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For women over 40 who hate their neckline in photos

5 Reasons Women Over 40 Lie Back On This Neck Pillow For A Longer, Slimmer-Looking Neckline

No surgery. No needles. No straining. Just 10 minutes a night, lying down.

Before and after: the same woman twice. Before: shoulders hiked up and head forward, so her neck looks short and thick. After: shoulders down and head tall, a longer, cleaner neckline with her collarbones showing.BeforeAfter
Same woman, same top, same light.
  • “My neck felt longer and I had no pain.”Gina C.★★★★★Verified buyerJune 2026
  • “This not only has helped with my jaw line, it has also helped with relaxation.”Emily L.★★★★★Verified buyerMay 2026
  • “def seeing a change in jaw line.”Drew P.★★★★★Verified buyerFeb 2026
  • “I feel myself standing taller after just a week of using.”alexis o.★★★★★Verified buyerApr 2026

What if part of the reason your neckline looks older isn’t your skin?

Try this right now, wherever you are.

Shrug your shoulders up to your ears. Hold it. Now drop them.

Now let them drop a little more.

Watch your neckline in a mirror while you do it. Shoulders up, and your neck looks shorter and thicker, and your collarbones disappear.

Most of us hold a little of that shrug all day and never see ourselves doing it. It shows up in every mirror, every photo and every Zoom call.

A woman, 30, said it perfectly on Reddit:

I’ve had a nervous habit for years of tensing up, almost shrugging my shoulders up by my ears when I’m stressed.

Real comment on Reddit

Here are the 5 reasons women over 40 now end their day lying back on HiZoo for 10 minutes, for their neckline.

1

Your neckline isn’t just skin. It’s framed by the muscle that shrugs your shoulders.

Your neckline runs from your jaw, down your neck and out to your shoulders. The neck-to-shoulder part of it is drawn by one muscle: the trapezius. Your “traps”.

It starts at the base of your skull, runs down the back and side of your neck, and hooks onto the outer end of your collarbone.

It’s your shrug muscle. When it pulls, your shoulders and collarbones ride up toward your ears, and your neckline looks shorter.

Drawing of a woman’s head, neck and shoulders from behind. The upper trapezius is coral red, from the base of the skull down the neck to the outer end of the collarbone.Base of your skullYour shrug muscleCollarbone
The upper trapezius: from your skull to your collarbone.

Stress keeps it switched on. In lab studies, stress made this muscle work harder even when people weren’t lifting a thing. It stays a little bit “on”, all day.

Add the head-down hours. When we text, we tip our heads down about 30 to 45 degrees. Hours of that, every day, and the back of your neck never gets a rest.

Before and after, side view: the same woman twice. Before: head forward, chin down and shoulders up, with a soft double chin. After: head tall and shoulders down, a longer, cleaner line from chin to collarbone.BeforeAfter
Side view: the same neckline, shrugged and let go.

So when your neckline looks older than you feel, it isn’t always your skin.

Sometimes it’s a shrug that never comes all the way down.

Real comments

To me, that doesn’t look like a short neck, but the trap muscles being prominent.

Real YouTube comment, 258 likes

I was looking at past pictures of myself and it looks like about 45 I’ve lost neck length and gained chin sag.

Real YouTube comment

Studies: Lundberg 1994 (stress and the trapezius); Eijckelhof 2013 review of 25 studies; Lee 2015 (head angle while texting).

2

The old TV neckline gadgets had it backwards.

Remember the neckline gadgets on TV? A famous one promised all of this:

In just 2 minutes a day you could firm, lift and smooth your entire neckline … it does for your neckline what exercise does for your body.

A 2009 TV ad for a neckline gadget

It sold a spring you pushed your chin against. A local TV tester used one for two months and gave it an F.

Here’s the problem. Work your neck against resistance and it grows. In a 12-week study, neck training made neck muscles measurably bigger. Great for athletes. Not what you want from your neckline.

And no exercise burns fat off one spot. Collarbones included.

A tight muscle doesn’t need more work. It needs to let go.

An open bedside drawer full of half-used neck cream jars and tubes, a white LED face mask, a chin strap, a spring-loaded neck gadget and a pink gua sha stone
The drawer most of us have.

