How to Get Rid of Turkey Neck in 3 Easy Ways

Our neck is one of the chief parts of our anatomy¹. It is also one of the crucial parts of our outer personality. Improper shape and structure of the neck could affect our look and personality in society in general and in our personal lives.

What if the shape of our neck changes, or, as we call it, takes the form of a so-called “turkey neck”? First, we should begin the article by explaining where the problem of turkey neck originated.

Derivation of the Word

The complication of a turkey neck got its name from a bird named Turkey whose wattle is a loose, wrinkly mass, i.e., a bumpy neck.

The same features or resemblance can also be noticed in some people, who develop the turkey neck in and after their 40s and 50s and sometimes even before. This state not only changes the edifice of the neck but also affects the real structure above the neck.

Though this is a mild problem, it might have an immense impact on your mental health.

Possible Reasons for the Turkey Neck

There are diverse grounds associated with the development of turkey neck issues.

1. Hereditary Descent

There are ample qualities, and features that are transformed from a mother, father, or grandparents to their children. One such feature can be a loose or weakened neck.

This is often seen that a mother has several features of Turkey neck and the same is reflected in her daughter or granddaughter as well. This is a condition of hereditary passage of demeanour.

Additionally, the pinpointed cause of developing a turkey neck is weight loss, but this is not a general cause, for it is rare. You surely have seen people not so old who have developed double skin. In such cases, hereditary descent could be the cause.

2. The Weakening of Muscular Endurance

Researchers argue that muscle weakening is a cause of key neck. The view in support of this is that when neck muscles are not supported by bones and skin and lose their elasticity to give them sternness, they tend to be weakened.

3. The Aging Pattern is a Cause of Neck Issues

Aging is believed to be one of the most plausible reasons to develop a turkey neck.

According to doctor Pollack, your skin and muscles (tissues or cells) start loosening and becoming weak when you reach the age of 40 and afterward.

This reflects your banded chunk neck. So, such sagging skin is a direct outcome of age. This skin type happens to cause a loosening and weakening of muscles.

4. Fattening of Your Body

This is, as the reports pinpoint, the issue of fat, which is practically no more conspicuous to us now. Furthermore, we opt for the end number of mitigation measures to lose the same.

In this funnel cake-like process of first developing fat and then excessive workouts to reduce it, the chances are higher to develop a creased, wrinkled body in the places where you have developed superfluous fat. This could be the neck, loosening of muscles alongside your arms, legs, and thighs as well.

5. Solar Exposure

Say, for instance, India, which has a monsoonal climate. Empirically, there are several states in which the temperature is breaking records, and people face an endless number of issues like skin tanning, acne, etc. One such issue with possible chances to develop is ” turkey neck.” You might ask, how is it so?

The ultraviolet rays or direct sun exposure enhance the possibilities of not only skin change, i.e. causing red and brown skin alongside, but multiplying the chances to lose elasticity as well as laxity.

Consequences of Turkey Neck

1. Anatomy Reflects an Ugly Outlook

Turkey neck out resulted in giving you an ugly presence, which surely would not make your mind relaxed or feel good.

Normatively, when you know your loopholes or any physical issues for that matter, you end up giving much attention and time to it. So, instead of that, take guidance from a practitioner concerning the same field.

2. Perturb About Diffidence

If you develop the turkey neck before your 40s or in your youthful (which is, however rare) state, mostly because of any health issues or weakness, you begin to lose your confidence and shy away from the public and others.

3. Affects Blood Circulation

Above were the outcomes pertaining to the psychological aspects. This heading highlights the internal issue, i.e., blood circulation in the body. We are all well aware that proper blood circulation is a must for the functioning of our body.

This cycle gets imbalanced due to the loosening of skin ²and double chin. So, this point should also be given proper eye to balance the internal cycle.

How to Get Rid of Turkey Neck

If timely measures are not taken, this would fix its shape for life. So, below are the problems a person might develop if a proper prescription and guidance by a General Practitioner are not taken to the fore.

In broad terms, two measures can be taken for turkey neck treatments.

First, the Temporary measures, and second, the long-term (permanent) measures.

Temporary Mitigation Measures

1. Could Apply Injections

Temporary or short-term measures can be applied to get off the neck-related droopiness, these are: to implement botox injections.³

In technical terms, the wrinkles or loosening of the neck some undergo are known as platysmal bands. Botox injections can be applied in such conditions. Botox is helpful in the contraction or stiffness of the droopy neck and reduces turkey neck.

Other injections can also be implemented in place of Botox(not without the guidance of a general practitioner). Related inoculations could be Kybella and Filler. In addition, liposuction is a treatment attributed to tightening the skin around the neck and ending the turkey neck or related features.

Long-term or Permanent Curing Measures

2. Surgical Procedures

However, skin, neck, or any other soft body parts are meant to sag with age. But, even then if you want to remove it you could fix the structure (neck lift) with plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery by a board-certified plastic surgeon.

Importantly, it should not be forgotten that everything has its pros and cons, which is the same case here as well. A few of them are bleeding under the skin, i.e., hematoma, blood clots, infection, and nerve injury.

Additionally, the skin-tightening laser can also be applied to decrease the sagging neck and neck lift, which will rejuvenate glowing, tightened, and delicate skin.

3. Face Assorted Exercises

Yoga and Ayurveda originate in India. They are proven to be the best medicine because they have minimal or no side effects on our health. Regular yogic exercises are certainly beneficial in ameliorating not only our internal organs but also our anatomical structure.

The routine practice of yoga and the various neck exercises, mainly concerned with the neck, prove to be relatively beneficial in mitigating turkey neck, improving neck muscle tone, skin tightening, and reducing neck wrinkles.

Furthermore, a well-known chewing gum exercise can also be done to help with droopy or loose neck. Chewing helps strengthen your jawline, neck muscles, and mouth’s floor. That’s why this exercise is recommended to remove flabby and hanging necks.

Along with loose skin and neck, your neck pain will be relieved and a sagging neck and skin elasticity will come to the tone.

Conclusion

The things above might give you an outlook on the correlation between the neck of a turkey (a bird) and the people’s turkey neck. Eventually, the look that it gives you.

It should be known that turkey neck is not a significant problem in almost any case, for it usually comes with aging. However, surgical methods could prove harmful if not done with intricate awareness and for the major cause.

With the increasing pace of technology, our skin, neck, or any other body organ can be transformed into the structure we dreamt of. But it becomes imperative not to sideline the pros and cons of everything.

Proper research and understanding of anything are prerequisites, instead of jumping and avoiding rationale to make your body look attractive. Ayurvedically, there is a solution to everything with no bodily side effects. Exercises and yogic asanas have proven beneficial not only to you, as a human, but are sustainable to the environment in general.

1. McKinley, Michael P., et al. Human anatomy. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008. ↩︎
2. Huang, Xu-Ming, Hui-Bai Huang, and Hui-Cong Wang. “Cell walls of loosening skin in post-veraison grape berries lose structural polysaccharides and calcium while accumulate structural proteins.” Scientia Horticulturae 104.3 (2005): 249-263. ↩︎
3. Davis, Joshua Ian, et al. “The effects of BOTOX injections on emotional experience.” Emotion 10.3 (2010): 433. ↩︎

Last Updated on March 7, 2024 by Sathi Chakraborty, MSc Biology