55 y/o concerned about hanging skin in neck, jowls, upper eyelids. Which technique would work best for me? (photos)

In general, the procedures you are talking about will be a full face and neck lift and upper lid blepharoplasty, with or without a brow lift. I would counsel you to beware of anyone promising results with minimal downtime or incisions. Based on the amount of skin laxity and platysmal banding (neck lines) you are likely to need a full face and neck lift with incisions both in front of and behind the ears. How the surgeon suspends the tissue is a matter of preference but make sure your surgeon plans on anchoring or tightening the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic layer) in some way, otherwise this will be a skin only facelift that will not have the longevity of a full face and neck lift (about 10 years). I would also make sure your surgeon has a specific plan to treat your neck muscles, as this can be a dramatic change in results.

I would suggest a deep plane facelift combined with fat grafting to your nasolabial folds and midface. An upper lid blepharoplasty could be done at the same time for one recovery. Good luck!

I would recommend seeing a board-eligible or board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive aesthetic training in plastic surgery of the face. This includes a plastic surgeon who performed at least a 6 year plastic surgery residency and an extra 1 year aesthetic fellowship. You need a deep plane facelift and necklift with facial fat grafting. The muscle of the neck needs to be repaired/tightened in addition to removing the excess skin.