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Anatomic Options in Neck Reshaping

  The shape of one’s neck has a profound influence on the appearance of the face that sits above it. The neck is bordered by the jawline, which consists of the chin and the horizontal length of the jaw, and the outline of the neck skin The outline of the neck should be the intersection Read More…

Case Study: The Direct Necklift for Female Neck Wattles

  Background:Changes in the neck is one of the most bothersome facial changes that occurs as one ages. A sagging neck can ‘grow’ into a really significant neck wattle by the time one reaches their sixties and seventies. When the neck sags to this degree, it literally flops from side to side and hangs down Read More…

Case Study: Direct Necklift Wattle Removal in Men

  Background: The most troubling facial feature in many older males is that of the neck. The development of a neck wattle is bothersome in many ways. It interferes and looks worse in buttoned shirts as it hangs over the collar. It moves and swings unflatteringly as one moves the head from side to side. Read More…

The Scar from the Direct Necklift

The aging neck is one of the most bothersome features of facial aging, whether it be a man or a woman. This is very evident as patients get older (greater than 55 or 60) and often is the sole focus regardless how the rest of the face is aging. For many men, the sagging neck Read More…

The Scar of the Direct Necklift

The neck wattle is a common sign of facial aging and often one of the most bothersome. Even in the presence of many other facial changes that occur with time, some patients find the sagging neck to be the first and, sometimes only, area they want addressed. This is particularly seen in older men. While Read More…

The Sternal Notch Tuck-Up: A Low Horizontal Neck Lift

  As one’s face ages, there is a gradual downward shifting of tissues from the cheek down into the neck area. The combination of time, gravity, and loss of skin’s elasticity and its underlying anchoring ligaments accounts for this inferior movement. Because the jaw (mandible) acts like a ‘fixed fence line’, the falling over of Read More…

Submentoplasty for Isolated Neck Rejuvenation

  The neck, or more properly the neck angle, is a hallmark of both youth and a well defined jaw line. As one ages, the neck angle will change…it is only matter of how much and when. While the aging neck problem is usually addressed by some form of a facelift, this involves incisions around Read More…

The Direct Neck Lift Scar – What Does It Look Like?

Changes in one’s neck are often the single most bothersome facial feature for some men as they age. Loose skin and the development of a neck wattle, all of which creates loss of a more sharply defined neck angle, are more troubling than even the classic signs of periorbital or eye aging. This is particularly Read More…

The Anatomy of the Aging Neck

  When seeing someone considering having a facelift (necklift), I frequently get asked in my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice,  ‘How did my neck get like this?’ They often say it looked just fine until a few years ago and then suddenly it looks like it does now. That question is a good one and understanding Read More…

Necklifting in the Older Patient

  As one gets older, the development of a significant neck waddle or turkey neck is inevitable for most. At age 70 and beyond, the sagging neck is often one of the most bothersome cosmetic issues for men and women alike. While there may be numerous physical affirmities that are troubling, the loose hanging neck Read More…

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