Facelift Necklift Less than Perfect Outcomes and other Forms of Necklifting by Dr. Philip Young of Bellevue | Seattle:
Question: I had a facelift and necklift a year ago and it hasn’t turned out the way I envisioned it would be. Is there another form of a neck lift?
Answer: There are many different ways to do Neck lifts and facelifts (Dr Young Bellevue, near Seattle Washington). It really depends on how your surgeon did your lift. There are a lot of shortcuts out there and if you didn’t have a really extensive neck lift you are likely going to have some recurrence. I have done over 1200 face and neck lifts and I know that to really address the neck you need to do direct work there. I prefer to do a corset platysmaplasty. You can go and read about this in more detail in my other blogs. But you really have to tighten the neck under the chin area in order to treat the laxity in the neck skin and muscles. Also, manytimes, it is necessary to go under the neck muscles (platysma) in order to treat the fat underneath and also the muscles under the chin may need some resecting to really improve the area more. Current face and neck lifts that are marketed out there just take too many shortcuts to tighten the neck. Although they take less long to do, they just don’t address the neck sufficiently. You can send a picture to me and I can take a look at your neck and what you are worried about. Here is a video on a neck lift:
I hope that helps.
Thanks for reading, Dr Young
Dr Young specializes in Facial Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery and is located in Bellevue near Seattle, Washington