title: Direct alternatives for neck skin redundancy in males.
abstract: The problem of redundancy of tissue of the neck, often called "turkey gobbler neck," can be corrected satisfactorily without performing a traditional face--neck lift (Fig. 4). This can be achieved with a vertical excision of skin, resection of fat, Z-plasty to the medial platysmal edges, and skin closure in a Z fashion. This operation is limited to males who distinctly prefer not to have a face-neck lift and is done only after description of the resulting scar which, because of its direction and location, has not been obtrusive.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*