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✨ 3 Ways to Improve Neck Skin ✨

When patients tell me they’re bothered by loose neck skin, the first thing I assess is why it’s happening.

Is it muscle?
Is it thinning skin?
Is it collagen loss?

Because improving the skin in the neck isn’t one-size-fits-all. Here are three non-surgical options that target different causes of neck aging.

1️⃣ Botox (The Nefertiti Lift)

As we age, the platysma muscle separates into vertical bands. When it contracts, it pulls downward on the jawline.

Strategic Botox (neuromodulator) relaxes that downward pull, softening neck bands.

Best for:
• Early neck banding
• Pre + post-surgical maintenance

Results typically last 3 to 4 months.

2️⃣ Microneedling

Neck skin is thinner and more prone to crepey texture than facial skin.

Microneedling creates controlled micro-injuries in the skin, stimulating collagen and elastin production.

Best for:

• Early maintenance of the skin before and after surgery

Treatment plan: 3 to 6 sessions spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart.

3️⃣ Sofwave

Sofwave uses ultrasound energy stimulating collagen without breaking the skin. Like any treatments, choose your provider wisely.

Best for:

• Most skin types

• Patients wanting collagen stimulation without downtime

Results build gradually over 12+ weeks, with annual maintenance.

🧠 Neck aging happens at multiple levels - muscle, skin thickness, and collagen support. The most effective treatment depends on what is actually causing the laxity. Sometimes, a combination of treatments is needed. Early changes can often be managed non-surgically. More laxity may require structural surgical correction.

Every neck ages differently. The key is understanding the cause before choosing the treatment.

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Individual results and experience may vary. This is for information purposes only. Consult with your provider on what is best for you.

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2 months ago | [YT] | 6

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✨ Deep Plane Facelift at 47 - Kendall’s Journey 🔥



One of the most common questions I hear is, “Am I too early to have a facelift?”

Kendall’s case is a great example of why age alone isn’t the deciding factor. This is her 3.5 month update.



Kendall came in feeling that her lower face and neck looked heavier and more tired than she felt. She had tried fillers, but instead of lifting, they added bulk, especially through the lower face.



When I evaluate patients, I focus on tissue quality, structure, and laxity. In Kendall’s case, the amount of laxity present meant that fillers, skin tightening devices, or RF treatments could not address her concerns in a lasting way and with noticeable but natural outcome.



Here’s what she underwent:
✅ Deep Plane Facelift
✅ Deep Neck Lift
✅ Deep Neck Contouring
✅ Endoscopic Brow Lift
✅ Facial Fat Transfer
✅ Lobuloplasty



🧠 Some patients in their 30s and 40s benefit from surgery earlier than expected. The most common reasons are significant weight loss, inherited structural features, or genetic factors that are more than just about age. In some of these cases, surgery restores structure in a way non-surgical treatments cannot. I do recommend skincare maintenance and Botox (neuromodulator) treatments after surgery.



Thank you, Kendall, for trusting me and for allowing others to learn through your story. You look stunning!❤️



➡️ Follow her journey in my Highlights and Stories.



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Individual results and experience may vary.



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4 months ago | [YT] | 91

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Heather’s Deep Plane Facelift Journey at 56 🔥



Heather came to see me with concerns focused on her lower face and neck. She was originally interested in a mini facelift because she was understandably worried about recovery and the overall process. She was open to my recommendations once we talked through her goals.


During her consultation, we spent time looking at what was truly causing her concerns. Heather had tried many non-surgical treatments and realized she was putting temporary solutions on a deeper structural issue. The laxity in her lower face and neck involved deeper tissues, and a mini lift would not have given her the outcome she was hoping for.


Heather is now 6 months post-op:
✅ Deep Plane Facelift
✅ Deep Neck Lift
✅ Upper Blepharoplasty
✅ Facial Fat Transfer
✅ CO₂ Laser Resurfacing
✅ Removal of Threads


Before surgery, Heather had tried so many non-surgical treatments - MyEllevate, thread lifts, FaceTite, Ultherapy, fillers, and Morpheus8 RF microneedling and Sofwave.


Her permanent sutures from her prior MyEllevate procedure had tethered the platysma muscle in unnatural positions, which worsened her jowling. During surgery, I carefully removed those sutures so the deeper tissues could be lifted correctly.


🧠 Thread lifts may offer temporary tightening, but they do not correct deeper laxity in the face and neck. In some cases, permanent threads can distort natural contours and complicate future surgery. Removing them is meticulous but essential for achieving a smooth, natural result.


Heather, you are beautiful from the start and you’re simply glowing even more today!

Thank you for being so open so others can learn from your experience. ❤️

➡️ Follow her journey in my Highlights and Stories.

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
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📍 2835 Townsgate Rd, Suite 100, Westlake Village, CA 91361


Individual results and experience may vary.


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5 months ago | [YT] | 54

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2.5 Months After Facelift 🔥 - Incisions and the Real Downtime Timeline



This beautiful patient wanted to restore balance to her lower face and neck while softening the fine lines and aging signs around her mouth. She also felt that her upper lip had lengthened over time and that she’d lost the natural volume that once framed her smile.



