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What Are Non Surgical Options for Tightening Loose Neckline

asked 1 year ago by klak44252 in colleyville, Texas
Latest answer by Babak Azizzadeh, MD
Question viewed 1,024 times
Tags: lines, non surgical

through surgery for removal of parotid gland, my neckline is loose, saggy and very unattractive. What are some options, if any, to tighten and smooth lines and sagging.

13 answers to What Are Non Surgical Options for Tightening Loose Neckline

Ulthera is a new option for tightening a loose neckline without surgery

Ulthera is a new option for tightening a loose neckline without surgery. It is a brand new laser my office now carries, similar to Thermage but we have found that it provides even better results. Nothing is as good as surgery, but this is the best non-surgical option available. Please feel free to call us and schedule an appointment!

Babak Azizzadeh, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.facialplastics.info

Loose neck skin needs a facelift

Loose skin in the neck and jowl is best treated by some form of a facelift. Since a facelift is really a neck and jowl smoothing treatment, it will produce the most assured result. In the face of having had a parotidectomy, there will be asymmetry in the amount of skin tightening that is needed for each side. That can be differnentially managed during the facelift operation. There are different variations of a facelift based on how much loose neck and jowl skin exists and the extent of... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

Loose neck skin

If you have loose skin in the neck, a facelift and neck lift may be the option to best treat your concerns.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Non surgical treatments for removing skin don’t exist

Unfortunately non surgical treatments for removing skin don’t exist. Some treatments including chemicals and laser resurfacing of skin can remove wrinkles and gently tighten the skin. These treatments can not remove excess skin as often occurs on the upper eyelids or in the neck. Some day perhaps we will figure out a way to achieve this but for now there are excellent well established and safe techniques to surgically remove and tighten excess facial skin, including lower facelifts.... more

Thomas Buonassisi, MD
Vancouver Facial Plastic Surgeon

Sagging neck after parotidectomy requires more invasive treatments.

Sagging neck after parotidectomy requires more invasive treatments. You can try Thermage or other radio frequency treatments or fillers or creams etc and after you have spent all that money you will still not have the results that you really wanted in the first place. Yes, some of those treatments will offer some improvement, but if you want to save the time and expense of experimenting with those treatments then speak to a plastic surgeon about a face/neck lift. more

Richard H. Fryer, MD
Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon

Tightening skin of the neckline usually requires surgery

Unfortunately, surgery is the only reliable technique to tighten neck skin. The Thermage laser is reputedly successful in giving a modest tightening of neck skin in some patients, but unfortunately, it is only successful in a relatively small percentage of cases.

Roger J. Oldham, MD
Bethesda Plastic Surgeon

Non-Surgical options for loose neckline

Thermage® is now a safe, non-invasive, radiofrequency (RF) cosmetic procedure that’s clinically proven to help smooth, tighten and contour skin for an overall younger looking appearance. The treatment delivers natural looking results with little to no downtime —on all skin colors, on and off the face, all in a single procedure. Fast and easy, you can even come in during your lunch break and return to work after! Thermage® uses radiofrequency technology to... more

Michelle Copeland, MD, DMD
New York Plastic Surgeon

No good non-surgical neck tightening treatments

There are really no non-surgical treatments that give anything of significance in skin tightening to be close to worth the money they can cost. Accept that a neck lift is needed and maybe it can even improve or move back the parotidectomy scar. A WORD OF CAUTION here is that after a parotidectomy, the facial nerve branches that make your face move will be right under the skin after removing at least the outer half of the gland. It is vital that you go to an experienced... more

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

NON-Surgical Way to Tighten Neck Skin

Regarding: "through surgery for removal of parotid gland, my neckline is loose, saggy and very unattractive. What are some options, if any, to tighten and smooth lines and sagging" No non-surgical option can match the smoother results of a surgical Neck Lift. But if you are absolutely resolute against having surgery, you should look at SKINTYTE treatment. The SkinTyte treatment by Sciton is a lunchtime treatment done in monthly stages which DOES tighten skin. Take the time... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Loose neck treated without surgery

If you understand that no treatments can tighten the neck as much as surgery, then you can consider Thermage, Botoz and Fraxel. These are often used together and may tighten the neck to some degree. Additional treatments may have to be given again as the results from Botox last about five months. The Fraxel and Thermage may produce much longer term results, but not as significant as surgery.

Ronald Shelton, MD
Manhattan Dermatologist

Minor procedures usually equals minor results

If you have significant skin laxity the only satisfactory treatment is a necklift. Other than that you could consider radiofrequency treatment as an option which has approximately a 20% satsifaction rate.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Neck lift

The gold standard for optimal results is truely a necklift. Anything else will give you a suboptimal result. Having said that, for severe neck laxity, I would only consider doing a necklift. For milder skin laxity, some lasers will produce reasonable results. Hope this information is of help.

Siamak Agha, MD, PhD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Nonsurgical neck correction

Having had good friends try even minor surgical alternatives on myself, I can attest that only surgery works to really tighten the loose skin. Seek consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and go to someone else if all they want to do is treat you with a machine or some way that does not remove the skin excess.