Neck Lift

During your operation

Neck lift surgery usually takes between two and three hours, longer if a facelift is performed. Usually done under general anaesthetic, it requires an overnight stay in the hospital.

Neck lift operation provides exciting results for various problems:

• Vertical bands or "turkey wattles" will be addressed by platysmaplasty surgery. Small incisions under your chin or behind your ears will help reach your neck muscles and rearrange them as needed.
• Loose, sagging skin can be corrected with cervicoplasty surgery. Similar incisions will be performed; then your surgeon will trim the skin and secure it with stitches or tissue glue. You may be asked to wear a compression bandage for at least a week after your surgery.

• Elimination of both superficial and deep seated fatty tissue in the neck, as well as trimming the lower poles of the submandibular glands, for a more detailed neck contouring. For excessive fat, your surgeon will perform liposuction, thus vacuuming the fat away through thin cannulas.
• If extensive contouring is needed, direct reduction of the fatty tissue through an incision under the chin is the right procedure.

Usually when performing neck lifts, Dr. Eleftheriou removes fat as well. The necklift, just like facelifts is performed together with submental liposuction.