Cervicoplasty
In a female, a well-defined neck silhouette is a sign of youthfulness and beauty. As one ages, a combination of loose, hanging skin and the accumulation of fat under the chin contribute to the loss of the well-defined neck you once had. While advanced changes in the neck, like those of a ‘turkey wattle’, are usually corrected by a facelift, early changes in the neck can often be addressed in a more limited procedure, a neck lift or cervicoplasty.
A neck lift can redefine that beautiful neck line you once had by eliminating any excessive fat under the chin, tightening and re-suspending the lax muscles of the neck, and, finally, the lax skin reforms. The incision is just underneath the chin. The skin is separated from the muscle. Liposuction is then performed over the muscle. If the muscle is lax, as it is in the patient below, the muscle is then resected and sutured together. 
The highlights on the next for the patient outlines the treatment area for an isolated neck lift or cervicoplasty. The picture on the right is two weeks post neck lift. In selecting the correct patient this procedure can set back the clock years.