Neck lifts are exploding in popularity, and it's one of the few areas of facial rejuvenation where men show up as often as women. In this episode, Dr. Sam Jejurikar and Dr. Sal Pacella break down the aging neck layer by layer: skin, fat, muscle, and glands, and get honest about which treatments actually deliver.

They dig into why radiofrequency devices like Morpheus8 and SoftWave impress at first but often disappoint later, and who's genuinely a good candidate. Dr. Jejurikar shares his own Kybella disaster story involving a transatlantic flight and a very swollen neck, and both surgeons explain why they've moved on from fat dissolvers. From there it's into the deep end: submandibular gland reduction, digastric muscles, and the real risk-reward conversation behind deep neck surgery.

Then the big one: is a "deep plane neck lift" a real operation or a marketing term? Two surgeons who actually do this work give it to you straight, along with why an isolated neck lift can be a great operation for men but almost never works for women, and the sleeper procedure Dr. Pacella loves for guys with short hair: the neck Z-plasty.

If you're researching a consultation or just tired of the buzzwords on social media, this one gives you the anatomy, the honest opinions, and the questions to ask.