Would a submentoplasty or full neck lift/lower face lift be best for me? (photo)

Thanks for asking this common question. Non-invasive
procedures have limited utility for loose skin underneath the chin and neck.
Submentoplasty is best for people who have significant amounts of fat or
looseness of the underlying platysma, characterized by platysma bands. It also
leaves a submental scar. In general, some version of a neck lift or lower
facelift through an incision that is very well hidden around the ears can offer
a sustained correction of 10 years or more, with a recovery of less than 2
weeks. The procedure can be offered under local anesthesia with sedation, and it
can be done without an incision below the chin. That would be my tentative
recommendation, although an in-person consultation would help. However, to get
improvement in the skin laxity, which I see in the lower neck as well, a
submentoplasty would be an inadequate solution. Good luck.

Thank you for your question and photos!It seems that lower facelift will be a great decision for you. I do perform submentoplasty and neck lifting together for tha cases like you. It will help to lift your cheeks, the corners of your mouth, reduce jowls and marionette lines, as well as provide a significantly better neck contour. Your result can be perfect, I wish you good luck!

You appear from your photograph to be an excellent candidate for a lower face and neck lift.If only a neck lif and platysmaplasty is done the laxity and early jowling along your lower jaw will not be corrected and I doubt that the loose neck skin can adequately be tightened without a posterior extension of the lower facelift incision into the hairline.