Neck Lift – How is the procedure?

Neck lift is among the most popular plastic surgeries around the world. It exists to elevate the characteristics of the patient’s neck. The medical term for the same surgery is lower rhytidectomy. It is a series of procedures that is combined to help you achieve the outlook you want.

This surgical technique is the most effective and provides the least scarring. Especially, when getting rid of excess skin on the neck. Since this technique can only be performed with facelift, patients with excess skin on the neck should decide very well whether they want to stretch the neck during facelift surgery. Otherwise, if you change your mind in the future and want to have a neck lift surgery, you should know that facelift surgery scars will occur once again and the cost of surgery will increase.

How Neck Lift Surgery is performed?

Neck lift surgery performed by face lift is the most common operation among plastic surgeries. This surgery is performed simultaneously with facelift surgery. During this surgery the incisions placed in front of the ear and behind the ear of facelift surgery. Then, the neck is reached from the side towards the midline. The skin of the neck is separated from the platysma muscle. The looseness of the platysma muscle is tightened by sewing techniques called the “corset” technique. The neck skin is then stretched sideways and the excess skin is thrown behind the ear.

This surgical technique is the most effective and provides the least scarring when getting rid of excess skin on the neck. Since this technique can only be performed with facelift, patients with excess skin on the neck should decide very well whether they want to stretch the neck during facelift surgery. Otherwise, if you change your mind in the future and want to have a neck lift surgery, you should know that facelift surgery scars will occur once again and the cost of surgery will increase.