Submental Incision Neck Lift Performed Together with Facelift

When discussing facelifts to correct facial aging, it is also common to talk about sagging skin or wrinkles in the neck.

In fact, the SMAS layer, which is considered important in a facelift, continues into the neck as the same layer as the platysma muscle. For that reason, facelift surgery also includes partially dissecting and tightening the platysma.

A facelift can improve the jawline and double chin area, but to correct neck aging more definitively, other additional procedures may also be needed.

'Causes of a Double Chin'

As people age, even if facial fat decreases, the jawline area often gains fat instead.

So a sagging double chin often becomes more pronounced along with loose skin.

Jawline aging and a double chin A double chin can be divided into three major contributing factors.

Three factors that cause a double chin First, it occurs when fat accumulates in the subcutaneous fat layer.

The submental subcutaneous fat layer is the fat layer located just beneath the skin, and if fat is deposited there, the double chin can become more pronounced.

Second, a double chin can worsen when the elasticity of the platysma decreases.

The platysma is a broad muscle that extends from the lower face to the neck, and if this muscle loses elasticity, a double chin can become more pronounced.

Third, it occurs when fat accumulates in the deep fat layer inside the platysma.

In the double chin and neck, there is also a separate deep fat layer in addition to the subcutaneous fat layer, and if this deep fat layer becomes thicker, the double chin can also worsen.

'Neck Aging and Vertical Neck Lines'

There are also cases where vertical neck lines become more noticeable due to aging of the jawline and neck skin.

Vertical neck lines Vertical neck lines occur when the neck muscle called the platysma loses elasticity and separates in the middle.

Separation of the platysma in the neck Normally, the platysma is most ideal as a support structure for the neck line when the middle is not separated and it supports the jaw and neck line.

Platysma with no separation in the middle

'How Submental Incision Neck Lift Surgery Is Performed'

The incision for a submental incision neck lift is about 2 cm under the chin, and it is more effective when performed together with a facelift.

Surgical method of submental incision neck lift The most important thing is to correct each of the three factors that cause a double chin, as mentioned earlier.

First, fat in the subcutaneous fat layer is corrected through liposuction.

Second, the deep fat layer beneath the platysma cannot be removed through liposuction, so partial excision is necessary.

Finally, the separated platysma in the middle is sutured together to add tension to the neck line.

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'Before and After Submental Incision Neck Lift'

Since facial aging and neck aging progress together, satisfaction is higher when a submental incision neck lift is performed along with a facelift.

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