Zoom Lift or My Ellevate - Minimally invasive neck lift, Raleigh, NC*

Turkey neck, double chin, sagging neck. Whatever you call it- people hate the appearance of their aging neck Traditional neck surgery usually entails either a facelift or an isolated neck lift which involves significant incisions behind the ear and into the posterior hairline and with a facelift, in front of the ear. In many patients this is the best option particularly those with significant skin excess of the neck. Patients with lesser degrees of excess skin can have improvements with minimally invasive procedures including injections of Kybella, Cool sculpting or liposuction alone. A more aggressive but minimally invasive procedure is called the My Ellevate Procedure. This is a combination of modalities done with primarily local anesthesia And perhaps oral sedation. Most patients require liposuction -to remove fat and may have radiofrequency energy devices-Such as Renuvion or Facetite used to help tighten skin as well as placement of a percutaneous tightening suture which helps define the jaw line. This is done with small pinprick type incisions as well as small quarter-inch incisions under the chin and under the earlobe which are almost invisible. Although results are not necessarily as dramatic as an open neck lift, the down time is much less. This 50-year-old woman desired improvement in her neck and underwent the My Ellevate procedure. Recovery is about a week and results sometimes take 3-6 months to become fully apparent. Cost is under $5000.