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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?
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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