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Necklift
The best candidate for a neck lift is a man or woman whose neck has begun to sag, with a marked loss of muscle tone, causing "banding" and loose excess skin. Most patients are in their forties to sixties, but neck lifts can be done successfully on people in their seventies or eighties, as long as you are fit and healthy. A neck lift can make your neck look younger and fresher, and it may enhance your self-confidence in the process. But it can't give you a totally different look, or restore the health and vitality of your youth, nor give the results that a full facelift would give. Before you decide to have surgery, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with your surgeon. When a neck lift is performed by a qualified plastic surgeon, complications are infrequent and usually minor. Still, individuals vary greatly in their anatomy, their physical reactions, and their healing abilities, and the outcome is never completely predictable. Complications that can occur include haematoma (a collection of blood under the skin that must be removed by the surgeon), injury to the nerves that control facial muscles (this is temporary in 1 in 150 cases and permanent in less than 1 in 1000 facelifts, according to the plastic surgical literature), infection, and reactions to the anaesthesia. Poor healing of the skin (and even death of part of it) is most likely to affect smokers. Numbness of one ear occurs in about 1 in 100 facelifts. You can reduce your risks by closely following your surgeon's advice both before and after surgery. |
As people age, the effects of gravity, exposure to the sun, and the stresses of daily life can be seen in their faces and necks. A neck lift can't permanently halt the ageing process, but it can "set back the clock," improving the most visible signs of ageing by removing excess fat, tightening underlying muscles, and redraping the skin of your neck. A neck lift can be done alone, or in conjunction with other procedures such as a brow lift, eyelid surgery and facelift.
