Technology to help kill wrinkles without surgery

WASHINGTON: It's very disappointing for women when they start to see a little bit of a turkey neck, sagging and wrinkling around the neck. Matthew Schulman, a plastic surgeon in New York, says this is a common problem as women age, because the skin in the neck area is very thin.

Also it's constantly exposed to the elements and the sun, all of which make it prone to sagging and wrinkling.

Schulman is helping patients tighten up the skin around the neck — without going under the knife.

Instead, Schulman uses a unique combination of internal and external lasers that sculpt and tone the neck, as well as tighten the jawline.

"The (internal) laser will melt the fat that's there, then I suck out the fat with traditional liposuction," the Fox News quoted him as saying.

Afterwards, he uses the same laser to tighten the skin, then another external laser to boost collagen production and improve the skin's elasticity over time. One of his patients, Andrealisa Russo, said she's very happy with her results. Russo, 68, wanted to ditch her 'double-chin' and had the procedure done last summer.

"The funny thing is, sometimes I walk by a mirror, and I come back and go, 'Hmm, not bad'. Now I feel I look like everybody else," she said.