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title: "Neck Lift / Platysmaplasty"
url: https://drturner.com.au/procedures/face/neck-lift-platysmaplasty/
date: 2025-05-14
modified: 2026-07-03
author: "Dr Scott J Turner"
description: "Platysmaplasty is the surgical procedure that tightens and repositions the platysma, the thin sheet of muscle running down the front of the neck. With age, the medial edges of the..."
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# Neck Lift / Platysmaplasty

Platysmaplasty is the surgical procedure that tightens and repositions the platysma, the thin sheet of muscle running down the front of the neck. With age, the medial edges of the platysma separate and form visible vertical bands, while the overlying skin loosens and the cervicomental angle (the clean transition from jaw to neck) softens. Platysmaplasty corrects the muscle separation directly, sutures the platysma edges together in the midline, and provides structural support that skin redraping alone cannot deliver.

Dr Scott J Turner is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon (FRACS) practising from Bondi Junction and Manly in Sydney. He performs platysmaplasty as a standalone neck lift procedure in suitable patients and, more commonly, as a core component of combined facelift and neck lift surgery, with operations carried out at accredited Sydney private hospitals. This page explains the technique, who it is appropriate for, when other procedures are better suited, and what to expect through recovery and beyond.