Platysmaplasty

Why a neck lift?

For some people, the neck begins to show age faster than the whole face, so patients may only want a neck lift rather than full facelift . Factors other than age, such as loss of a considerable amount of weight or heredity, will also affect the appearance of your neck. Although patients seeking a facelift neck (platysmaplasty) are generally in the 35-75 age group, young people have been seeking this surgery to correct neck problems associated with factors other than age. One of the wonderful results of a neck lift, your family and your friends will probably think you've lost weight or tone up, when in fact you had a simple surgical procedure done to correct a problematic area of your body.

"Jowls" is the word often used to referred to the loose skin sagging around the jaw line. Jowls can be formed by fatty deposits on the jaw line and laxity in the muscles. Another problem people often complain of a swing of Turkey, "a" shimmy is the result of neck muscles start to separate and hang, creating bands with the hanging skin.

Good candidates for a facelift neck are people who have no active diseases or pre-existing medical conditions and have realistic expectations of the outcome of their operation. Discuss your desired look and your goals with your plastic surgeon will help determine what suits you best.

Neck Lift candidates should also be emotionally stable enough to undergo a cosmetic procedure as the healing process that takes a lot of patience. Sometimes depression after surgery, and if the patient has pre-existing emotional problem, this low period can develop into something much more serious.

Procedure

Once you and your surgeon to decide a neck lift is appropriate for you, you will receive instructions on pre-operative smoking, vitamins and medication, diet, etc. You will receive prescriptions for antibiotics and analgesics during your appointment before surgery. At this appointment, you should ask any lingering questions you have about the surgery, you will have.

A neck lift usually takes 2-3 hours. You will receive anesthesia according to the anesthesia was decided during your visit pre-operatively. General anesthesia is very popular in this procedure, some patients receive local anesthesia with IV sedation. After the effects of anesthesia in the loop, the surgeon uses a magic marker to mark your neck surgery.

The skin lift can be done with two incisions under or behind the ear. The platysmaplasty (skin and muscle trucks) can be accomplished with a small incision under the chin and behind or under the ear. With the procedure as the epidermis, sections of skin are trimmed and lifted into place and sutured or fixed with adhesive tissue. With the method platysmaplasty, a section of muscle fat is removed and the ends are sutured to bring them together at the front of the neck. The skin can be brought together under or behind the ear to the firm even the appearance of the neck.

You will have a pressure dressing placed around your head, which involves wrapping a bandage around the top of your head under your chin, covering his ears.

Recovery

Your head should be raised at any time during 14 days after surgery. You have to sleep on two pillows, at least, to achieve. You will not be allowed to turn his head from right to left. The swelling will be worse than the third.