Neck lift surgery

What is neck lift surgery?

What is platysmaplasty? A neck lift surgery (platysmaplasty) is a cosmetic procedure at can give your neck a more contoured and youthful appearance. The features of facial plastic surgery in neck lift are concentrated in the use of special sutures. These sutures are placed with plastic surgery tools using special optics.

A plastic surgeon must have not only experience, but also patience. Every millimeter should be able to create a seam that will not be recognized later on the skin. It is difficult to stop the aging of the neck with non-surgical methods.

Not because they are so bad. It's just that the structure of the subcutaneous muscles is such that it is impossible to stretch them to change their tone. The platysma – a thin layer of muscle – runs above the clavicles.

Its fibers are separated and attached to the ligaments of the lower jaw. It is large in area but very thin muscle covered with delicate skin on top. Which is the first to bear the brunt of the past years. Wrinkles, folds, sagging are formed. The price of platysmoplasty operation may vary according to the execution methods. To find out the prices, first you need to look at the methods themselves.

SCARLESS NECKLIFT

The Changes Scarless Neck Lift is a highly individualized procedure that provides global improvement in the cheeks, jowls, and neck. Neck lift surgery can be performed virtually "without a scalpel" (through holes or very small incisions) if:
• If you want to get rid of fat accumulation in the neck area and "second knot";
• If your skin does not sag and has good plumpness (elasticity).
Liposuction is enough to remove the excess fat on the neck. In young women, after fat deposits are removed, the skin is free to stretch on its own. In order to strengthen this effect, it is possible to recommend methods of stretching soft tissues without plastic surgery (stretching with an apparatus, threads, etc.).

Neck Lift with OUT Platysmaplasty.

If we want to not only get rid of fat in the neck and second chin area, but also tighten the skin (remove sagging, folds and wrinkles), liposuction should be completed by tightening the skin of the lower third of the neck and face (or round face and neck lifting). Please note that it is not possible to perform neck skin tightening separately.

Neck plastic surgery always includes the stretching of the lower face. Cervicoplasty is an operation to remove excess skin from the neck. If the excess skin is combined with subcutaneous muscle relaxation, platysmoplasty - stretching of the subcutaneous muscle (platysma) of the neck is performed.

If there is excess fat, neck and chin liposuction is performed. All types of neck lift surgery listed above can be performed alone or in combination.

Neck lift surgery (platysmaplasty)

If age changes have led to muscle weakness and ptosis, then a neck lift should include not only liposuction of fat deposits and neck skin tightening, but also muscle tightening (platysmaplasty). Which can be performed both conventionally and endoscopically.

However, if there is no direct indication for this, it is not necessary to insist on muscle stretching! Platysma plasty performed unnecessarily and without taking into account individual characteristics can cause a number of problems, including difficult breathing and a feeling of constant pressure (pressure) on the neck (especially in patients with thyroid gland pathology).

Neck lift surgery procedure steps

The process is explained clearly in 3 steps below:
Step 1. A neck lift can be done with sedation and local anesthesia, in which only part of your body feels numb, or under general anesthesia.
Step 2. Depending on the degree of change you'd like to see, your neck lift choices include a traditional neck lift incision or a limited incision neck lift. The operation can take an average of 1 to 3 hours and more depending on the volume of the correction. Neck tissue tightening is always performed in a complex manner with the correction of the lower face.

Step 3. Depending on the degree of change you'd like to see, your neck lift choices include a traditional neck lift incision or a limited incision neck lift. A traditional neck lift incision often begins in the hairline at the level of the sideburn, continues down and around the ear and ends in the posterior hair. A limited incision neck lift may involve incisions only around the ear. While the incisions are shorter, the results may be more limited.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation after neck lift surgery is easy and completely painless. Often there are practically no bruises. Swellings are less known. But in some patients they can be seen. It depends on individual inclination. In each case, all bruising and swelling will disappear within 7-10 days. And the stitches are less visible after 2 weeks. After 6 weeks, it is almost impossible to detect the traces of the surgeon's work.

Results

The final results after platysmoplasty surgery can be evaluated 3 months after the operation - when the internal healing stage of the tissues is over. The result obtained from platysmoplasty continues to please the patient for 5-10 years.

It is important that the surgical incisions are not subjected to excessive force, abrasion or motion during the time of healing. Avoid wearing any clothing that must go over your head. Your doctor will give you specific instructions on how to care for yourself.

All these operations were performed by a professional plastic surgeon in Baku. It is expertly performed by Mubariz Mammadli.

Before/After photos

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