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How Do You Get the Sagging Neck Muscle to Go Back Where It Used to Be?

asked 5 months ago by heidi250
Latest answer by Amiya Prasad, MD
Question viewed 218 times
Tags: loose skin, options

i am a thin girl, 46 years old, never had face work done, i have loose skin under neck, but even more so, i have saging muscle tissue???? what type of sergicle persedure is best???

12 answers to How Do You Get the Sagging Neck Muscle to Go Back Where It Used to Be?

Neck lift techniques

Vary considerably. If you are trying to avoid a visible scar, which I would assume you would at your age, you would benefit from either a full facelift or corset platysmaplasty. Both procedures will address lax skin and you should discuss these alternatives with your surgeon. If you were older and did not care about a scar over the front of your neck, a direct cervicoplasty works quite nicely.

Curtis Wong, MD
Redding Plastic Surgeon

Facelifts remove sagging skin and muscle.

Facelifts remove sagging skin and muscle. See an experienced facelift surgeon for the best and natural results.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

How Do You Get the Sagging Neck Muscle to Go Back Where It Used to Be?

Photos of your face and neck would be helpful in the evaluation. Tightening the neck muscle (Platysma) is preformed as part of a formal Neck Lift surgery. Because the neck skin is elevated up and back, the lower face (Jowls) typically is tightend (SMAS) with skin removal as well. Be sure the plastic and cosmetic surgeon, you select, understands and follows the proper aesthetics of facial beauty for the creation of a naturally, more attractive face. more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

A necklift helps with both sagging skin and sagging muscle bands

Hi Heidi250, Some patients have a tendency for sagging necks, due to their family genes. Often times if these patients look at their parents and grandparents, they will see that their necks and lower faces are quite saggy. A procedure that can treat the neck in isolation is either a submentoplasty, which I also like to refer to as a mini-necklift, or a regular necklift. I will expand on both procedures. A Submentoplasty is a procedure which reshapes and tightens the... more

George Yang, MD
New York Facial Plastic Surgeon

Surgical Advice for Sagging Neck Muscle

Thin skin with "sagging muscle" is a challenge since tightening of the skin may not be sustained and surgery of the muscle may not completely improve your appearance. I suggest you meet with an experienced surgeon with extensive experience with face and neck lift surgery to learn what your best options are.

Amiya Prasad, MD
New York Oculoplastic Surgeon

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Tightening sagging neck muscle

Based on what you are describing it appears that you would benefit from a surgical neck lift - this will address all 3 layers, skin, fat, and muscle.

Sam Naficy, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Sagging skin under the neck is best addressed by a facelift

Facelift procedures are best to address excess skin under the chin and neck. The muscles via SMAS and platysma procedures as well as the excess skin will be addressed with a facelift procedure. See a reputable surgeon in your area and look at their before and after pictures, speak with their patients who have gone through the same procedure, and discuss your objectives and desires with your surgeon so a good surgical plan may be addressed. Best regards!

Michael Elam, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

Sagging neck muscles

Sagging muscles need to be addressed through a platysmaplasty whereby the 2 anterior platysmal cords are sewn together through a small submental incision. This is done at the time of a neck lift or a face/neck lift. If there is excess and loose skin in the neck, a face/neck lift must be performed to tighten excess skin.

William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Tightening loose neck muscles

It's hard to say what precise surgery would be best in your case without seeing your neck. In general, the neck muscles can be tightened with a platysma-plasty. If you also have loose neck skin a facelift may be indicated as well to help with tightening the area appropriately.

Thomas A Lamperti, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

Neck laxity and facelift

The neck is the key to facial rejuvenation, and at age 46 a soft or 'mini' facelift should be able to take care of teh laxity in skin and muscle. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Limited Necklift Procedures for Saggy Neck

Tightening neck muscle and skin with any degree of laxity requires some form of a facelift procedure. Whether this is an isolated submentoplasty or a mini- or full facelift depends on the amount of loose skin and how saggy the jawline and neck is. Given your relatively young age of 46, it is likely that the more limited face and necklift procedures are what you most need.

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

Fixing a sagging neck

There are a number of ways to fix a sagging neck. Usually, surgery is the most effective option as it allows the surgeon to anchor the platysma muscle (the drooping muscle in the neck that can create a turkey neck appearance) in it's mor natural, youthful position. This eliminates the laxity in the neck and helps to create a well defined jaw line. It does not however address jowling. A neck entails an incision under the chin in what is referred to as the submental crease which is... more