Best neck treatments for a firmer look below the jaw line

If apply-and-go is your preference (especially handy for fans of high collars and necklines), this serum is featherlight and absorbs instantly. The silky fluid is packed with a wealth of rich ingredients including two patented components, both of which stimulate skin-smoothing and strengthening collagen to give a firmer, denser appearance. Meanwhile a moisturising omega complex from oils including raspberry keep the skin on the neck and chest soft and plumped up.

Not content with a fantastic neck treatment formula, the applicator adds an extra layer of benefits too. The wide roller lets you massage the serum into the neck in long, upward strokes that not only helps it penetrate better, but massages and stimulates the neck muscles to boost the firming effect, while draining away puffiness as well.

A favourite with beauty industry experts and shoppers alike (one sells every minute worldwide), this light creamy neck treatment glides on and dries quickly to leave skin with a comfortable matte finish. The key active ingredient - Sepilift DPHP – was created by Prai to improve the skin’s collagen production and boost elasticity to give a plumper, more toned look, while hyaluronic acid and shea butter ramp up hydration and lock it in.

The cream boasts brightening and anti-pigmentation properties too, with mulberry and grapeseed extracts tackling the dullness and age spots that can make the neck and chest look older. With so many benefits at a brilliant price, it’s a multi-award winner with good reason.

One or two pumps of this satisfyingly rich cream, smoothed on twice a day, works wonders on skin that’s particularly sagging and suffering from uneven tone. It contains a trio of powerful actives including an amino sugar and apple stem cell extract that target wrinkles to plump and smooth them out. At the same time, they help break down discolouration so that the skin on the neck and décolletage looks brighter and fresher as well as more lifted.

Fittingly for a professional-born brand that you’ll find in plenty of spas and salons, the luxurious texture will make you want to massage it in, but the cream won’t leave your skin with any greasy residue.

This thick, cooling gel might feel like it’s sticky as you apply it, but the skin drinks it in quickly and gains a soft, satiny texture instead. Part of their intense anti-ageing range, this neck treatment gel utilises the same plant protein technology from wheat, soya and corn that has been developed to make the skin look tighter, firmer and smoother.

Hyaluronic acid adds to the plumping effect while a vitamin complex offers protection against complexion-ageing environmental damage. You can easily apply the gel under moisturiser if skin is on the drier side or use alone if you prefer. And if hot flushes are an issue, it’s provides welcome relief applied straight from the fridge.

A serum and applicator tool in one, this is super hydrating if your skin is particularly thirsty. As it works on the muscles in the neck thanks to the metallic, rolling applicator, Dermalogica describe the neck treatment as a personal trainer for the area, while the shape of the roller makes it easy to apply up the neck and across the jaw line to aid the sculpting effect of the ‘workout.’

There’s an immediate feeling of tightening as the formula and the technology that goes into the treatment form a kind of mesh over the skin to make it look and feel tighter. A blend of plant-based, retinol-like ingredients including rye seed extract have firming and smoothing benefits, plus a polysaccharide bolsters the skin’s own protective moisture barrier too.

The beautiful, calming blend of bergamot, lavender and petitgrain is the first thing you’ll notice about this creamy, fresh neck treatment. It feels incredibly nourishing from the first application, giving a kind of cushioning feel so that the skin is plump and bouncy.

Infused with a potent blend of active marine and botanic extracts, wild olive helps energise cells to produce more collagen, while shiitake mushroom and tree fern both have a tightening effect so fine lines are smoother and firmer. Any deeper crepiness looks more lifted too and safflower oil ensures moisture is sealed into the skin’s barrier for a long term hydrating effect.

With a thick texture that makes it feel more like solid whipped butter, a little of this bestselling formula spreads widely enough to cover the neck and décolletage as it melts with the heat from your fingertips. This means skin gets a lovely, soft sheen with a touch of a blurring effect straight from the get-go.

The treatment is packed with plenty of high science ingredients including their own unique lifting complex, which will flatten out fine lines and a crêpey look whilst also giving a tightening effect and improving the skin’s elasticity. There’s a patented form of vitamin B3 as well to hold moisture into the skin and bump up plumpness, alongside a blend of brightening botanicals to make skin more even toned and freshly luminous.

Ideal if you prefer a texture that’s featherweight, easy to smooth on and quick to absorb, this neck and chest treatment is exceptionally nourishing for a formula that’s so airily light. That’s thanks to fatty acid-rich seabuckthorn oil combined with padina pavonica, an algae extract renowned for its ability to deeply hydrate the skin, smoothing lines and wrinkles in the process.

For firming and tightening benefits, tree fern extract and another type of algae have been added to help counteract and prevent the skin from sagging and slackening. You’ll find a little goes a long way too.

Designed for use during the day as it includes an SPF15 sunscreen to help prevent the neck and décolletage falling foul of skin-ageing sun damage, this deliciously rich cream is a hero from the plastic surgeon-created, hi-tech range.

It uses their signature bio-renewal technology and bio-engineered ingredients to use natural extracts in the most efficacious, scientifically-enhanced way possible, improving the turnover of skin cells for a smoother look, less sagging and firmer contours. Any lacklustre appearance is tackled too, as age spots and pigmentation fade so skin looks more even and glowing. Even the soft rose scent is as equally sophisticated as the formula.