The $30 million beauty industry's best-kept secret

A beauty journalist shares her experience with various neck tweakments, including wrinkle-relaxing toxins, microneedles, and dermal fillers, to achieve a smoother, firmer neck.. According to the source, a huge range of treatments have emerged over recent years that can help alleviate the crepey skin and saggy jowls that plague us as we age.

As a beauty journalist, I've tried a lot of them in the name of research - and vanity. To soften the pull of vertical bands in the neck, a wrinkle-relaxing toxin such as Botox can be injected in a procedure sometimes known as the Nefertiti lift.. This means a dozen or so injections, and with the tension on those bands reduced, my skin snaps back into my jaw,so it looks firmer and my neck looks softer.

Profound RF : The microneedle miracle

Microneedles which smooth the skin, such as Profound RF, have also made a massive difference in just one session. According to the source, I did this in 2021 when we were all still wearing masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic, thankfully hiding the bruising and swelling which took a week to go .

However, the results were worth all the discomfort. Not only was my jawline more pronounced , my neck was smoother, firmer and less saggy. The skin rejuvenator using my own blood, also known as the vampire facial, has been tried by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian - where skin-rejuvenating, platelet-rich plasma is extracted from 15ml of your own blood, then injected or needled into your face.

The vampire facial: A blood-based solution

This is made even more potent because the extracted plasma is put into a meta-cell technology machine, where it is zapped with light rays to multiply the skin-boosting growth factors and exosomes - microscopic bubbles which signal to nearby cells to trigger repair - before it is injected. contouring for your jaw is also an option, where dermal filler is injected into the jawline to sharpen it up, which makes the neck below look a whole lot better.

Contouring for a sharper jawline

It sounds counter-intuitive, but it works to disguise a jowly neck too and it lasts for between one and three years.

Open questions: The long-term effects of neck tweakments

While the source reports on various neck tweakments, it remains unclear what the long-term effects of these procedures are. Additionally, the cost of these treatments is not explicitly stated , leaving readers to wonder about the financial implications.