Neck Lift: Q&A
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What Procedure Options Do I Have for Neck Lines?
I am 51 and am bothered daily by the horizontal lines and laxity of my neck. I have a small jaw and weak chin as well. What is my best option and where would any surgical scars be? Thank you.
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kerryann
in Toronto, ON
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Neck lines
There is no good treatment option for horizontal neck bands. Botox can sometimes help and injectable fillers have a limited role
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Botox Can Help Horizontal Neck Lines
Thank you for your question.
The Horizontal Neck Lines are caused by muscle attachments. Botox can be of help in some patients but Botox will not remove them entirely.
The weak chin and loose skin can be treated with a chin implant and neck lift. If you have excess loose skin, the neck lift may lessen the appearance, but not remove, the horizontal folds of skin overlying the neck lines.
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Neck Lines: Nonsurgical and Surgical Options
Skin loses collagen and firmness as we age. Nonsurgical options for neck lines due to skin laxity include Pelleve to tighten loose skin, which I offer to my patients in NY. Pelleve boosts collagen production and reduces appearance of wrinkles and lines, while contracting and tightening loose skin, improving theskin quality, firmness and tightness you can see and feel in your neck. Botox can also help in some cases, especially where neck bands are concerned
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Neck lines are difficult. neck lift could help and other options exist
Neck lines are a difficult. Laser resurfacing could help improve them to a minimal degree but this has to be done carefully lest scarring could occur. Fat injections can improve some of these lines. Fillers are temporary and not very effective. Below is an example of a video that helps to answer this question for you to watch and a link to see more informative videos:
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Horizontal neck flexion creases/lines
There is nothing that can be done about the horizontal neck flexion creases. These are congenital and there is no surgery that can be performed on them to remove them. The anterior platysmal cords are best treated with a platysmaplasty where the bands are sewn together with permanent sutures. A small jaw and weak chin line are best treated with a chin augmentation procedure. The chin augmentation material is composed of silastic and is inserted up through the...
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A chin implant and skin resection will leave the best result
From a nonsurgical standpoint there are some procedures that could be done to make the horizontal lines less noticeable including Botox to relax the platysma muscle, as well as resurfacing techniques such as CO2 laser. Dermal filler can also fill in the horizontal lines. For a weak chin, injection of a long-lasting dermal fillers such as Artefill or Juveni can be done but chin implants are much more reliable. Speak with your surgeon about these different options
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Best Option for Neck Lines and Weak Chin
Neck lines form due to the effects of age and gravity on the skin. The elastin in the dermis, or deeper layer of the skin, becomes weak and the skin of the face and neck begin to sag. Mild improvement of skin laxity in the face and neck can be obtained with Pelleve, Cutera Tita or Thermage treatments. However, much more significant improvement can be obtained with a facelift. The facelift incisions are placed around the edges of the ears and extend into the scalp. The scars are...
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What Procedure Options Do I Have for Neck Lines?
What Procedure Options Do I Have for Neck Lines? You have several options from the least invasie (and effective) to the most.
Botox injections to the neck creases and bands.
Skin excision under the chin with a chin implant to stregthen the chin.
1 and 2 combined with a formal Neck Lift that has incisions withing the posterior hair and behind each ear within the crease. This will tighten the neck bands and remove excess neck skin. The horizontal creases...
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Neck lift
Although it is difficult to accurately evaluate your neck from this photo, it appears that, as you said, you have some skin laxity and coarse horizontal lines. In addition, it appears that you have platysmal banding in this photo. Although different treatments such as thread lifts, laser, botox or fillers have been proposed for some of the issues you are concerned with, to address and improve all, you would benefit from a neck lift. Incisions for a neck lift are typically made around...
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