To address this, I performed a deep plane facelift and deep neck lift to lift and redefine her jawline and address the loose skin and laxity in her neck. I also combined a subnasal lip lift and corner lip lift to shorten and elevate the upper lip naturally, along with lip augmentation using mastoid fascia graft (taken from behind the ear), facial fat transfer, dermabrasion to the lip border, and CO2 laser resurfacing to improve her skin quality and texture.



At 2.5 months, her swelling has softened beautifully, and her results are starting to settle into place. Her neckline is smoother, her lower face is lifted, and the lip area has a more balanced proportion again - youthful but age-appropriate look! Her incisions healed well.



🧠 Understanding Facelift Downtime
Facelift recovery happens in stages — and patience is key:
✅ Weeks 1–2: You’re swollen and bruised, but healing is active.
✅ Weeks 3–4: Swelling starts to come down, the two sides of the face don’t heal at the same rate.
✅ Weeks 6–8: Most patients feel presentable — comfortable going out, seeing friends, and resuming normal activities.
✅ 3 Months and Beyond: You look refreshed and natural, though subtle refinements continue over the first year as tissues fully settle.



At 2.5 months, this patient is right in that transformation window — confident, radiant, and glowing as her final definition continues to refine.

I am so ecstatic for her amazing transformation and grateful for her sharing! ❤️



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6 months ago | [YT] | 31

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✨ When Will I Look “Normal” Again After a Facelift? ✨



One of the most common questions I get is: “When will I be socially presentable?” 👀


The truth is recovery happens in phases, not all at once. Every week brings subtle changes that add up to your final result. Here’s the realistic timeline I share with my facelift patients:


🗓 Week 1: You’re swollen, bruised, and resting — but it’s expected. The best thing you can do is stay patient and follow recovery instructions closely.


🗓 Week 2: Swelling starts to come down, but things may look uneven or “off.” This is normal as different sides heal at different speeds.


🗓 Week 3: Many patients start to feel discouraged here. The big, daily changes slow down — but healing is still happening beneath the surface.


🗓 Week 4: You start recognizing your face again. Most patients feel comfortable seeing close friends or going out for a quiet dinner.


🗓 Weeks 5–6: The swelling continues to soften, expressions look more natural, and you begin to feel like yourself again.


Full recovery — including all internal healing — takes about a year, but most patients feel confident in public by 6 to 8 weeks.


If you also had fat transfer, CO2 laser, or a brow lift, expect slightly longer healing - closer to 8 to 10 weeks because those add more swelling.


Remember: Healing is a gradual process. Be patient with yourself. Each phase brings you closer to your refreshed, natural result. 💕



➡️ Follow Heather’s Journey under my IG Highlights.

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7 months ago | [YT] | 20

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✨A Difficult Facelift Case - And Why It Was Worth It ✨
Kim was 58 when she came to see me. She’s active and healthy. 5 years ago, her face and neck started changing fast—jowling, loose skin, hollowing. That’s when the spiral began.
She was told non-surgical treatments would be the solution. She tried everything:

💉 HA Fillers
⚡ Morpheus8
⚡ Ultherapy
💥 CO2 laser
💥 Fraxel
💥 IPL

Nothing worked. And worse, they layered damage.

By the time she came to me, Kim had:
– 8 years of Filler fatigue
– Morpheus8 which likely melted precious fat under the skin
– Ultherapy treatments which layered more scarring in the deeper plane where I needed to perform the lift
– Dozens of squamous cell carcinomas removed from the face and body
– Aggressive lasers on fragile, Irish skin

Her face had lost structural integrity. Skin was sun-damaged and scarred. Filler had masked the problem—then it was overdone and migrated.

To fix this, we had to start over from zero.

✅ Step 1: Dissolve her filler
– Lips, cheeks, jawline, oral commissures
– I couldn’t lift or restore until the distortions were gone

✅ Step 2: Rebuild
✔️ Deep Plane Facelift & Neck Lift
✔️ Temporal Brow Lift
✔️ Fat Transfer to cheeks, eyes, temples
✔️ Subnasal + Corner Lip Lift
✔️ Lip Augmentation using her own graft taken from behind the ears
✔️ Upper Blepharoplasty

Why this worked:
🧠 I rebuilt for structure first, not volume.
💉 I replaced her HA filler with natural fat.
⚠️ I respected the limits of her skin.

She now looks natural. Rested. Like herself again. No distortion, no heaviness.

This isn’t just a facelift. It’s a reversal of years of compounding mistakes - treatments that weren’t addressing the structural issue.

Non-surgical treatments have a place, but only when used at the right time, on the right face, at the right place, and for the right reason.

👩‍⚕️ My role is not just to lift, it’s to reset.
Some patients need more than just a facelift.
They need a clean slate.

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8 months ago | [YT] | 22

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💫 Margriet’s Facelift Journey 🙌🏼

Margriet is 6 months out from her Deep Plane Facelift, Deep Neck Lift, Deep Neck Contouring and Temporal Brow Lift.

