turkey neck

[jan64]

Had a facelift 16 months ago,was still left with a turkey neck,the surgeon then performed a z-plastic to try and correct it but I am still left with the loose skin. Why do you think this is.? :confused:

[bubble]

I don't know.

I would have thought the surgeon would have removed any excess skin to that area.

[katieh]

I would imagine this could be quite dangerous and potentially dangerous surgery. I'd love to get my neck tightened up. At the moment the only option I have is polo necks. How very 60s!

[dhumzah]

Hi there
Necks are a complex area to address.
One has to consider: liposuction, platysmaplasty (tightening the muscles) and neck lifting (skin tightening) all separately or as a combination, A facelift alone would not treat the "turkey neck".
In my experience the younger patient does well with just the liposuction with undermining of the skin flap, older patients need a combination procedure.

[irish]

Its seems quite dangerous..correct me if i'm wrong..

[Mr James McDiarmid]

Hi Irish,

You are quite right in saying that facelift and necklift are procedures which involve significant intervention. There are risks with any procedure. Generally the more one does with any surgical procedure the greater the risk.
The corollary of this is that the more one does the greater is the benefit.
We may not realise we are doing it but every decision we take in life is made after a risk:benefit analysis.

There is nothing that lifts a face like a surgical facelift though. No non-surgical facelift, titan, contour thread lift or "filler-facelift" comes anywhere close to achieving the outcome of a well performed surgical procedure.

This is why when companies market some new technology as "the new facelift" and quite frankly it makes negligible difference to the patient and its efficacy is based on scanty scientific "evidence" I get a little righteously indignant.

The non-surgical aesthetic market is sadly overpopulated by non-specialist practitioners performing unproven and largely ineffective treatments. Do you remember the furore over Isolagen? "Grow your own facelift" was the newspaper headline. Nobody ever got a result vaguely comparable to a surgical facelift from Isolagen treatment - they paid a fortune for very little IMHO. Don't ever believe the hype.

Getting back to facelift surgery; it is not for every patient (or for every surgeon). Non-surgical options may be enough for certain patients and that is fine. But the rejuvenative benefits they confer are not and never will be comparable to those bestowed by an expertly performed surgical facelift.

[bangaram12]

it can be solved by the laser skin tightening