Will a neck lift help the crepey skin around my throat area?

With age, the skin of the neck becomes loose and slack and fat deposits form, leaving you with lax and crepey looking skin. Additionally, years of sun damage can create wrinkles and pigmentation issues. A lower facelift and neck lift will tighten the muscles of the neck, remove excess fat deposits and trim excess skin, restoring and revitalizing the appearance of your neck, throat and lower face. Facelifts should incorporate tightening the SMAS (the layer of tissue under the skin) and platysma to be effective long term. Also, the vector, or way in which the skin is tightened and placed, is key to how the final results will appear. The technique used depends on each person's anatomy.Alternatively, if you have very mild "crepiness" as a result of sun damage, then non-surgical skin rejuvenation treatments, like lasers, to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the neck. Consult with an experienced facial plastic surgeon to find out what procedure will provide you with the best results. 

Recommendations to Improve your neck appearance depends on your exam - Your plastic surgeon will evaluate you for four main features:1.Amount of excess fat (needs lipo or direct removal).2.Presence of Significant Platysmal Banding (requires playsmaplasy 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 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)

Patients with “excess of skin” in the neck area may benefit
from a carefully done neck lift under pure local anesthesia with minimal discomfort
or pain. Patients seeking for neck rejuvenation should undergo a consultation
with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon specialized in neck lifts.