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Platysmaplasty: Procedure Overview, Recovery, and Cost

Information about platysmaplasty procedures in New York City performed by Dr. Andrew Jacono.

What Does a Platysmaplasty Do?

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Corset Platysmaplasty Tightens
the Vertical Neck Bands

The platysmaplasty is a surgical procedure that reconstructs and rejuvenates the thin sheet of neck muscle known as the platysma. The platysma is divided into two distinct sides in the neck’s center.

As we age, the tissue that connects the platysma to the overlying neck skin begins to lose its elasticity. The muscles accordingly sag, and unwanted cosmetic issues begin to develop. These problems include:

  • Double chin
  • Lines and vertical neck bands
  • Loose, sagging neck skin
  • Fatty jowls in the neck and chin

This surgery not only aims to tighten the neck but improve jawline definition. This leaves the patient looking naturally younger.

What Are Platysmal Bands?

Platysmal bands are vertical cords that appear on the neck and are caused by age-induced skin laxity and loss of muscle tone. These bands can cause sagging and other unsightly cosmetic issues, like a turkey neck.

How Is a Platysmaplasty Performed?

As both a facial plastic surgeon and head and neck surgery specialist, Dr. Jacono will begin the platysmaplasty neck lift by making a small and discreetly hidden incision beneath your chin of approximately 1 centimeter. Through this small incision, Dr. Jacono uses fiber optic telescopes called endoscopes to visualize and operate on the developed extra fat and loosening muscles.

With special endoscopic instruments, he will remove the excess fat in the center of the neck called the inter-platysmal and sub-platysmal fat. He then will reduce the excess loosened platysma and join both sides of the platysma muscle to each other suturing them together. This technique is called a corset platysmaplasty. 

By joining them together, the muscle that was sagging tightens the muscles up under the chin, creating a single sheet of muscle, called a midline platysma plication. This single sheet of platysma muscle will be a resistant barrier to neck bands forming.

Platysmaplasty: How Long Does It Take to Recover from This Procedure?

After surgery, patients may experience some neck tightness. This is normal and will subside as the healing process continues.

Recovery from a platysmaplasty involves a few days of downtime. Patients are advised to refrain from any and all strenuous physical activity.

Some patients may experience bruising and swelling around the jawline, neck, and ears. These symptoms typically subside within 24 to 48 hours.

Initial neck lift results will be immediately visible and will improve over the course of a few weeks.

What is the Cost?

The cost of an isolated platysmaplasty is much less than that of a more complete neck lift surgery. To determine the actual cost, it is best to schedule a consultation to speak with Dr. Jacono to access what is needed and at what cost.

Am I a Candidate For This Procedure?

The vast majority of patients are between the ages of 40 and 60. They all commonly experience some moderate neck aging.

If the neck sags too much, the platysmaplasty can be combined with a surgical neck lift. During a neck lift, Dr. Jacono makes additional incisions behind the ears. The platysma is then lifted through these small incisions. Extra skin is removed behind the ears, and the incisions are closed.

Dr. Jacono is considered one of the best head and neck surgeons in America. He has offices in New York City and on Long Island. To schedule an appointment with him, you can complete our online form. You can also call our New York City office at 212-570-2500, or our Long Island location at 516-773-4646.

Platysmaplasty Before and After Photos


Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 1:

This patient was unhappy with her visible neck bands. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to address her concerns. Her results show a much smoother, younger-looking neckline.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 2:

This patient was unhappy with her jowls, sagging neck skin, and visible vertical bands. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to address her concerns. The patients after photos show a well-defined jawline and a wrinkle-free neck.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 3:

This patient complained about her sagging neck and fatty jowls. She decided to undergo a platysmaplasty with Dr. Jacono. Her results are stunning and showcase why Dr. Jacono is considered one of the best neck surgeons in the country.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 4:

This patient wanted a smoother, younger-looking neck and wanted to get rid of her vertical bands. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to address her concerns. Her results show a much improved, rejuvenated neckline.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 5:

This woman was unhappy with her jowls and visible neck bands so she underwent a platysmaplasty to correct both issues. The after photos show her jawline is smooth and her neck appears rejuvenated and tight.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 6:

This patient’s platysma muscle was weakening and beginning to sag. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to correct this issue. The patient’s after photos show a sleek, smooth neck and tight jawline.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 7:

This patient had severely wrinkled neck skin and visible vertical bands. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to address these problems. The patients after photos show a rejuvenated neckline, and she looks several years younger.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 8:

This patient suffered from fatty jowls and a sagging neckline, and she wanted to look 10 years younger. Dr. Jacono performed a platysmaplasty to address the patient’s concerns. The after photos show a refined jawline and a much smoother neck region.

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Platysmaplasty Before and After – Patient 9:

This patient wanted to correct her wrinkles and visible neck bands. Dr. Jacono’s technique smoothed her neck skin and eliminated her vertical banding.

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Doctor Jacono’s desire to become a facial plastic surgeon was solidified in grade school. There was a girl on his school bus route who was born with a cleft lip and palate deformity. Unfortunately, whenever she spoke, air and words escaped through her nose. Kids teased her and were cruel, and nobody would sit next to her on the bus, so he decided to sit with her. One day, the girl had plastic surgery and returned to school with her face repaired. Suddenly, classmates saw her face instead of her deformity and immediately treated her normally. It was at that moment that Doctor Jacono knew he wanted to fix people’s faces and change their lives. This is why he has gone on over twenty plastic surgery missions to poor countries around the world and provided free cleft lip and surgery for birth defects to over 500 children.

Because of this experience in his childhood, Doctor Jacono understands that one of our basic needs as human beings is to feel confident about our appearance. It’s is Doctor Jacono’s passion to help his patients achieve their facial aesthetic goals, creating natural appearing results to either enhance their beauty and proportion or rejuvenate their aging appearance. He is a world-renowned leader in the field of facial plastic surgery and only performs surgery on the face, not the body. He has innovated many facelift, eyelid lift, and rhinoplasty surgical techniques, publishing in leading peer reviewed literature and lecturing at plastic surgery conferences all over the world. He is committed to sharing what he has learned teaching surgeons from around the world.

His approach is to maintain your uniqueness and facial identity; it is still you just better. To do this he uses a customized, bespoke approach to each patient employing the most minimally invasive, innovative, and cutting-edge technology. Doctor Jacono has never performed the same procedure on any two of the thousands of patients he has treated. He is committed to providing his surgical expertise in a caring, supportive environment with a professional staff that has you as their focus and concern.