Neck Lift

Even if your face is looking great the neck area of your body might not. You should know that most people start showing aging signs on their necks. If you lost weight you might also be faced with the side effect of skin that is loose-hanging and showing loss of elasticity. A neck lift can aid you get rid of excess skin, excess fat or band lines. You should know that there are a number of procedures that are associated with neck lifts. The doctor might decide that you require cervicoplasty, platysmaplasty or liposuction. In most cases there will be a need of liposuction when performing neck lifts because fat needs to be removed. If excess skin needs to be removed then cervicoplasty will be included and in the even that neck muscles need to be tighten or removed platysmaplasty is performed. Neck lifts can also take part in a combination of treatments. It can be performed in a combination with facelifts, forehead lifts or even eyelid surgery. You should know that there is also the possibility to get a micro neck lift in the event that a full neck lift is not really required.

It is needless to say that neck lifts must only be performed by certified cosmetic surgeons. The time you spend in surgery varies on the amount of procedures that are involved. The doctor can choose to perform neck lifts with you under general or local anesthesia. In most cases you will need to spend the night at the clinic or location where the procedure is done.

In most cases liposuction is also needed in a combination with neck lifts. This is why this topic needs to be discussed. Although this is not a rule, in most situations the liposuction procedure will be done first. The doctor will have to make an incision and use a cannula in order to remove all the extra fat deposits that have to be eliminated. The neck lift surgery will be performed afterwards. Keep in mind that you might feel numbness in the skin of your neck. There are only rare situations in which this is permanent. Keep in mind that there is also a risk to develop complications that are linked to infection or a reaction appearing in front of anesthesia. We need to emphasize on the fact that the best way to avoid most possible complications is to choose the right cosmetic surgeon. This basically means having the neck lift done by a person that is certified and has as much experience as possible backing him up. You will be handed instructions to follow for both before and after the surgery. It is your sole responsibility to make sure that you respect them to the letter. Getting a successful neck lift is a two person process: you and your doctor.

If there is a need to remove extra skin the cervicoplasty is performed. Incisions are done in the area under the chin or/and behind your ears. The skin is cut and lifted. Then sutures are done in order to secure the new placement. In this case you should know that the neck area will remain swollen and bruised for a period of maximum 10 days. The same incision locations will be done in the event of a platysmaplasty. Muscles are realigned or removed and then the immediate result will be a tightening of your middle neck area.

We recommend that you only deal with the best surgeons because neck lifts are complex cosmetic surgery procedures. Make sure that you ask everything you might not understand and do not neglect any piece of information that the surgeon gives you.