How to Banish That Turkey Neck

Extra fat and loose skin on the chin and neck is playfully dubbed a “turkey neck” because it looks similar to the loose, wrinkled skin under a turkey’s beak, known as the waddle.

Despite the cute nickname, a turkey neck is anything but cute. It ages your appearance and draws attention away from your more favorable features.

Our team at Orange Coast Dermatology strives to help every person feel more comfortable in their skin by alleviating age-related features with advanced cosmetic treatment.

We welcome you to our offices in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange, and Mission Viejo, California, for a detailed aesthetic consultation during which you can discuss your features and explore a range of antiaging treatments.

If loose and sagging skin beneath the chin bothers you, we can help. Here’s how you can banish that turkey neck for good.

Aesthetic treatments for turkey neck

At Orange Coast Dermatology, we specialize in today’s leading cosmetic treatments for loose skin, sagging skin, and excess fat — the recipe for an age-related turkey neck. Based on your goals, skin laxity, and preferences, we might recommend one or more of the following approaches:

Treatments for chin and neck fat

Some treatments reduce fat beneath the chin and on your neck, which can cause a double chin or amplify a turkey neck. One example is Kybella®, an injectable that dissolves targeted fat cells.

Kybella is unique because it’s made for chin and neck fat only. Once Kybella destroys fat cells, they can no longer hold volume.

Treatments to tighten your skin

Skin-tightening and body contouring treatments cause the skin to contract and become tighter. With treatments like BodyFX and MiniFX, we apply radiofrequency, a gentle heated energy, to make your skin tighter while also reducing fat cells in the area.

Forma, another radiofrequency treatment, improves skin elasticity by helping it build more collagen (a firming protein) and elastin (a tightening protein). Forma has built-in temperature controls so the treatment won’t overheat your skin.

Maintaining your treatment results

Our team at Orange Coast Dermatology understands skin laxity and how you can maintain it for as long as possible. We can offer recommendations to help you maintain the results of cosmetic treatment and prevent your turkey neck from coming back.

We may recommend:

Gentle face and neck exercises
Healthy eating
Smoking cessation
Sun protection

By undergoing professional treatment and following our instructions closely, you can minimize a turkey neck for good.

In many cases, nonsurgical treatment is sufficient for reducing a turkey neck. But if you’re unhappy with the results of nonsurgical treatments for a turkey neck, a surgical neck lift may be your best next step.

Consult our team today

We’re ready to sit down with you for a turkey neck treatment consultation. Call us at Orange Coast Dermatology or schedule an appointment online to learn more today.