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Menopause Can Take Up to 30% of Your Skin’s Collagen in 5 Years. Here’s Why Your Neck Shows It First, and What You Can Do Tonight
If your neck and chest suddenly look crepey, thinner or older than your face since perimenopause, read this short article before you buy another cream.
Expert insight
“The skin on the neck and décolletage is thinner, has fewer oil glands, and is often exposed to the sun — yet it's one of the most overlooked areas in skincare. With age, changes in collagen, elasticity, and hydration can make fine lines and crepey-looking texture more noticeable, particularly during and after menopause.”Dr. Rebecca Lawson8+ Years in Clinical & Aesthetic DermatologyBOARD-CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST
Over the last year we read hundreds of stories from women going through perimenopause and menopause, alongside the clinical research on what happens to their skin. The same changes came up again and again:
- I looked younger than my age for years, then aged ten years in one
- My neck turned thin and crinkled, like tissue paper
- New vertical lines across my chest that don’t fade by lunch
- My old skincare simply stopped working
- Turtlenecks to hide it, even through hot flashes
If that sounds like you, here’s the first thing you need to hear: you didn’t do anything wrong.
It isn’t gradual. For many women it feels like falling off a cliff.
You were ready for the hot flashes. You were ready for the 3 a.m. ceiling-staring.
What nobody told you was that one morning you’d catch your reflection and notice your neck looked different. Thinner. Softer in the wrong way. Crinkled when you turn your head. A few new lines across your chest that weren’t there last spring.
Not over a decade. Over months.
The Real Reason: Estrogen Was Holding Your Skin Together
Estrogen does a lot of quiet work in your skin. It keeps it thick, hydrated and springy, and it supports collagen, the protein that gives skin its structure.
When estrogen falls, collagen falls with it. Not slowly. Here’s what researchers have measured:
of skin collagen can be lost in the first five years after menopause.
Calleja-Agius, Muscat-Baron & Brincat, Menopause International, 2007average collagen lost every year after that, for the next 15 years.
American Academy of Dermatologyof skin thickness lost every year after menopause, faster than before it.
Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2025 — Viscomi et al.And that loss shows up first where your skin was already the thinnest: the neck and the décolleté. That’s why your face can still look like you while your neck looks ten years older.
Here’s the bad news…
The first five years after menopause are when the loss is fastest. Waiting doesn’t pause it. Every year after that takes roughly another 2% of your skin’s collagen.
The good news: skin still responds. Collagen production slows, it doesn’t stop.
Why Your Old Routine Stopped Working
- Richer creams hydrate the surface for the day, but the change is happening underneath.
- Stronger retinol often irritates thinning menopausal neck skin.
- HRT helps many women’s skin overall, yet plenty still say their neck and chest lag behind.
- Turtlenecks and scarves hide it, until the next hot flash.
Your skin changed. Your routine didn’t change with it. What menopausal skin needs is something that reaches beneath the surface, where collagen is made, without irritating skin that suddenly reacts to everything.
What the research says about light
Red and near-infrared light have been studied in controlled clinical trials for exactly this: the look of wrinkles, skin elasticity and collagen.
Wrinkle reduction (up to) in a study of a 4-week course of 633 nm + 830 nm LED light, with more collagen seen under the microscope.
Lee et al., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B, 2007 · 76 adults, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blindSkin elasticity (up to) in the same study. No side effects were reported.
Lee et al., 2007 · twice a week for 4 weeksVolunteers in a controlled trial where red light improved skin smoothness and collagen density measured by ultrasound.
Wunsch & Matuschka, Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 2014 · 30 sessionsThe research behind these wavelengths is published in
Why light reaches what a cream can’t
Longer wavelengths travel deeper into skin.
How Red Light Actually Works on Your Skin
It passes through the surface
Red and near-infrared light travel through the outer layer of skin, exactly where creams stop, into the layers underneath.
Your skin cells absorb it
Inside each cell, the light is absorbed by the mitochondria, the cell’s energy centre. Researchers describe this as giving tired cells an energy boost.
Collagen gets a nudge
Fibroblasts, the cells that make collagen and elastin, step up their work. Night after night, skin looks smoother and more even. (Mechanism: de Freitas & Hamblin, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron., 2016)
No hormones. No needles. No peeling. Just light at 633 nm red and 830 nm near-infrared, the wavelengths those studies used.
Ten Gentle Minutes a Night for the Skin Menopause Hits First
Introducing the Neckline Set
An LED set designed for the skin every routine skips: under the jaw, down the neck and across the chest. Plus a face mask, so nothing gets left out.
- Neck & décolleté piece in soft, flexible silicone. It curves under the chin, along the neck and across the upper chest.
- Red 630 nm + near-infrared 850 nm, the same pairing studied in clinical trials, plus 7 colour modes.
- 10 minutes with an automatic timer. Hands-free: read, scroll, watch TV.
- Matching LED face mask with eye shields, included free right now.
