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Early signs of ageing in the neck is the appearance of wrinkles and excess skin. Further ageing leads to the appearance of platysmal bands or webbing due to platysma muscle in the neck. The platysma muscle is an extension of the SMAS fascia in the face.  

What is the neck lift procedure?

An extended incision from the lobule to the back of the back ear is made to expose and mobilize the skin and muscle bands in the neck. The neck is lifted by tightening the platysmal bands and removing excess skin.

How long is the Facelift procedure and the recovery time?

All the above surgical procedures may be done under local anaesthesia and sedation or with general anaesthesia as an option. The duration of surgery ranges from 4-6 hours depending on the extent of surgery required in one sitting. Head or neck bandage will be applied post-operatively and they can be removed after review the next day. The recovery period is about 1-2 weeks.

Supplementary Procedures for Facial Rejuvenation

Non-surgical or minimally invasive procedures like Laser Resurfacing or Micro Fat Grafting can be used to complement the facelift surgical procedures to improve the outcome of the surgery.

Laser Resurfacing

Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing with serum application is performed to stimulate collagen formation in the facial skin, giving it a clear and firm looking skin. It usually requires a series of 3-5 treatments at monthly intervals to see the improvement.

Micro-Fat Grafting

With ageing, the face has loss of volume due to atrophy of fat or soft tissue. Micro-fat grafting serves to improve the volume of the facial soft tissue. The procedure involves judicious harvesting of healthy fat cells and transferring them into the face to stimulate the regeneration of collagen and soft tissue.

Temple & Cheek Lift – Upper & Mid Facelift
Early signs of ageing usually appears around the eyes and cheek. The lateral brow starts to droop and the cheek complex starts to sag. There is associated anterior cheek flattening and appearance of the nasojugal groove. A cheek and temple lift is suitable to reposition the sagging cheek and periorbital tissue. A short scar method is used. The incision is made in the temple scalp extending down to the lobule. The skin flap is raised to expose the internal periorbital tissue and cheek tissue which are then suspended with internal sutures. The skin flap is lifted, tightened and excess skin removed before closure.

Cheek & Jowls Lift – Lower & Mid Facelift
With further ageing there is more severe sagging of the cheek and facial tissue leading to the appearance of jowls and accentuation of the naso-labial groove. 

A similar pre-auricular incision extending from the temple scalp down to below and around the lobule is made. The cheek and lower face tissue, particularly the SMAS, is exposed by lifting the skin flap. The sagging cheek and jowls are lifted by tightening the SMAS with plication and partial resection and transposition. The skin is lifted and tightened by removing excess skin.

A neck lift, or lower rhytidectomy, is a surgical procedure that improves visible signs of aging in the jawline and neck.

What neck lift surgery can treat

• Excess fat and skin relaxation in the lower face that creates jowls
• Excess fatty deposits under the chin
• Loose neck skin
• Muscle banding in the neck, which created abnormal contours

The loss of youthful contours in the face and neck can be due to a variety of factors, including heredity, gravity, environmental conditions and stress.

Some people feel they are not ready for a full facelift because the upper face is still pleasing. However, many patients will note excess wrinkling of the neck skin, a double chin or "turkey wattle" and jowl lines.

When the neck area doesn't match the upper facial appearance, a neck lift may be a good solution.

Rejuvenation procedures that can be performed in conjunction with a neck lift are: a brow lift, to correct a sagging or deeply furrowed brow, fat transfer, to add fullness to the lips and cheeks and reduce the appearance of wrinkles, or eyelid surgery, to rejuvenate aging eyes.

What neck lift surgery can't do

As a restorative surgery, a neck lift does not change your fundamental appearance and cannot stop the aging process.

A neck lift can only be performed surgically; nonsurgical rejuvenation treatments cannot achieve the same results, but may help delay the time at which a neck lift becomes appropriate and complement the results of surgery.

Nonsurgical neck lift

Some people may want to improve the aging appearance of their neck with nonsurgical procedures. Some of the benefits of these nonsurgical options include a quicker recovery time and fewer risks.

Botox can be used on the vertical neck bands to relax the muscle and reduce wrinkling. Fractionated laser treatmen can lead to textural improvements in the skin. Dermal fillers can restore lost volume to the skin, while Kybella can break down fat cells.

Radiofrequency with microneedling can rejuvenate the skin by reproducing collagen. Finally, ultrasound technology can also stimulate collagen to improve fine lines and wrinkles.

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