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Dr Harry Singh explains how botulinum toxin injections, using Azzalure™ can be used to lift and rejuvenate the neck, giving you a look more like Nefertiti and less like a turkey

Ageing is a tricky process that creeps on us. Most of us start to notice fine lines and wrinkles around our eyes, tell-tale crow’s feet, then maybe a frown line or two in between our eyes, all of which signals that our faces are starting to age. You may look at your hands, often regarded as the best way to really know someone’s age, but do you ever look at your neck?

Our necks are hard-working parts of our bodies. They must hold up our head for starters. We stretch them in different directions all day long and they’re at the forefront of most of the sun exposure that we get during a lifetime, often not having all the UV sunscreen protection that would be recommended.

This means that over time, the skin on our neck become less smooth, loses volume and suffers from photo-damage in terms of changes to texture, tone and pigmentation. As this happens, the strong muscular bands that do all the work of keeping our heads up, known as platysmal bands, start to show through the thinning skin layers, giving the characteristic ‘turkey neck’ appearance.

When it comes to ideals of beauty, especially beautiful necks, you can’t help but be in awe of the bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Granted, we have no actual ‘selfies’ of the beautiful lady to prove that the artwork done in her name was a genuine representation, but still, it shows what a beautiful, elongated, smooth neck can do for a woman and why Nefertiti was regarded as such a ‘goddess’. Given the choice of a turkey neck or having a Nefertiti lift, I think we know what everyone would choose.

Good news then, at my clinic in Stevenage, Hertfordshire we can reduce the appearance of platysmal bands, restoring a more youthful appearance to the neck, without impacting on function or neck movement, using botulinum toxin injections.

I use the Azzalure™ brand of botulinum toxin, you may also have heard of Botox®. They are both botulinum toxin type A and are also prescription only medicines which must be prescribed for you after a face-to-face consultation with me, Dr Harry Singh. I am a dentist and aesthetic practitioner, who has been performing and prescribing botulinum toxin treatments for cosmetic use for over fifteen years. This is an advanced technique for the use of Azzalure, and thus needs to be performed by a qualified and experience medical practitioner.

During a consultation, I will ask you to clench your teeth together in an exaggerated smile which allows me to see your neck muscles in full action, as well as how prominent your platysmal bands are at rest, when you are doing nothing. This will allow me to determine if this treatment will be of benefit to you. I will also take a detailed medical history to make sure that you are suitable. Depending on the severity of the lax skin, wrinkles or volume loss in your neck, I may also discuss other aesthetic treatments which can be combined for a more complete solution.

If we go ahead with botulinum toxin treatment it will be injected in very small doses into specific points along the neck muscles. The toxin will take about a week to work and will weaken the muscles ever so slightly, so they become less prominent and improve the appearance of your neck. It’s not a permanent solution, as the botulinum toxin does wear off over time, so you will require repeat treatments every 4 to 6 months to maintain the result.

Please arrange a consultation appointment with me, Dr. Harry Singh at Aesthetics in Stevenage, Hertfordshire if you are bothered by the appearance of your neck and we can discuss if Azzalure botulinum toxin injections are suitable for you. Please call us on 0800 006 2266.

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