Show patients their result before they treat.
Loose, crepey, or sagging skin on the neck — often called 'turkey neck' — from collagen loss and sun exposure.
Sarah Jenkins
Plan #4214 • Lower Face & Neck
Recommended Protocol
Ultrasound Tightening
Sculptra • For Skin Laxity - Neck
Neck firming creams
At-home maintenance
Neck skin laxity — crepey texture, horizontal lines, and 'turkey neck' sagging — comes from collagen and elastin loss and sun exposure. It's tightened non-surgically with energy-based devices like Ultherapy, Sofwave, and Thermage, RF microneedling such as Morpheus8, and skin boosters like Profhilo, usually over a series. Results build over a few months and are maintained with skincare.
Skin laxity of the neck is the loosening, sagging, or loss of firmness in the neck skin, often from aging, sun exposure, and the loss of collagen and elastin. It can appear as a crepey texture, horizontal lines, or the sagging commonly described as 'turkey neck,' and it frequently ages a patient more than the face itself.
For a practice, the neck is a high-impact area that completes a facial-rejuvenation result, and patients are often surprised how much it ages them. The clinical goal is to tighten and smooth by stimulating collagen with energy devices, threads, and skin boosters. Showing the patient the projected, firmer neck on their own photo is what frames the neck as part of a complete plan rather than an afterthought.
Skin Laxity - Neck
Where it appears
Neck
Facial area
Lower Face & Neck
Treatment paths
15
From in-clinic procedures to at-home regimens, Afters maps the full range of options — so patients can see what each one would do for them, on their own photo, before they commit.
Professional procedures performed by a provider to target the concern directly.
Energy-based and resurfacing devices used to treat the concern in clinic.
Branded injectables and medical products providers use for this concern.
Medical-grade products patients use between visits to maintain results.
The named injectables, products, and devices patients search for — each lets them preview the result before they commit.
The original FDA-cleared ultrasound lift — uses microfocused ultrasound to tighten without any surgery or needles.
View brandA newer ultrasound device that tightens the mid-skin layer comfortably, with consistent, even results.
View brandThe recognized brand of dissolvable thread lift — lifts the mid-face and stimulates collagen, no surgery required.
View brandThe original radiofrequency skin-tightening treatment — one session, no needles, gradual lifting from a single visit.
View brandBTL's radiofrequency device that tightens skin and reduces fat — painless, with no downtime.
View brandPatients rarely come in for just one thing. Browse other concerns Afters can visualize.
The vertical rope-like bands on the front of the neck that become more visible with age.
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Explore treatmentsThin, finely wrinkled skin resembling crepe paper, common on the under-eyes, neck, arms, and décolletage.
Explore treatmentsCommon questions patients ask about skin laxity - neck — and what practices should be ready to answer.
Collagen and elastin loss with age, cumulative sun damage, and thin neck skin combine to cause sagging, horizontal lines, and a crepey texture often called 'turkey neck.'
Energy-based tightening (Ultherapy, Sofwave, Thermage) and RF microneedling firm the skin by stimulating collagen, while skin boosters and biostimulators improve skin quality and structural support.
Yes. Mild to moderate laxity responds well to energy devices, threads, and skin boosters. Advanced sagging with excess skin may eventually be better suited to a surgical neck lift.
Many protocols are a single Ultherapy or Thermage session or a short series of RF microneedling, with collagen-based firming continuing for several months afterward.
Energy-based tightening usually has little to no downtime, while microneedling-based options may cause mild redness for a day or two.
Afters simulates the outcome on a patient's own photo and builds a visual 12-month plan — so consults convert and average ticket climbs.