Neck Lift in Bangkok
Tighten the neck and remove loose skin, for a clean line from jaw to neck.
A neck can change in three ways, and the way yours has changed decides the treatment. Fullness gathers under the chin. Skin loosens and begins to hang. The muscle beneath slackens and shows as two bands running down the front.
A neck lift is for the loose skin and the bands. We offer it on its own or together with a facelift, and your surgeon tells you which your neck needs.
Which Treatment Your Neck Needs
What helps depends on what you see in the mirror.
| Concern | What helps | From |
|---|---|---|
| A little looseness | Ultherapy, which lifts without surgery | ฿10,000 |
| Fullness under the chin, skin still firm | Chin liposuction | ฿40,000 |
| Loose skin, or bands down the front of the neck | A neck lift | ฿100,000 |
Your surgeon decides the route at your assessment, and it can be a combination, since fullness and loose skin often come together.
How a Neck Lift Works
The muscle at the front of your neck, the platysma, continues up into the deeper layer of the face, called the SMAS. When that layer slackens, the line between jaw and neck softens, and the muscle can show as two bands down the front.
Your surgeon works in that deeper layer, then trims the skin left over. Because that layer does most of the lifting, a good neck lift looks natural rather than pulled.
The same layer runs up into the lower face, so a neck lift often improves jowls too. For heavier jowls a facelift usually does more, which is why jowls along the jaw often mean face and neck together.
You may also see a neck lift called a lower rhytidectomy. Platysmaplasty, which tightens the neck muscle, is usually one part of it.
What a Neck Lift Costs
A neck lift on its own starts at ฿100,000. The full face and neck together is ฿320,000, priced as one operation.
| Area | From (THB) |
|---|---|
| Neck | 100,000 |
| Full face and neck | 320,000 |
The upper, mid and lower face are each priced separately as part of a facelift.
Who a Neck Lift Suits
There is no single right age for a neck lift, and your neck tells us more than your birth year does.
If your neck has loosened or the bands have started to show, you are in the range a neck lift is made for, whatever your age.
Smoking, a history of keloid scarring and some medical conditions affect whether surgery is safe for you and how well you heal. Your surgeon checks all of these at your assessment.
Meet Our Neck Lift Surgeon
Your neck lift is performed by Dr. Pawalin “Palm” Chuenputhi, MD, Medical Council of Thailand ว.31884. She has 21 years of experience and is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery.
She earned her medical degree at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. She has since trained in South Korea, Taiwan and the United States in endoscopic facelift techniques and deep-structure facial lifting.
In surgery, she works on the SMAS layer and the tissue that supports it. In some cases she uses Endotine, a dissolving implant that helps hold lifted tissue in place. She decides which approach suits you once she has seen how your face and neck sit.
Her aim, in her own words:
“Good surgery should not change someone’s face. It should restore the confidence that fades over time, so the person looks like themselves at their best, not like a different person.”
What Happens on the Day
You have your neck lift at our surgical facility in Ekkamai, under general anesthetic, so you are asleep throughout.
Before the day, your surgeon goes through the plan with you again: what she is treating, where the incisions sit, and what to expect when the dressings come off. She also tells you how long your operation will take.
On the day, you arrive, are prepared for surgery, and wake up in recovery with your neck dressed.
Recovery
Your neck feels tight at first, and the swelling and bruising settle gradually over the weeks that follow. You wear a compression garment to help with the swelling.
Your surgeon takes the stitches out at a check, then signs you off once she is happy with how you are healing. The scars fade over the months after that.
If you have a big event coming up, leave a few weeks between it and your surgery so the swelling has settled.
Coming to Bangkok for Surgery
Plan on at least seven days in Bangkok. That is when your surgeon can usually check your healing and clear you to fly. The risk of blood clots stays raised for several weeks after surgery, so keep moving on a long flight home.
Once you are home, follow-up carries on by video at about 30, 60 and 120 days. If you have a problem at home, our doctor writes a surgical report for your local doctor. You can also message your original consultant at any time, 24 hours a day, on the same channel you used to book.
Risks
A neck lift is surgery, and surgery carries risks you should know about before you decide. The main ones are:
- Bleeding under the skin
- Infection
- Scarring
- Skin loss
- Numbness
- Rarely, nerve injury, blood clots or a reaction to the anesthetic
Your surgeon goes through each of these with you at your consultation, so you know what to look for while you heal.
Choosing a Clinic for a Neck Lift in Thailand
Whichever clinic you are considering, four things are worth checking before you commit. Here is how each one looks at KKC Clinic:
- Who will operate: Dr. Pawalin “Palm” Chuenputhi, MD, Medical Council of Thailand ว.31884.
- Where the operation takes place: our surgical facility in Ekkamai.
- What the quoted price covers: your surgeon gives you a full quote at your consultation, so you know the cost before you commit.
- How follow-up works once you fly home: by video at about 30, 60 and 120 days, with your consultant a message away.
Frequently Asked Questions
Start with a Free Consultation
At your free consultation, Dr. Palm looks at your neck, tells you which treatment fits and gives you the price. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.