1 month ago
Although the platysma muscle can be tightened through a neck incision, there is extra skin that cannot be tightened just through the neck. Therefore, other incisions are necessary. You need something else to tighten that neck skin.
A neck incision cannot tighten skin during a neck lift.
Francisco Canales, MD answers: Neck lift incision under the chin?
Why can't surgeons simply make an incision under the chin to access and tighten neck musculature in cases of Neck lift? I do not need a lower facelift; I just have a neck that does not match my face, due to cervical spondylosis. It surely cannot be too difficult to access and tie these loose muscles without drastic surgery. I look like a bullfrog at the moment, so Botox is unlikely to help me.
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