Real comments

has anyone else seen absolutely no change in the turkey neck after doing exercises for over 6 months? i have seen no change and i have no idea if i should keep trying? i am 64. very fit, slim, strong.

Real YouTube comment, age 64

Sorry yall I stopped using it about 2 days in.😂😭 I forgot i had it and just came across it while cleaning out my closet.

Real comment under a neck-toner review
3

Doctors relax this exact muscle for a slimmer neckline.

Doctors know a busy, bulky trapezius makes the neck look shorter. So they inject Botox into it to make it rest. Online it’s called “Barbie Botox”. In Korea, clinics call it the “Collarbone Injection”.

Notice what they never do: they never make it stronger.

When doctors slim a jaw, a neck or a shoulder line with a needle, they relax the muscle.

It costs hundreds to a few thousand dollars a session, and it wears off in months.

What women say about trap Botox

Omg mine too!! I wish I could afford it but doesn’t Botox need to be done every 3 months? There’s no way 😢

Real YouTube comment

60-100 units per shoulder runs you at least $600-1000(CAD) per treatment and it’s not even long-lasting.

Real YouTube comment

HiZoo is not Botox, and it doesn’t shrink anything. Botox works mostly by making the muscle smaller over weeks. HiZoo gives the neck end of that same muscle 10 minutes of warmth and kneading, every night, so it can let go.

HiZoo owner

Its little arms get right where I need them- upper traps and SCM 👌

Christine F.★★★★★Verified buyerSept 2026
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4

It’s a 10-minute neckline routine you do lying down, and you feel it the first night.

The TV gadget asked for 2 minutes a day of straining. HiZoo asks for 10 minutes of lying still.

HiZoo is a heated pillow you lie back on. Four kneading thumbs, two big and two small, grip and knead the back and sides of your neck, right where your neckline starts. Warmth up to 107°F. It switches itself off after 10 minutes.

HiZoo, a brown and cream neck pillow with two big and two small kneading thumbs

No reps. No counting. No chin pushing. No appointments. You just lie down.

A woman lying back in bed with her neck resting on HiZoo, eyes closed
How to start right:
  • Rest it just below the base of your skull, not on the bone.
  • First week: lowest setting, five minutes, with a thin scarf or collar between you and HiZoo. Then build to ten.
  • It should feel like strong thumbs working a knot. Never sharp.
  • Short, thick or very thin neck? Scoot down until the thumbs sit in the soft groove under your skull, or sit up in a chair with HiZoo behind your neck.

HiZoo owners

After the first use I felt the difference. My neck felt longer and I had no pain.

Gina C.★★★★★Verified buyerJune 2026

I realized that I had positioned the massager incorrectly. Once I made an adjustment, I was a hooked.

William E.★★★★★Verified buyerOct 2026
Start Your Neckline Routine $199 · Free shipping · 30 days to decide · 2 year warranty
5

Women are seeing their neckline again.

Here’s what owners say, word for word.

I hold tension in where my neck meets my shoulders and that’s exactly where it targets. I feel looser and pain has diminished significantly. My husband also says my jawline is coming back into focus

Priscilla A.★★★★★Verified buyerMay 2025

This immediately worked for me. Worked through tough knots and I could see a difference in my jawline the next day.

Ellie B.★★★★★Verified buyerAug 2026

I’ve only been using it for a couple of weeks but I’m already feeling & seeing results. My neck & face are slimmer & I feel like my posture is better.

Lynn S.★★★★★Verified buyerMar 2026

Amazing!! Totally sold on it! Had a turkey neck that I could pull on and after one use. No joke. Tighter skin and amazing results!!

Janelle A.★★★★★Verified buyerAug 2025

I had a friend ask what I was doing. She said I look 10 years younger. Not sure if it is hizoo but I will take it!

Jane C.★★★★★Verified buyerJune 2025

Has helped relieve tension in my neck and I can tell a difference in my “turkey neck”.

