Neck Lift Surgery

In order to be able to talk about a real youthful appearance, it is necessary to take a precaution or apply a reparative procedure for each part of our face and body that undergoes deformation as we get older. Just as aging takes place holistically in the body, when it comes to obtaining a youthful appearance, we should consider it holistically and plan aesthetic applications in this direction. When it comes to aging, many people first think of wrinkles, collapses, skin relaxation and sagging that appear on the face. However, signs of aging are not only seen in the face area. The neck area, which we can call the neighbor of the face, starts to show signs of aging almost in parallel with the face and within the same period.

What is neck lift surgery?

Neck lift surgery is an operation that aims to give a younger appearance to the neck region by removing the excess skin by stretching the skin loosening and sagging in the neck area due to aging, after the decrease of collagen production in the skin. After the operation performed under general anesthesia, our patients are required to stay in the hospital for 1 day.

When is neck lift surgery needed?

From the age of 30s, collagen production in the skin begins to decrease. With the decrease in collagen production, the connective tissue weakens, and when the subcutaneous tissues begin to melt into these deformations, it is almost inevitable that the skin will succumb to gravity. The neck area deformations, which appear as fine wrinkles in the first place, become deeper and deeper if not intervened, and the skin that starts to loosen as well as the deep wrinkles that appear horizontally accumulates in the lower part of the neck, causing a folded appearance. Although interventions are made with filling and other non-surgical aesthetic procedures in the early stages of these deformations, as the deformations increase, non-surgical aesthetic procedures are insufficient and neck lift surgery becomes inevitable.

Is there an age limit for neck lift surgery?

Although there is an age limit of 18 for almost every aesthetic operation, except for prominent ear aesthetics, neck lift surgery is generally needed at the age of 50, as the deformations in the neck area occur due to aging. Before this period, many rejuvenation applications are sufficient, especially between the ages of 30 and 40, such as Profound RF, Morpheus, BBL Forever Young Skin Tyte 2, Fraxel Dual, Pearl, Pearl Fractional.

Neck Lift Surgery Preparation Process

Although neck lift surgery is a comfortable and reliable operation, it is one of the operations that requires a preparation process. Before neck lift surgery performed under general anesthesia in a full-fledged hospital, our patients are required to share their medical history with us in detail. Thus, the date of surgery is given to our patients, whose medical history we determine whether they have a condition that prevents them from receiving anesthesia. As an extension of their medical history, it is of great importance for our patients to share with us any medications they use. If there are drugs with blood thinning effects among these drugs, they should be discontinued 10 days before the operation, under the control and knowledge of the doctor who prescribed these drugs. Another request from our patients is that they stop smoking. Smoking can slow down your healing process as it has a slowing effect on cell regeneration. For this reason, it is a good choice to stop smoking about 10 days before the operation.

Neck Lift Surgery

Neck lift surgery is performed in a full-fledged hospital. The aim of the operation is to obtain a younger neck appearance by removing the skin loosening and sagging in the neck area.

Neck lift surgery can be performed with more than one technique. It can be done with Vaser Liposuction by interfering with the fat in the jowl area, or it can be done with a 3-4 cm incision under the chin without Liposuction. However, since the neck is considered an extension of the face, neck lift surgery can also be performed by facelift. Although the application time varies according to the chosen technique, it is an average of 2.5 – 3 hours. With neck lift surgery, which provides a total recovery opportunity by shaping the skin surface and subcutaneous layers separately, the platsyma muscle, sub-muscular fat pads and many other tissues can be safely and comfortably intervened.

Which applications can be combined with neck lift surgery?

Neck lift surgery can be performed in combination with many different applications. It is a comfortable and effective application. I think we wouldn’t be wrong if we say that neck lift surgery, which we get results with high patient satisfaction, is perhaps mostly done in combination with face lift surgery. The neck, which is considered an extension of the face, is an area where those who want to have a younger appearance and want to have an operation for the face area intervene. For a truly youthful appearance, not only the face but also the neck should have youthful and taut skin. For this reason, the most frequently combined operation with neck lift surgery is face lift surgery. In addition, fat injection procedures are also included in stretching surgeries, both to support the procedure and to achieve a natural appearance, and to provide a much longer permanence than hyaluronic acid-based fillers.

Neck lift surgery recovery process

Neck lift surgery has a reliable and comfortable recovery process. Thanks to today’s developing medical technologies, many patients can return to their social life in a short time, and the length of hospital stay varies according to the detail and scope of the procedure and if it is combined, the length of stay in the hospital is 1 day. Although slight bruising and swelling is expected in the treatment area after the application, there is a recovery in which you can return to social life in an average of 7 to 10 days. However, our patients need a period of 2-3 weeks for final recovery.