Direct alternatives for neck skin redundancy in males
Biggs, T.M.; Koplin, L.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery 10(3): 423-428
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-1298 PMID: 6627836 Document Number: 215270
The problem of redundancy of tissue of the neck, often called "turkey gobbler neck," can be corrected satisfactorily without performing a traditional face--neck lift (Fig. 4). This can be achieved with a vertical excision of skin, resection of fat, Z-plasty to the medial platysmal edges, and skin closure in a Z fashion. This operation is limited to males who distinctly prefer not to have a face-neck lift and is done only after description of the resulting scar which, because of its direction and location, has not been obtrusive.