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I Am 68 and Petite, I Have a Chicken Neck and Jowels. Would a Neck Lift Be Enough to Help Give Me a More Youthful Appearence?
I am 5' and weigh 122
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Alannah44
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Neck Lift Alone Will Not Correct Jowls
Thank you for your question.
A Neck Lift will tighten your neck but will not improve the jaw line and jowls.
Take your hands and push up on the neck to tighten the neck. Do you see the excess skin which has been pushed up onto your jaw line. Just doing a neck lift will leave this excess skin pushed up onto the jaw line.
You will need at least a lower Facelift in addition to the neck lift. A full Facelift would be your best option.
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Neck lift not enough
From your photos it would not appear that a neck lift alone will be enough to give you a great result. A facelift (cheek and neck lift) is more what you look to need because you show changes in the cheeks, jawline, and neck. Actually, a neck lift alone is rather rare.
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Face and Neck Lift for Neck and Jowls
A face and neck lift is a far more powerful tool than neck lift alone and has applicability to a far greater number of patients.
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At age 68, facelift and neck lift should be done together.
Hi.
Everything sags together beginning at the cheek bones. So it does not make sense to try to lift the lower part (neck) only.
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Neck lift will not address jowls
At 68 years old a neck lift will not do anything for the excess skin that is present. A face/neck lift is the proper procedure. Excess skin is tightened in the neck and jowls, fat is removed from the neck, and tightening the platysmal muscle in 3 locations. There will be a significant amount of excess skin at age 68 and a lower face/neck lift is the appropriate procedure.
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Neck lift - expected results
From your photo, I'd recommend a combined facelift and necklift. Combining the two operations will allow you to blend the two areas better. Although it is more expensive the outcomes are spectacular!
Best wishes!!
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Neck lift alone OK but not best option
If one part of the face is rejuvenated in excess of the rest it may at times draw attention to the parts that were not rejuvenated. This is why we often perform a comprehensive facial rejuvenation for optimal balance and harmony
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Is a neck lift enough for me
A neck lift is good at addressing banding in the neck from a sagging platysma muscle. It is not effective at addressing jowls. A facelift is the most effective way to lift the sagging fat in the cheeks that creates the jowl look. In your case, I think you would be best served with a facelift and a neck lift as a combined procedure which is a very common procedure.
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I Am 68 and Petite, I Have a Chicken Neck and Jowels. Would a Neck Lift Be Enough to Help Give Me a More Youthful Appearence?
Aesthetically speaking, from the photo provided, the face shows excess fatty tissue of the face and neck along with flat cheeks and excess skin. A necklift performed alone would not be able to rejuvenate the upper face and would result in pleats of excess tissue immediately below the ear lobes. For a naturally more attractive, feminine and youthful face the following issues should be addressed by a plastic and cosmetic surgeon that understands and follows the proper...
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Necklift vs. Facelift
Not all neck lift procedures are the same. The answer to your question therefore depends a bit on what the particular surgeon does during the procedure. For example my standard neck lift includes:
Liposuction beneath the chin and of the jowls
An incision around the earlobe and on the back of the ear
Re-supporting the deep tissues
Removing extra skin
While this will improve the appearance of your neck to some degree, you'd best be served by a facelift....
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Chicken Neck & Jowls-Is a neck lift enough?
In addition to the neck laxity and jowls you also have deepening of the nasolabial creases and a loss of facial fat over the cheekbones. There is also sagging of your brow with deep creases in the area between the brows. For you too look your best you would do best with a brow lift and face and neck lift.
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Necklift, Facelift, and Facial Harmony
I agree with the other plastic surgeons regarding the need for facelift and that an isolated necklift is an unusual procedure. I would add that most people age fairly uniformly, and by the 60's have diffuse age-related changes, not just with the neck and/or lower face. Rejuvenating only the neck and lower face in such a person can create a disharmony, leaving behind the aged eyelids and brow. So although the neck and jowls may be your focus now, discuss other possible...
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Would a Neck Lift Be Enough
Ladies that come into the office to talk about how to look younger mostly mention the neck, so your concern is a common one. The problem with tightening the neck alone is that it will make the aging of the face look unbalanced if you don't also get an improvement of the jowls and cheeks. You are lucky, you live in the Northwest where prices for these procedures are considerably lower than in areas like the Northeast and California. See an experienced surgeon in facial rejuvenation to...
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Facelift and including the neck for 68 years of aging,
Facelift and including the neck for 68 years of aging is what you need -- less will not give you what you want.
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Facelift and necklift is more appropriate to treat your concerns
I agree with my colleagues that an isolated necklift will leave you unsatisfied with the result. A lower facelift and necklift will better rejuvenate your neckline, jawline and lower face. I hope this information is helpful.
Stephen Weber, M.D.
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Neck Lift Will Be Insufficient
This is a question I hear from a lot of patients 65+ in my practice. The brief answer is that a neck lift alone would be a waste of time. I agree with Dr. Rand that the only procedure that will provide significant aesthetic benefit to your neck and lower face is a Facelift. The aging changes that are affecting the cheeks, jowls, and jawline are contiguous with the obliquity in the neck. Appropriate repositioning of these soft tissues, combined with tightening the...
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