{"id":15472,"date":"2026-01-02T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/neck-lift-turkey-before-and-after-a-44-year-old-intl-patients-rapid-turkey-neck-correction\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:44:11","slug":"neck-lift-turkey-before-and-after-a-44-year-old-intl-patients-rapid-turkey-neck-correction","status":"publish","type":"before-after","link":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/plastic-surgery-before-and-after\/neck-lift-turkey-before-and-after-a-44-year-old-intl-patients-rapid-turkey-neck-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"Neck Lift Turkey Before and After: A 44-Year-Old Int&#8217;l Patient\u2019s Rapid &#8220;Turkey Neck&#8221; Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":29949,"template":"","meta":{"h1_first_part":"Neck Lift Turkey Before and After:","h1_second_part":"A 44-Year-Old Int'l Patient\u2019s Rapid \"Turkey Neck\" Correction","patient_age":"44","patient_country":"USA","primary_concern":"<p>The irony was not lost on this 44-year-old USA patient: she flew to Turkey to correct a \"turkey neck\". Behind the joke sat a precise complaint \u2014 two vertical bands running down her neck and loose skin between them, the combination that makes the term instantly recognisable.<\/p>\n<p>Her <strong>neck lift before and after<\/strong> also had a deadline attached: she wanted to be socially presentable within two weeks of surgery.<\/p>","surgeon_approach":"<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/neck-lift-in-turkey\/\">neck lift<\/a> targeted the actual mechanics of the deformity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Platysmaplasty at the centre:<\/strong> the separated edges of the platysma muscle \u2014 the source of the vertical bands \u2014 repaired and tightened at the midline, converting two cords back into one smooth sheet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skin redraped, not just removed:<\/strong> the excess managed through incisions tucked behind the ears, letting the surface follow the corrected muscle beneath.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recovery engineering:<\/strong> conservative dissection and structured aftercare aimed squarely at her two-week social deadline \u2014 which she met.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the after photos show:<\/strong> the bands gone, the angle beneath the chin restored, and a neck that no longer names itself. Residual firmness kept settling over the following weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline-sensitive cases are planned candidly at assessment \u2014 dates first, via our <a href=\"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/contact\/\">contact page<\/a>.<\/p>","recovery_timeline":"2 Weeks"},"before-after-procedures":[129],"before-after-categories":[121],"class_list":["post-15472","before-after","type-before-after","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","before-after-procedures-neck-lift","before-after-categories-facial-plastic-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/before-after"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15473,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after\/15472\/revisions\/15473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"before-after-procedures","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-procedures?post=15472"},{"taxonomy":"before-after-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akmclinic.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/before-after-categories?post=15472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}