My neck is leaning out faster than my skin can keep up

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I’m 10 months in, down about 34 lb, lifting four days a week, protein around 160g, and sleep is finally consistent. Face and collarbones look sharper, which I wanted.

But my neck now reads older than it did when I was heavier: crepey texture, a couple of new horizontal lines, and that loose-hanky feeling under the chin when I look down. I’m not chasing a cream or a shortcut; I’m trying to figure out whether this is a recomp thing that settles once weight has been stable a while, or mostly skin and age that lifting won’t touch.

I train traps and rear delts, but that’s not neck skin. For people past the lean-out phase, did yours tighten up after maintenance, or did you just adjust to the new version?