Treatment Duration
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Treatment Cost
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While we age, our neck shows several changes like wrinkles, abnormal contours, jowl lines, etc. If you want to improve these signs of ageing and have a youthful and confident look, a neck lift or contouring might be something you would want to get done. Here is a complete guide on the neck lift or contouring procedure.
Factors like genetics, stress and environmental factors can cause a loss in the youthful appearance of your face and neck. These changes can be seen as fat pads under your cheeks and eyes, skin thinning, development of wrinkles, loss of volume of your lips, and drooping of your eyebrows. These signs of ageing usually appear in your late or mid-twenties.
Neck contouring, also known as a neck lift, chin lift, or lower rhytidectomy, is a cosmetic procedure that improves signs of ageing present on the neck and jawline. This surgery repositions the fat and tightens the skin and muscles, thereby giving a toned appearance. This procedure helps to treat skin problems like:
This procedure is more common in patients aged between 30-70 and is most suited if you are between 45-55 years of age. Neck contouring procedure will only alter your appearance, but it will not stop the ageing process.
Non-surgical procedures are also available for neck contouring, such as:
However, non-surgical approaches will not provide similar results and will only delay the time for conducting a surgical process.
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During neck contouring surgery, the surgeon:
The surgeon usually takes two to three hours to complete the surgery.
Before undergoing neck contouring surgery, your plastic surgeon will schedule a pre-surgical appointment. During the pre-surgical visit, the surgeon will:
Your surgeon will consider neck contouring only if you:
You will also meet your anesthesiologist, who will suggest a suitable anaesthetic medication. For this surgery, an anesthesiologist might recommend general anaesthesia (a medication that makes you unconscious) and intravenous sedation (a medication that relaxes your body).
Anaesthesia administration (Intravenous sedation)
The anesthesiologist will administer the sedative medication by using an intravenous line.
Cleaning and draping of surgical site
Other than your surgical site, the rest of your body will be draped (covered with a sterile material) to reduce the risk of infection due to surgery.
The recovery process in the hospital
Right after the surgery, you will have the following experience in the hospital:
The recovery process after hospital discharge
While you are at home recovering from the surgery, you should:
Work and activity restrictions:
Result expectations from the surgery:
First Follow up Appointment
You may have a follow up after five to ten days post-surgery, during which your surgeon will remove sutures and staples.
It is expected if you experience some side effects after neck contouring. However, these effects last temporarily:
Occasionally, you might experience the side effects listed below for neck contouring.
Consult your operating surgeon if you experience any of the above changes.
Last Updated on: 16 May 2022
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