Age 36. How can I fix a sagging neck? (photos)

"These are all natural parts of the aging process. What we can do is try preventative treatments or get a neck lift / face lift earlier in the aging process. There are numerous non-surgical options available, and some can be used in combination to get best outcomes, but you would need a consultation with an expert.

Some options for skin tightening include:

- Thermage radiofrequency to heat the skin, tighten it over time, and prevent the aging process
- Ultherapy high-intensity ultrasound to contract the muscle, tighten the face and neck, and prevent the aging process
- PDO NovaThreads or InstaLift threads for immediate lifting without surgery and long-term collagen production
- Sculptra injections for collagen production to areas of the face and neck with crepey skin or early sagging
- BTL Exilis Ultra, Venus Legacy, and Thermi250 for monthly collagen stimulation with facials
- ThermiRF, Renuvion (J Plasma), or Inmode BodyTite for internal heating and tightening with or without surgery
- Fillers (or facial implants) to contour the jawline and chin to improve the appearance of the neck
- Face lift / neck lift with fat grafting and fillers if you need a significant improvement​

​I would suggest getting a formal evaluation with a cosmetic dermatologist. Best, Dr. Emer​​​​"

Recommendations to Improve your neck appearance following your prior neck lift depends on your exam - Your plastic surgeon will evaluate you for five main features that will determine your best options for improvement:1.Amount of excess fat (needs lipo or direct removal).2.Presence of Significant Platysmal Banding (requires platysmaplasy/platysmal plication or Botox)3.Amount of excess Skin and condition of your skin. For example younger age, darker skin colors and no large weight loss history means there will be better elasticity and therefore better post surgical contraction. In milder cases if not too much fat is present there will be enough skin shrinkage with just lipo alone. However for moderate and severe skin redundancy a neck lift or lower facelift (e.g.Lite Lift®, MACS and others),is needed with or without lipo for best results. Mild to minimal skin tightening using non surgical means like the Sciton Laser SkinTyte procedure, Ultherapy or Thermage could also be considered.4. Chin deficiency (without adequate chin support your neckline will suffer)5.Presence of prominent Digastric Muscles or Submandibular gland fullness from laxity or enlargement (partial resection usually best solution)In your particular case, your photo demonstrated significant Platysmal Banding so you sill definitely need a platysma plication (also called platysmaplasty)

firstly botox will certainly help.Your photos look like they are taken with you tensing your platysma muscle - this may be as bad as it looks. How does it look when you relax?Your options include platysmaplasty, platysmotomy or Ultherapy imo.

You need to have a great analysis and in-person evaluation to determine the best course of action for your specific case in order to assess the best rejuvenation treatments for your neck.

You're a bit young for a neck lift.  You may want to consider Botox.  See a BC PS in your area.  Botox will only help vertical banding.  For the excess skin, you may want to wait a few hears until you feel ready for a neck lift.

There are many options available for neck rejuvenation.  An in person evaluation would be necessary to see if your issues truly are just secondary to skin laxity, or if a degree of muscle laxity (platysmal laxity) is present as well.  From a minimally invasive standpoint, procedures like Ultherapy may correct your issue without surgery.  For a more definitive correction, a "Mini Facelift" would help to provide a more powerful solution.  I would suggest you follow up with a board certified facial plastic surgeon to evaluate your options.  Good Luck

While it appears that surgery might be an option for you to improve the appearance of your neck, there is a non-surgical option as well.  Ultherapy, which uses ultrasound to tighten the tissue under the skin, might give you some improvement if you don't want to go the surgical route yet.  

I see more platysma bands especially when you tense your chin up. You may be better off using a little Botox to relax the muscle.

There are several modalities to address your neck issues. The cording of the neck muscles can be improved with Botox injection. Skin resurfacing procedures and improve the quality of the skin. Liposuction can remove the excess fatty tissue under your chin and a neck lift can tighten up the muscles. You would be best served by consulting with a surgeon with expertise in neck lifts and discussing your anatomy and surgical goals.

You can either use a less invasive option such as Ultherapy which is ultrasound based treatment which can tighten the muscle. My preference is to surgically correct the banding using a midline platysmaplasty procedure which tightens the muscle and provides a more reliable result.