3D assessment of the face and neck, which helps you see how the changes being discussed would affect your profile.
The risks and benefits are explained in detail, so that you can make an informed decision.
Through an incision of about 3 cm under the chin, the deeper fat is reduced, along with the anterior bellies of the digastric muscles and the lower part of the submandibular glands where needed.
When there is no excess skin, this is all that is needed: an anterior neck lift. When the skin has loosened, a deep neck lift adds tightening of the platysma and redraping of the skin through incisions around the ears, usually with a deep plane facelift.
Recovery covers the care of the incisions and stitches, antibiotics, pain relief, swelling, and when you can return to work and exercise.
All of these depend on the extent of surgery and on your own health and healing, and are explained in detail before surgery.
The risks of a neck lift are largely those of any operation: a reaction to the anaesthetic, deep vein thrombosis, bleeding and infection. Others are specific to the neck, such as fluid collecting under the skin, changes in sensation, and, rarely, injury to the nerves that move the face.
The two sides of the body are never identical, so symmetry after surgery cannot be perfect, although some natural asymmetry can be improved.
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