Category: necklift

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Posterior Approach to Webbed Neck Correction

Background: A webbed neck, also known as a ptergyium colli, presents as wing-like skin extensions around the sides of the neck that extend down to the shoulders. One of its classic signs is that the occipital hairline follows down along the webs creating an m- or inverted v-shape to the hairline from the back. Significant Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Liposuction as a Necklift Procedure

Background: Aging of the neck is associated with numerous well known changes. The neck droops down as excess skin and fat develop in the center and sides of the neck. The underlying platysma muscle separates and allow the deeper neck tissues to come spilling out. All together a neck wattle or turkey neck is the Read More…

The Subplatysmal Necklift – The Complete Anatomic Approach To All Layers of the Neck

Reshaping the congenitally full neck or one that is drooping due to age is a common facial reshaping/rejuvenation procedure.While the aging neck is frequently thought of as due to loose skin, the naturally full neck is recognized as having deeper tissue problems than just skin. Both the origins of a low hanging neck and the Read More…

Necklift Technique with Complete Platysmal Transection

One of the most common features of the aging process is sagging of the neck. When more advanced the central neck become a repository for loose skin, fat and and the appearance of platysmal banding. While platysmal banding is part of every aging neck, it is usually only seen well in thinner necks with less Read More…

OR Snapshots – Direct Necklift for Older Turkey Neck Removals

Significant aging of the neck is most commonly treated by a neck lift, also known as a lower facelift. While earlier signs of neck sagging/fullness may be treated by liposuction and other more limited procedures, true neck wattles can only be treated by more traditional and aggressive approaches. A lower facelift/necklift repositions the hanging neck Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Webbed Neck Correction Surgery

Background: A webbed neck, medically known as pterygium colli deformity, is a well known but rare congenital neck condition. Skin folds are present along the sides of the neck from the back of the head behind the ears down to the shoulders. The hairline often follows the skin folds in their upper part. It is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Direct Necklift for Large Neck Wattles in Men

Background: Large amounts of weight loss from bariatric surgery or rigid adherence to a diet and exercise program cause the creation of substantial loose skin throughout the body. While much of this loose skin does occur around the abdominal and waistline areas, it does affect other body areas as well. The face and neck is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Webbed Neck Correction with Otoplasties

Background: The webbed neck deformity is a congenital skin fold disorder that runs along the sides of the neck to the shoulders. Known technically as the pterygium colli deformity, it is known to occur in a large number of medical conditions but the most common are the genetic conditions of Turner’s and Noonan syndrome as Read More…

Update on the Corset Platysmaplasty Neck Lift

The neck is one of the primary reasons that patients present for some form of faciial rejuvenation. It is not rare that such aging patients only wants a ‘necklift’ and not a fuller ‘facelift’, even though they rarely understand the difference between these two procedures or facial rejuvenation concepts. There are a wide variety of Read More…

Fat Compartments in the Neck – Implications for Neck Contouring Surgery

Fat in the neck is one of the major contributors to its shape. Large amounts of fat create full and/or droopy necks and work against a pleasing neck angle and profile. As a result, the removal of fat is part of just about every neck contouring procedure from liposuction to necklifts. The neck is Read More…