Elizabeth G.★★★★★Verified buyerMar 2026

The neckline difference

Before and after: the same woman in a cream V-neck sweater. Before: shoulders up, neck looks short. After: shoulders down, a longer neckline, collarbones showing.BeforeAfter
Before and after, side view: the same woman with short gray hair. Before: head forward, a soft double chin. After: head tall, a cleaner line from chin to neck.BeforeAfter
Before and after: the same woman in a coral top. Before: shoulders up, neck looks short. After: shoulders down, a longer neckline.BeforeAfter
Before and after: the same woman in a black tank top. Before: shoulders up, neck looks short and thick. After: shoulders down, a longer neckline, collarbones showing.BeforeAfter

Same woman, same top, same light, in every pair.

What HiZoo is, and isn’t

It isn’t surgery, Botox or a toning gadget, and it won’t shrink a muscle.

It is 10 minutes a night of warmth and kneading for the muscle that frames your neckline, so it can let go. Every neck is different, so give it a few weeks of nightly use.

Is your neckline aging, or is it shrugging?

A woman asleep in bed, HiZoo on the nightstand beside her

After the first use I felt the difference. My neck felt longer and I had no pain. Every day I us it before bed. I look forward to using it!

Gina C.★★★★★Verified buyerJune 2026
Try It On Your Neckline For 30 Days $199 · Free shipping · 2 year warranty

Questions

Will it change how my neckline looks?
HiZoo gives the muscle that frames your neckline 10 minutes of warmth and kneading, so it can let go and your shoulders can drop. Many owners feel it the first night. Some see it too, like Ellie: “I could see a difference in my jawline the next day.” (Ellie B. ★★★★★ Verified buyer, Aug 2026) Every neck is different, so give it a few weeks of nightly use.
How is this different from the neckline gadgets on TV?
Those had you push your chin against a spring to work the muscles harder. HiZoo does the opposite: you lie back, and warmth and kneading help the muscle let go. No reps and no straining.
Is this like Barbie Botox?
No. Botox is medicine from a doctor, and it works mostly by shrinking the muscle over weeks. HiZoo is warmth and kneading for the neck end of the same muscle. It doesn’t shrink anything.
I have a short, thick or very thin neck. Will it fit?
Rest it just below the base of your skull, not on the bone. If it slides up, scoot down until the thumbs sit in the soft groove. You can also sit up in a chair with HiZoo behind your neck, or lay a folded towel over the thumbs.
How soon will I feel it?
Many owners feel their shoulders loosen the first night. In a 5-week study of regular massage, the top of the trapezius stayed softer three weeks later. Give it a few weeks of nightly use.
Can I use it if I get Botox or fillers?
If you’ve had a recent neck or jaw procedure, check with your provider first.
Is it just for women?
No. About 1 in 6 HiZoo buyers are men.
What if it doesn’t work for me?
Email support@hizoo.co within 30 days of delivery and we’ll send a return label. Light use is fine. Send it back with everything it came with: the cable, the pouch and the box. Your refund goes back to your card within 5 business days after it arrives and is checked, minus return shipping (a flat $15 or the carrier’s cost).
Is it safe?
It’s a massager, not a medical treatment. It turns itself off after 10 minutes. Ask your doctor first if you’ve had neck surgery or a neck injury, have arthritis or nerve problems in your neck, take blood thinners, are pregnant, or get dizziness or vertigo.
What comes in the box?
HiZoo, a travel pouch, a USB-C charging cable and a quick-start guide. It’s cordless, with about 40 minutes of battery, and it has a 2 year warranty.

Sources: Lundberg 1994 (stress and the trapezius) · Eijckelhof 2013 (review of 25 studies) · Lee 2015 (head angle while texting) · Hu 2024 (neck Botox guide) · Coveteur 2023 (trap Botox cost, dermatologists quoted) · IFAAS 2017 (“Collarbone Injection”) · Conley 1997 (neck training and muscle size) · Jelen 2024 (5-week massage trial) · KFVS12 2010 (neck toner test)

Advertisement. HiZoo is a massage device, not a medical treatment, and it is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Individual results vary. HiZoo reviews are word for word from verified buyers on hizoo.co. Quotes marked “real comment” are public comments by real people on YouTube or Reddit, not HiZoo reviews. The TV ad quote is from a 2009 TV commercial for a neck-toning gadget. The before-and-after photos, the muscle drawing and the drawer photo were made with AI. The sleep photo is a still from our video ads. The bed photo and the product photo are real.