Jowls and turkey neck are two of the most common concerns I see in clinic. You lose the clean line of your jaw, skin starts to gather under the chin, and you can look older and more tired than you feel.
The good news is that there are more options than ever for treating them. But the best treatment isn't just the one that removes the most sagging. It's the one that leaves you looking like you, only fresher and younger.
What causes jowls and turkey neck?
As we age, the skin's structural proteins, collagen and elastin, decline. Collagen and elastin are the scaffolding that holds the skin up. When that scaffolding weakens, the skin becomes loose and starts to sag.
Think of a tent. If the poles holding it up start to sag, the canvas sags with them.
On the face, that loose skin tends to collect in a few places:
Along the jawline, where you lose definition and jowls form
Under the chin and down the neck, giving the dreaded turkey neck
Around the mouth and nose, deepening lines and creating shadows from the nose to the mouth
This is why the key to treating jowls and turkey neck is restoring the structure beneath the skin: the support that keeps it firm and taut.
The traditional treatments: filler and facelifts
In the past, if your skin was sagging with age or after weight loss, there were two main options:
Dermal filler, which adds volume to put some structure back into the face
A facelift, which lifts the tissues and removes the excess, loose skin
Both can reduce jowls, turkey neck and hollow cheeks. But reducing sagging doesn't automatically mean the result looks natural.
Why natural-looking results matter
Think about it: a doll has no lines and no jowls, but it doesn't look beautiful, because it doesn't look real.
The aim isn't just to get rid of loose skin and hollows. The real aim is to make your face look youthful in a way that still looks like you. If treatment starts to distort your natural contours, you may look less aged, but you won't look genuinely youthful or beautiful.
And tight skin alone isn't enough. For skin to look genuinely youthful it needs two things:
Good structure: firm support that holds the skin up
Good quality: hydration, tone, radiance, suppleness and bounce
Filler and facelifts address structure and sagging. They don't improve the quality of the skin itself.
Skin boosters: treating jowls and turkey neck from within
This is where skin boosters like Profhilo come in. Rather than adding volume to specific spots or cutting skin away, a skin booster encourages your skin to make more of its own collagen and elastin.
That means it works on both things youthful skin needs:
Structure: rebuilding the natural scaffolding that supports the jawline and neck
Quality: improving hydration, tone, radiance and bounce at the same time
Because the support comes from your own collagen and elastin, your natural contours are preserved. You don't look "done". You look like you, just younger.
Profhilo can be used on both the lower face and the neck, which makes it a good fit for jowls and turkey neck together. To find out exactly how it works and what treatment involves, read my full guide: [Profhilo: the skin booster for natural-looking results](LINK TO YOUR PROFHILO POST).
My approach: skin boosters first
For jowls and turkey neck, skin boosters like Profhilo are my first choice. Always do as much as you can to boost your own collagen and elastin first, because that is what gives the most naturally beautiful result.
Filler and facelifts still have a place. In more severe cases of sagging, they can pick up any slack that's left once the skin itself has been strengthened.
The goal is a result that makes people think "wow, she looks beautiful", not "she's had a lot of work done".
Find out more about Profhilo for jowls and turkey neck
Profhilo is my go-to treatment for jowls and turkey neck, because it firms the jawline and neck while improving skin quality, all without changing your natural contours.
To learn exactly how it works, how many sessions you'll need, what results to expect and how much it costs, read my full guide: [Profhilo: the skin booster for natural-looking results]
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