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Elizabeth S. Lee, MD answers: Turkey neck procedure with minimal downtime?

I am 55 years old and would like to know which procedure is best for treating a turkey neck with the least amount of downtime?


Elizabeth S. Lee, MD
1 month ago
By Elizabeth S. Lee, MD - San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

In general, "turkey neck" improvement requires a surgical procedure.  What surgery is best for you really depends on what is sagging.  Is it skin, is it fat, is it a separation of muscles or a combination of all three.  In general improvement in the neck can be made through small incisions under the chin and behind the ears, nicely hidden in skin creases.  I generally tell patients to expect to take 1-2 weeks off work from a desk job, but the healing process continues for longer than that.  It is a surgery, but one with high patient satisfaction in my experience.

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