Neck Lift Surgery Will Make You Look Younger

Neck lift surgery is an option for people with wrinkled and sagging necks. A neck with wrinkles as well as sagging skin will reveal how old you are. If you are a person with a young face, your neck will always reveal the truth about your age. A neck lift surgery is a procedure that will be able to bring back the young look to your sagging and wrinkled neck.

How Neck Lift Works

Neck lift is also known as cervicoplasty and it entails getting rid of sagged skin, tightening as well as repositioning of the platysma or neck muscles. Regularly it is done together with other cosmetic plastic surgery operations such as brow lifts, face lifts, forehead lifts and other facial improvements.

Incisions will be made in this neck lift surgery below the chin that up to the back of the ears. The patient will be given either a local anesthesia or general anesthesia during the surgery. The patient’s skin at the underlying muscles tissues shall be slackened and pulled back.

These muscles shall then be tightened with sutures and the fatty deposits are removed with the use of liposuction method or using the surgeon’s scalpel. The patient’s neck skin is then pulled up to the chin and any surplus sagging skin is taken out and the incision is stitched. The end result is a slimmer, smoother and younger looking neck.

The Risks of Neck Lift Surgery

There are very little risks for this surgery. However in most surgeries, there are always some possible risks. The first risk is the infection risks with the incision. This can be averted by maintaining the cleanliness of the incision and not using any makeup on the incision. One other probable risk is anesthetic allergic reaction or reaction to the after surgery drugs.

Are You A Good Neck Lift Surgery Candidate?

If your health are basically good and stable then you are good candidate. If you smoke then you must quit a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the surgery to avoid any likely problems related to the healing process triggered by nicotine.

A good candidate must also have realistic anticipations about the results of the surgery as this will be important in finding the most liking from a neck lift surgery from an experienced and qualified plastic surgeon.