Flap of loose skin under my chin. What can I do about it that won't leave a scar on my neck? (photo)

There are great tech options for firming loose skin, but they can only go so far.See a plastic surgeon, as most any non surgical treatment simply can't promise what you'd like to achieve. A good surgeon can offer options and nearly invisible scar placement.As much as we'd all like to find the non surgical procedure that duplicates surgery, as yet it doesn't exist - though some treatments make remarkable improvements.Do some investigation into a board certified plastic surgeon who has sufficient experience with surgical procedures for men.

Dear Anon,
You are a candidate for MyEllevate. This is a non-incision suture-suspension neck lift that uses a suture to pull the loose skin up into the cervicomental angle. It also cuts the medial border of the platysma where bands may be visible. The skin is treated with laser under the dermis to help induce contraction that goes on over the next six months. While there may still be a bit of laxity left under your chin, the webbed appearance that goes from the chin down to the thyroid cartilage should be largely corrected. You can see a lot of images of this by searching for "MyEllevate before and afters". There are animations that show how the procedure is done.
MyEllevate is a non-incision suture-suspension neck lift. It is usually accompanied with Precision laser skin tightening, and if there is a component of excess fat, then, in addition, liposuction is done.
The procedure is not the equivalent of a surgical face and neck lift, but can give improvement of the cervicomental angle more than can sometimes be obtained with liposuction with or without laser skin tightening alone.
Greater and lesser degrees of neck laxity will influence how much improvement is obtained.
The main criterion for a good outcome is how much skin laxity there is, and this is often associated with aging.
So, patients who have less laxity to begin with look tighter and have a better neck angle and appearance, than patients who are getting jowls and have more laxity.
The procedure is done with local anesthesia in the office operating room. After surgery, there is an anterior neck dressing held in place by a Velcro head wrap.
This wrap is left on for three days. Also, a cervical collar is worn during that time, as a reminder to keep the chin up, and worn for another week whenever there may be a tendency to look down, as in reading and eating.
A feeling of tightness usually lasts about two weeks. Progressive skin tightening and smoothing of the skin occurs over the next several weeks, with skin tightening continuing for six months.

An exam is needed to know for sure but you will likely have the best outcome from a surgical neck lift. Depending on the degree of laxity you may have improvement with FaceTite which is a minimally invasive procedure to tighten skin. It does not require general anesthesia. See a board certified plastic surgeon near you to learn more.