Plastic Surgery of the Neck – The First Sign of Aging

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Nora Ephron wrote “I Feel Bad about My Neck,” a book about getting older,

Ephron is a wonderful writer, but her take on plastic surgery is a little off the mark. The title, Ephron writes, came from a conversation with a plastic surgeon when she inquired about neck rejuvenation. She came away from the consultation with the idea that her aging neck could only be rejuvenated along with a face lift.

Many of California Surgical Institute’s Los Angeles area patients also first notice they are getting older when their neck skin and muscles start to sag and turn into the dreaded “double chin.

Whatever the cause, plastic surgeons routinely make a sagging neck look better by doing a neck lift.

Younger patients, in their 30s and early 40s, can often get away with just having liposuction. The plastic surgeon usually works through a small incision under the chin so the scar remains out of sight. Due to youth, the skin usually contracts.

Older patients, however, people in their 50s and 60s with inelastic skin, usually must have a longer procedure that may also reduce sagging jowls.

The surgeon works through an incision close to the ears and reaches down to repair the platysma, a muscle that runs from the chin to the bottom of the neck. Normal aging causes that muscle to sag and droop.

In most cases, the surgeon also pulls the facial skin up and back toward the ears and trims away the excess. If you have a receding chin line, the surgeon can insert a chin implant at this point to create a more balanced profile.

Results? A rejuvenated facial profile that creates a younger, more refreshed look. View some before and after neck lift pictures.

What shape is your neck in?

admin @ December 23, 2008