Sarah Novis, MD

Yesterday, we officially broke ground on something that has been years in the making.

What started in a small 800 square foot space has grown into a destination practice serving patients from across the United States and Canada. Now, we're taking the next step.

The CURRENT Building will be a 60,000 square foot Class A medical and office building in the heart of North Myrtle Beach, created to support the continued growth of CURRENT Facial Plastic Surgery & Med Spa and bring new opportunities to our community.

Thank you to our patients, team members, family, friends, city leaders, and community partners who helped make this day possible. We are honored by your support and excited to share this journey with you.

The future home of CURRENT starts now.

Dr. Novis is a double board certified facial plastic surgeon in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Patients travel from across the country for her signature CURRENT Lift technique.

For more information:
(843) 371-1610
[email protected]
www.currentfacialplasticsurgery.com

Can exercises actually tighten your neck?

Here’s the problem: the platysma muscle is not like a muscle in your arm that benefits from “working out.” The platysma is a thin sheet like muscle that helps create a smooth neckline and jaw contour. As we age, the connections underneath the chin begin to separate, eventually creating platysmal bands.

Repeatedly flexing those muscles with “neck toning” exercises may actually make those bands more prominent over time.

In many patients, strengthening the platysma is the opposite of what we want. The goal is usually to relax and flatten those bands, not strengthen them. That’s why treatments like platysma Botox are often used to soften neck tension and improve contour.

So while face yoga is unlikely to do much either way, aggressive neck exercises could potentially accelerate the appearance of neck aging and platysmal banding.

Dr. Novis is a double board certified facial plastic surgeon in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Patients travel from across the country for her signature CURRENT Lift technique.

For more information:
(843) 371-1610
[email protected]
www.currentfacialplasticsurgery.com