What is the best treatment for sagging horizontal neck lines? (photo)

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What's the best way to tighten the sagging skin in the middle of the front of my neck? I am considering ultherapy but the technician I consulted advised me she won't go directly over my problem area because that's where the thyroid is... but that treating skin around/above it will help pull my problem area tighter. Thank you in advance for any advice!

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful to build collagen in patients who have atrophic scars but is not very productive for ice-pick scars which require TCA Cross. For tissue tightening, Morpheus is ideal for the face and neck and we often combine it with CO2 laser or Ultherapy to further enhance results. Chemical peels and skin resurfacing should be done at least 5 to 7 days after, but can be performed earlier, depending on treatment severity. Avoid exfoliating skin treatments before Morpheus and expect a period of 2-4 weeks for skin contraction to set in.

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Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

you likely need face/neck lift. but you can try threads, botox, pixel8 and/or fillers like dilute radiesse in the office.
 
if you want a dramatic change necklift/facelift, Implants and fillers will give you that on the neck and jawline contouring and tightening of the neck contour . noninvasive may  improve the area and slow down the aging process with  facetite or renuvion as an office procedure with liposuction or without downtime PDO or instalift threads, morpheus or pixel8 deep microneedling RF , and botox/dysport/xeomin to stop muscle movement of the platysma bands and fillers for jawline contouring and chin.  We also use diluated fillers or sculptra on the neck to improve collagen production like belotero and hyperdilute radiesse .
 
start at home dermarolling to tighten you r skin, see emeragecismetics where we do free skincare consults daily and recommend emerageskin roller with anteageMD ampules daily ( see link).  Peels like cosmelan or enlighten give more dramatic at home results in 7-10 days, for less downtime you can do EMERAGE SKIN AERIFY every 2 weeks overnight and get tightening and improvement in lines and discoloration. 
 
With significant neck sagging you would need a neck/face lift with muscle tightening (platysmaplasty). at the same time lasers (fraxel,  co2 or halo) or microneedling RF (fractora, morpheus, pixel8 ) can be performed to improve the crepe skin or wrinkles and combined together for best outcomes.  
 
 You need a formal consultation, as the neck can be treated with a combination approach:
1. micro needling and MNRF and lasers for texture
2. botox, disport or xeomin to help platysmal bands and chin crepiness 
3. intensif , fractora , morpheus, pixel8 MN RF for crepe skin and lifting and tightening 
4. fillers like belotero, restylane silk, juvederm volbella , and hyperdilute radiesse  to improve lines and folds and collagen production 
5. neck/face lifting if sagging is prominent or early starting +/- platysmaplasty (muscle tightening)
6. J plasma/Renuvion, thermiRF, inmode facetite for internal tightening with liposuction 
7. ultherapy and thermage for external tightening
8. regular radiofrequency facials like Venus legacy, exilis ultra, or inmode forma treatments with facials to maintain tightness (recommend twice monthly) 
9. PDO novathreads or silhouette instalift cone threads for lifting and long-term collagen production
 
S ee an expert for a full evaluation and treatment plan based on your individual situation and goals.
Best, Dr. Emer

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