- One remote runs both pieces.
- The Menopause Skin Guide, 10 chapters on what changes and what actually helps.
Free with your set: The Menopause Skin Guide
- What menopause does to your skin, in plain English
- Why the neck and chest go first
- Ingredients: keep, maybe, skip
- Sunscreen, the one proven anti-ager
- Side sleeping without the chest lines
- Skin after weight loss and GLP-1
- Hormones: what to ask your doctor
- Your 60-night photo diary
- Give thinning neck and chest skin regular, gentle care
- Soften the look of crepey texture and new chest lines
- Use it alongside HRT or anything else you already do
- Finally understand what’s happening, with the free guide
- Wear what you want again, hot flashes included
Cleanse
In the evening, on clean bare skin, before your creams.
Put it on for 10 minutes
The neck piece bends under your chin and lies across your chest. Add the face mask if you like. The timer turns it off.
Moisturize and go to bed
Your usual cream on top. That’s the whole routine.
I've spent so much money on neck creams over the years. What I love about this set is that it gives me a few minutes every evening to focus on an area I've neglected for so long. And getting the face mask included was such a nice bonus!
Patricia Reynolds, 46 · Verified buyer
After losing weight, I became more conscious of the skin around my neck and chest. I wasn't looking for anything drastic, just a simple way to care for my skin. This has become one of my favorite parts of my nighttime routine.
Angela B, 52 · Verified buyer
How Can You Get Your Hands on the Neckline Set?
Here’s what it costs to care for the neck and chest any other way:
- Leading LED neck and chest devices from the big brands sell for $349 to $419, and that’s for the neck piece alone. No face mask.
- Face mask + neck combos from those brands run $800 to $900.
- Premium neck creams cost $60 to $150 a jar and run out in a month or two.
- Clinic treatments for the neck start in the thousands and have to be repeated.
We wanted the Neckline Set to be the obvious choice for any woman who’s tired of spending on jars that run out. So we priced the complete set, neck and chest piece and face mask, at $197: about half of what the big brands charge for a neck piece alone.
Use it every evening for a year and that’s about 54 cents a night. Less than a cup of coffee a week. And unlike a cream, it never runs out.
Holiday offer: the LED face mask is FREE
Neck & décolleté piece + LED face mask ($129 value) + Menopause Skin Guide
- Free LED face mask in the matching colour ($129 value)
- Free Menopause Skin Guide (PDF)
- Free tracked US shipping
- 60-night promise: smoother-looking neck or your money back
Choose Black & Gold or White & Gold on the next page.
Why we can’t promise the free mask for long
The free LED face mask is a holiday promotion. It costs us real money on every order, so when the promotion ends, the mask goes back to $129.
If you’re reading this, the offer is still on.
You Have 60 Nights to Try It With Zero Risk
Yes, you read that right. You get 60 full nights to put the Neckline Set to the test in your own mirror, in your own light.
If you love what you see, keep it and keep going. If for any reason your neck doesn’t look smoother, just let us know within 60 nights and you get every dollar back. No video proof. No restocking fee.
Night 1 or night 59, the promise is the same. You only keep it if you’re happy.
Fair enough?
Free face mask + free tracked US shipping while the holiday offer lasts.
Here’s what to do next:
- Tap the button below to go to the official Neckline Society store.
- Choose Black & Gold or White & Gold. Your free face mask comes in the same colour.
- Check out securely. Your set ships with free tracked US shipping.
That’s it. The Neckline Set is only sold on our own website, not on Amazon and not in stores.
Remember… This Isn’t Just About Your Neck
Menopause takes enough from you already: sleep, energy, patience. Your confidence in the mirror doesn’t have to be on the list.
You’re allowed to notice the change. You’re allowed to want to do something about it.
Only on the official Neckline Society store. Not on Amazon.
Questions women ask first
Are there hormones in it?
None. It’s light, not medicine. It works alongside whatever you’re already doing for menopause, HRT included, and focuses on the skin of your neck and chest.
Will it work on crepey skin?
Crepey, crinkled, tissue-paper texture on the neck and chest is exactly what the set is designed for. Use it most evenings and give it 8 to 12 weeks. If your neck doesn’t look smoother, you get your money back.
How fast will I see a difference?
Skin feels softer within the first weeks. The visible difference builds over 8 to 12 weeks of regular use. That’s exactly why you get 60 nights to try it.
Is it gentle enough for thin, sensitive skin?
Yes. No acids, no needles, nothing to peel, which is why it suits neck skin that reacts to retinol. Follow the instructions in the box. If you’re pregnant, have a light-sensitive or thyroid condition, or take light-sensitizing medication, check with your doctor first.
How long does shipping take?
Free tracked shipping to anywhere in the US, delivered in 3 to 8 working days.
What if it’s not for me?
Use it for up to 60 nights. If your neck doesn’t look smoother, send it back for a full refund. No video proof, no restocking fee.