How long will a neck lift last?

The contents of the neck are numerous – you have skin, superficial fat, deep fat, muscles, and submandibular glands within the neck. During a neck lift, one or more of these layers is addressed.

I heard a mentor once describe the neck similar to a grassy hill. If you’re excavating the hill and the dirt beneath is completely leveled, it won’t ever ‘grow back.’ The overlying grass will weather as time progresses, but the hill will remain flat.

The same is true for a neck lift. If the surgeon appropriately addresses (or ‘levels’) each layer of the neck during a neck lift, results will last with age. The overlying skin ages and loses elasticity, which is inevitable, but the underlying structures with remain contoured.