Extending any face lift to involve the muscle found under the skin of the neck (the platysma muscle) results in lifting of the neck. In many cases a submental incision (an incision in the crease found on the underside of the chin) is added to address the fat found in this location, as well as platysma diastasis (banding of the neck that results from incomplete junction of the right and left neck muscles.
Jacob Gerzenshtein, MD, FACS,
A Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
