Skin Tightening Laser for Turkey Neck?

I am 50 years old. About five years ago I shed all my excess weight (more than 75 lbs) perhaps a little too quickly. As a result I have a very mild "turkey" neck which no amount of stretching or exercise will address. My stomach got wrinkly too, but the neck is my first priority. Is Titan laser the way to go to address these problems?

Asked 35 months ago by SJB in Redondo Beach, CA

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Laser Neck LIft?

I tell me patients that nothing currently is effective for lifting the neck except surgery. As with anything marketed by major companies, occaisionally there may be someone who gets a noticeable result, but those are few and far between.

Benjamin Bassichis, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Laser neck lifting

Unfortunately, there isn't any non-surgical way to tighten the skin on the neck to any significant degree. At 50 years old and after massive weight loss, the elasticity of your skin is inadequate to shrink more than it already has. The excess can be removed in a cheek and neck lift with a beautiful result done by the right surgeon with a 2 week relatively painless recovery!

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

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Laser neck lift

Surgical neck lift is the most effective treatment of turkey neck with significant skin laxity. Although external application of laser may sound appealing, at this point the results are modest at best. An alternative would be a laser assisted liposuction, such as SmartLipo. The laser is passed in the subcutaneous tissue through tiny incisions. This procedure may offer more effective skin tightening for patients with mild to moderate skin laxity. more

Kambiz Jacob Cohen-Kashi, MD

Long Island Plastic Surgeon

Non-invasive lasers are unlikely to correct a "turkey neck"

Non-invasive lasers are unlikely to correct a "turkey neck". That is because a turkey neck is caused by damage to the skin as well as to the underlying fat and muscle. These will require an invasive procedure.

Edward Lack, MD

Chicago Dermatologist

The Titan Will Not Correct a Turkey Neck

As appealing as lasers and other non-incisional approaches might seem, they will be completely ineffective for a 50 year old who has lost 75 lbs (congratulations on the weight loss). A neck lift and possibly a Facelift with Platysmaplasty will be necessary to achieve your goals.

Stephen Prendiville, MD

Fort Myers Facial Plastic Surgeon

Necklifts, Not Laser Skin Treatments, Will Work For A Turkeyneck

As appealing as a laser is for tightening loose skin, a turkey neck problem poses a challenge beyond what heating up the skin can do. Laser and other skin tightening devices have their value in very mild skin excess problems like a 1/2 inch or so. A turkey neck for most patients consists of a skin excess problem that can be measured in a number of inches, often 3 or 4 inches of excess skin and fat. A simple comparison of inches improved will tell you that the results from a laser... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD

Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

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Laser Neck Lift

While a nonsurgical laser skin tightening device alone may only minimally improve neck skin laxity, surgical treatment in concert with the use of a laser is a newer but excellent option to improve the neck's contour. In our practice, we use very small, concealed incisions to perform laser surgery to the neck. The turkey bands (platysma bands) are addressed; in addition, neck contouring is performed. There is no need to make longer incisions (as in a traditional... more

Vishal Banthia, MD

San Jose Facial Plastic Surgeon

Laser is not suitable treatment for a "turkey neck".

Laser assisted liposuction might create some tightening of the skin but only the most modest of amounts. If excess skin is an aesthetic problem anywhere on the body, including the neck, only excision will eliminate it. It sounds as though you need at least a lower facelift.

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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Lasers can improve the Turkey Neck but to a minimal degree

Lasers can improve the Turkey Neck but to a minimal degree. This is a good option for people that are not ready for surgery. The laser can tighten the skin, improve the wrinkles and decrease the aging that occurs with sun damage. One thing to consider that it is better to be safe than sorry in the neck. The neck skin is thinner and has more potential for scarring and other healing issues. So being conservative is vital in the neck area. But to definitely treat the neck a traditional neck... more

Philip Young, MD

Bellevue Facial Plastic Surgeon

Titan laser will not correct the turkey neck

No externally applied laser will correct neck laxity called the turkey neck which occurs after weight loss or with aging. If you have "bands" under the chin in the turkey neck, surgical nect lift is required to correct the banding. Skin tightening machines like Thermage, Refirme, Titan and others have been very disappointing in my expoerience over the past 6 years. When using these technologies, even at high power settings I always have to show the patients before and after... more

Brooke R. Seckel, MD

Boston Plastic Surgeon

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Neck tightening with Laser

We do a lot of skin tightening by laser in our office, mostly on the face and neck. We do also work on the arms, abdomen and breasts. I think that for people with mild to moderate laxity in the mentioned areas, skin tightening via laser can give nice improvements with a series of treatments. However, when there is more than moderate laxity, aging and/or sagging, surgery is the way to go and will give you more bang for your buck so to speak. And this is something that you should discuss... more

Channing R. Barnett, MD

New York Dermatologist

Turkey Neck Treatments

Aging or weight loss can cause loose skin under the neck. Although Necklift surgery with Liposuction will almost always give you the best results, there is downtime and risks associated with these procedures that needs to fit your lifestyle. The laser devices for skin tightenting work by either infrared light or radiofrequency. The infrared light devices such as Skin Tyte by Sciton can achieve great results very quickly. These devices usually require more than one treatment for optimal... more

Shawn Allen, MD

Boulder Dermatologist

Cutera's Titan for turkey neck

A lot of my patients ask how their "turkey neck" can be fixed with non-surgical options. The Titan has a great result to tighten the excess/loose skin, but any fatty tissue present will not be affected. Correct that with either weight loss with our HCG Diet -- lose up to 1 pound a day -- and/or mesotherapy under the neck will give you a vast improvement.

William J. Hedden, MD

Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

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Surgery is the best solution for turkey neck

People who lose as much weight as you do are very similar to what the beach looks like between tides. As the water (fat) goes away, it reveals everything that it covered. In the case of the neck, face, breasts, tummy, butt - all the areas are deflated and they hang. Unfortunately, the ONLY RELIABLE solution which produces THE BEST COSMETIC RESULTS is surgery. A Face and Neck lift will remove all lower face and neck looseness and give you the look you want. Lasers on the other hand, will at... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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Laser Neck Tightening

Neck tightening is best acheived with a surgical approach to the platysma muscles and redundant skin. Some lasers will improve skin elasticity, but there are limitations to the amount of skin tightening. Fraxel laser, Candela Gentle Yag are both approaches to non-surgical skin tightening.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Unfortunately, will not work.

Hi. We have seen a lot of women like you, and the reality is that non-invasive approaches don't work for this problem. So you do need a little surgery: probably just an isolated neck lift done through a short incision under the chin. The good news is it's only a one week recovery.