Neck lift at Handa Plastic Surgery addresses three components of neck aging: platysmal banding (the visible cords in the neck), submental fat (the double chin), and skin laxity. Combined treatment of all three produces the defined jawline patients want. Performed by Dr. Shruti Handa.
"A youthful neck is about three things together - the platysmal cords, the fat, and the skin. Addressing only one leaves the result incomplete."
The surgeon you meet at consultation is the surgeon who performs your operation. Always.
Dr. Shruti Handa is a board-certified plastic surgeon trained at AIIMS New Delhi, holding MCh in Plastic Surgery and MS ENT - both completed at AIIMS New Delhi. She has particular expertise in facial aesthetics, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, and facelift surgery with specific training in nose and facial surgical anatomy. She performs every facial surgery personally using Piezotome ultrasonic technology for bone work, loupe-magnified cartilage technique, and a preservation-first surgical philosophy - the goal is always refinement, not transformation.
MCh Plastic Surgery is the highest super-specialty surgical qualification in India - a 3-year post-MS programme in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery covering the full breadth of aesthetic and reconstructive work. MS ENT is a surgical Master's degree in Ear, Nose and Throat - the specialty most directly concerned with nasal anatomy, airway function, and sinus and septal pathology. For a facial-aesthetics surgeon, holding both means the structural and aesthetic dimensions of the face are understood from two independent surgical disciplines. In a field where practitioners may have attended short courses rather than completed formal training, this combination is genuinely rare.
A plain account of comprehensive neck rejuvenation.
Modern neck lift addresses the three components of neck aging together: platysmaplasty (the platysma muscle cords are released and centrally re-approximated), submental lipectomy (the central neck fat is removed), and lateral skin re-draping (excess skin removed via post-auricular incision). Addressing only one component leaves an incomplete result. Often combined with facelift for comprehensive lower-face and neck rejuvenation in single recovery.
For younger patients with primary submental fat issue - liposuction only through small chin incision. Limited but appropriate.
The standard modern neck lift - platysmaplasty + submental lipectomy + lateral skin re-draping. Appropriate for most patients.
Combined facelift and neck lift for comprehensive lower-face and neck rejuvenation. Common combination.
For patients with weak chin projection in addition to neck issues - chin implant added for jawline definition.
Platysma cords + submental fat + lateral skin - addressed together.
Single-component neck lifts (skin only OR fat only OR platysma only) leave incomplete results. Modern technique addresses all three: platysmaplasty re-approximates the muscle cords centrally through a small submental incision, submental lipectomy removes the central neck fat through the same access, and lateral skin re-draping is performed via small post-auricular incisions. This three-component approach produces the defined jawline patients want.
Every patient at Handa follows the same structured pathway. 60-minute consultation. No pressure to decide same-day. Personally performed surgery.
We turn away roughly one in seven neck lift consultations. This is the single most important reason our outcomes look the way they do.
Our facial-surgery recovery timelines reflect modern preservation technique. Significantly shorter than traditional approaches.
Neck lift and facelift are commonly combined - the lower face and neck age together. Combined operation is more efficient and produces balanced result. Single anaesthesia and recovery.