Neck lift
A neck lift tightens the platysma muscle and removes fat and skin under the chin and along the jawline. A deep neck lift also treats the fat, digastric muscles and salivary glands below the platysma.
Neck lift procedures
What each operation does, who it suits, the risks and how recovery goes.
Deep neck lift
A deep neck lift treats the structures under the platysma muscle (deep fat, the digastric muscles and the submandibular salivary glands) as well as the skin and muscle on top. Surgeons add it when a neck would stay full…
Platysma bands and platysmaplasty
Platysma bands are the vertical cords at the front of the neck, formed by the inner edges of the platysma, the thin muscle under the neck skin. Platysmaplasty treats them by stitching, cutting, moving or denervating…
Submandibular gland reduction
Submandibular gland reduction trims the part of the salivary gland that bulges below each side of the jaw, so the neck keeps a clean line after a neck lift; some surgeons lift the gland instead of cutting it. The main…
Submental liposuction and neck contouring
Liposuction under the chin removes the fat that lies just under the skin through small incisions, and it works best when that fat is the main problem and the skin is firm enough to shrink back. Fullness from deeper fat,…
Facelift and neck lift after nonsurgical treatment and GLP-1 weight loss
Fat-dissolving injections, fat freezing, energy devices and threads can leave scar tissue in the neck that makes a later neck lift longer and deeper, with contour irregularities afterward. Weight loss on GLP-1 drugs…
Neck lift research by topic
What the studies show about each part of the operation.
Neck lift and platysma
A neck lift tightens the platysma muscle and removes excess fat and skin from the neck and jawline.
Submental fat and neck contouring
Neck contouring papers treat fat under the chin with liposuction, deoxycholic acid injections and cooling devices.
Deep neck: glands, fat, digastric
Deep neck surgery works below the platysma on subplatysmal fat, the digastric muscles and the submandibular glands.