The turkey neck is a strange problem. It can happen because of age or because of excess weight. As people get older, their platysma muscle tends to separate into two bands, and the skin loses elasticity. The skin hangs outwards and the bands are visible, making them look like they have a neck similar to a turkey. This usually begins to happen around the age of sixty, or sometimes later. If you have a turkey neck due to old age, you can try doing neck exercises to rebuild your platysma muscle. There is a good chance that you can rebuild some strength, but completely reverting back will take a lot of time and effort, if possible.

Turkey necks that come as a result of fat, however, are a completely different matter. When there is excess weight in the neck, the skin around it appears to droop and signs of wrinkling appear. Either that or the platysma muscle seemingly separates because of the extra fat around it. Usually, an excess of weight also means that the muscle is not exercised often enough, and so the muscle weakens and slowly loses elasticity. This kind of turkey neck is completely revertible through a good diet, regular body exercises to lose excess body fat, and neck exercises which will contour the neck, strengthen the muscle and preserve it from further aging or separating.

Either kind of turkey neck benefits from neck exercises. The best time to start your neck exercises, however, is when you're young and your platysma muscle can be toned and strengthened to its peak. Like cheek, chin, and jowl exercises, two neck exercises which target the turkey neck area or lower platysma muscle should be chosen and done consistently everyday for two weeks. Afterwards, one exercise can be added for another two weeks, and a fourth for the succeeding two.

It is very important to remind you that the neck is a delicate part of our bodies. Our neck muscles hold up our head, and it is in our neck that the spinal cord or column connects to our cranium and supports our brain. Neck injuries are very serious injuries because any major damage to the neck can sever connection to the brain and motor movement can be lost. This is why you must take extra care when doing neck exercises.  

Be sure you are comfortable with your exercises. Try supporting your head with your hands when needed. If you feel too much of a strain or pain when doing your neck exercises, stop doing the exercise and move on to another for the time being. Perhaps your muscle is not strong enough for the first exercise and it needs to be eased into exercising by starting with much simpler ones.  

It is for that reason that the neck exercises presented here are arranged in increasing difficulty starting with the simplest and easiest ones. Try the first four neck strengthening exercises first before moving on to the ones which target the turkey neck. Strengthening your neck first can help you do your turkey neck exercises better and with more ease. Remember that you neck should always be comfortable and you should feel no sharp pains when doing your exercises.

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