One of the most distressing signs of aging is the dreaded turkey neck: Sagging, dangling skin and fat that blunts the edge of your jawline. A turkey neck doesn’t respond to face yoga because your neck skin isn’t well attached to the underlying platysma and other muscles.
You’ve run out of DIY and OTC options. The neck creams do nothing. Lifting pads work for a minute, no more. Red light hasn’t made a difference.
You don’t want a traditional neck lift. First, it’s way too expensive. Second, the recovery time is longer than you want to deal with. Third, you’re worried about scar tissue.
At Enrich Family Practice, in Odessa, Texas, our nurse practitioners, Kelly Burrows, APRN FNP-C, and Lee Ann Garza, FNP, understand the reluctance to undergo unnecessary surgery. That’s why they offer a nonsurgical, minimally invasive type of neck lift using dissolvable, collagen-inducing threads.
Is a thread lift the solution you’ve been searching for? Take a look and see how threads can give you the jawline you want.
You don’t have to book a thread lift months in advance, as you might with a surgical neck lift. You also don’t have to arrange for care ahead of time, ask for days off from work, or schedule a recovery period.
Instead, you simply call our office and ask to book a thread lift appointment. We fit you in as soon as possible.
But the speed doesn’t end there. With a nonsurgical thread lift, you’re not going to spend hours in the operating room or undergo general anesthesia. From prep to finish, the entire procedure only takes about an hour, and we perform it in the comfort and safety of our office.
Results are fast, too. During the procedure, we lift and suspend your sagging neck tissues right on the spot. You leave the office with a sharpened jawline that continues to improve as your skin begins to produce supportive collagen.
Another advantage of a thread lift vs. a surgical neck lift is that we don’t need to incise your skin to lift it. Instead — after we clean and prep your skin — we insert two different sets of needles.
The first needle pricks are to numb your skin. This local anesthetic is all you need to control the pain. However, if you’re anxious about the procedure, we could also provide an oral anesthetic that keeps you calm.
The second needle is to aid in inserting the threads. First, we puncture the skin with the needle on either side of your jaw. Then we insert a very thin tube called a cannula into the opening. We push the barbed threads through the cannula and anchor them in place.
We then withdraw the cannula. Finally, we cut the thread. You’re all done.
You may have some swelling and bruising for a day or two. You can manage the pain with ice packs and over-the-counter painkillers. For the next couple of weeks, avoid:
As your skin starts to heal, it also grows tighter. The threads stimulate your skin to produce new collagen and elastin, which soon supplant the dissolvable threads. As your body disposes of the threads, fresh new collagen, elastin, and other proteins take their place.
Depending on the type of threads you get, your age, and your skin’s elasticity, your minimally invasive neck lift can last for 1-4 years. In rare cases, they can last up to 9 years.
You may also choose to augment your thread lift with other procedures, such as laser therapy, to tighten your facial skin. We can also use fillers and Botox to address other areas of concern.
Are you ready to leave turkey necks for Thanksgiving only? Phone our helpful team for a thread lift today at 432-200-9052. You can also reach us with our online form.