Margriet was bothered by her heavy neck and prominent jowls. Like many of my patients who have come in for their consultation, she tried fllers first. However, she got them dissolved because it caused more fullness and heaviness in her lower face. She wanted to address the deep wrinkles in her cheeks and around the mouth. Margriet was also worried about getting pixie ears and how the facelift incisions will look like.

What Margriet Had:
✔ Deep Plane Facelift – lifted and restructured the lower face and jawline
✔ Deep Neck Lift + Deep Neck Contouring – addressed the heavy neck, hanging and loose neck skin
✔ Temporal Brow Lift – elevated the outer brows to brighten her upper face
✔️ Incisions healed beautifully

Margriet was researching facelift for many years and has watched all of my videos with my Journey patients. She has continued to pay it forward by sharing her own story!

🔥 Margriet’s glow and her confidence (and even more today) are simply undeniable!

Margriet, thank you for your continued trust and courage in sharing so others can learn about the facelift journey and healing process! ❤️

💫 Watch Margriet’s Journey under my IG Highlights + Stories!

Facelift Downtime Expectations:
• 2–3 weeks average for initial recovery
• Most patients are back to work after 2 weeks
• Social event-ready by weeks 4–6 on average
• Swelling continues to improve up to 3–6 months
• Final results evolve over 6–12 months—plan ahead for events!

Are you ready for your transformation journey? 💫
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⚠️ Patient experiences + outcomes may vary.

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9 months ago | [YT] | 31

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👀 “My eyelids feel heavy… and I just want to look like me again.”
This patient came in feeling like her eyes had aged faster than the rest of her face. She didn’t want to erase all signs of aging — just to look more like herself again.

✅ What I Recommended:
• Endoscopic Brow Lift – to lift her brows back to a natural, more open position
• Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty – to remove excess skin and reduce heaviness
• Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition – to reposition the fat pads (eye bags) under her eyes and smooth out the tear troughs
• Skin Pinch & Lateral Canthopexy – to remove loose skin under the eyes and support the lower lid during healing

🧠 EDUCATION MOMENT:
Many people think droopy eyelids are just a “skin issue,” but brow ptosis is often the root cause. When the brows fall, they push down the upper eyelids and create that tired or hooded look.
In this case, even after lifting the brows, she still had excess upper lid skin — so we combined the lift with a conservative blepharoplasty.
For the lower eyelids, herniated fat pads were creating puffiness, and she had a true tear trough deformity — which we addressed by transposing the fat rather than removing it. This keeps the result smooth, natural, and avoids hollowness.

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9 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 43

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Tired Eyes, Heavy Lids… Gone 👀
After years of using filler to mask under-eye hollowing, this 53-year-old patient was ready for a more permanent solution. She wanted to look refreshed—like herself, just more awake.

✅ What She Had Done:
✔️ Upper Blepharoplasty
✔️ Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition and skin pinch excision
✔️ Lateral Canthopexy

💬 “People kept saying I looked tired… even when I wasn’t.”

✨ Her Concern:
Filler helped temporarily, but it started creating puffiness under the eyes. The hollowing and the heaviness of her upper lids made her look more tired than she felt. She wanted something long-lasting and natural—not a patchwork fix.

📚 EDUCATION MOMENT:
Filler can’t fix everything. In patients with under-eye bags, volume distortion from old filler can actually make things look worse over time. For her, the first step was dissolving all remaining HA filler to reset the area.

Then we addressed the real issue:
➡️ Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition and Skin Pinch Excision smoothed the contour beneath the eyes by repositioning herniated fat and removing the excess skin.
➡️ Upper Blepharoplasty removed the excess skin weighing down her eyelids and the herniated fat causing puffiness of her upper eyelids.
➡️ Lateral Canthopexy supported and reinforced the shape of the eye for long-term results.

🌟 Her eyes now reflect how she feels: rested, lifted, and awake.

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
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10 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 59

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🔥 Eyelid Rejuvenation at 43 - Lower Blepharoplasty 👀

This handsome patient of mine came to me because he was constantly being told he looked tired, despite feeling young. He had tried everything: eye creams, anti-aging serums, even under-eye filler three years ago. Nothing worked.

He wanted a solution that wouldn’t leave him looking “done.” He wanted to look natural. After evaluating his anatomy, I recommended ✅ Lower Blepharoplasty with Fat Transposition. I used the excess fat under the eyes and redistributed it to smooth the undereye hollows and contour.

The result? A refreshed look and a longer lasting solution. No one is asking if he’s tired anymore—his energy finally matches how he looks.

💬 Education Moment:
In this case, avoiding a skin excision was critical due to his facial anatomy. Given that he has a negative eye vector, further skin excision could put him at risk for ectropion, and the possibility of a visible incision line.

If you’ve had filler that didn’t help or made things worse, lower eyelid surgery with fat repositioning and/or facial fat transfer are other possible options.

🔁 Downtime Expectations:
• Bruising and swelling typically peak at days 2–4
• Most patients return to light activity after 2 weeks
• Results evolve over 3 months on average as swelling resolves

📍 Book your consultation with Dr. Tansavatdi today:
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