Double Chin
Fat deposits are bothersome across the entire body, and the neck is no exception. A double chin is unattractive on both male and female bodies.
Looking for an effective way to get rid of your double chin? It can be easily removed with liposuction.
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About the Procedure
- Despite maintaining a good figure, weight loss often doesn’t bring the desired results when it comes to the double chin. A double chin can interfere with wearing business attire and adds unnecessary heaviness to the lower face.
- With VASER 4D liposuction, we precisely remove the fat under the chin. At the same time, the ultrasound probe tightens the skin in the treated area, preventing sagging.
- Since there is a risk of loose, hanging skin remaining after fat removal, we always combine VASER ultrasound liposuction with Renuvion technology. This allows us to safely heat and shrink the skin without surgical excision.
- The procedure is performed under local or general anesthesia and takes about 1 hour.
- It leaves no scars, as the fat is removed through tiny incisions only a few millimeters in size. These same entry points are also used for the Renuvion probe to firm and tighten the skin.
- After the procedure, swelling in the neck area may occur, typically resolving in about two weeks, and a compression garment must be worn.
Facial Rejuvenation – Facelift, Neck Lift & Double Chin Removal
The face is the most exposed part of the body, so we naturally want it to change as little as possible with age. Aging is a complex process influenced by genetics, diet, sun exposure, repetitive muscle contractions, and gravity. In facial care and rejuvenation, we often forget about the neck, which can betray our age and contrast harshly with a youthful face. Surgical and non-surgical rejuvenation can restore definition, eliminate deep wrinkles, excess skin, and fat in the middle and lower face and neck.
An attractive neck should be proportional to one’s body. Men and women have different ideal neck shapes and widths:
The female neck should be longer, graceful, and delicate—relatively narrow, without visible muscles. The skin should be smooth, tight, soft, and free of horizontal lines, vertical bands, and excess fat such as a double chin.
Why does a double chin form?
Loss of skin elasticity and thinning of the skin lead to sagging and wrinkled skin on the face and neck, as well as to deepening of lines that run from the nose to the lips and then to the chin. The soft tissues of the face increasingly lose the ability to resist the effects of gravity. Especially in women, small fat pads in the lower jaw area interrupt the oval facial contour and hang freely. The transition from the chin to the neck is no longer smooth and defined; horizontal and vertical neck lines often appear, along with a double chin. In slim individuals with expressive facial muscles, the platysma bands in the neck can protrude and become visible during speech. While slight movement of the platysma is part of natural facial expression in youth, sagging and prominent bands in older age distort our appearance and create what is commonly known as a “turkey neck.”
The most important step in maintaining a beautiful neck is understanding the harmful effects of UV radiation and avoiding excessive sun exposure. This helps keep the skin on the neck and décolleté beautiful, soft, and firm for longer. Another key preventative measure for a youthful neck is maintaining a healthy body weight, as excess fat often accumulates under the chin. However, despite good prevention, intrinsic aging cannot be completely stopped — only softened.
Horizontal neck wrinkles and vertical platysma bands caused by muscular tightening can be successfully reduced with Botox. Sun-damaged and thinned skin can be effectively refreshed with chemical peels, using various active ingredients of different strengths.
Neck Lift – How We Rejuvenate the Neck
Using hyaluronic acid fillers, we can recreate the sharp jawline that is often lost with age. With different filler densities and other active ingredients (vitamins, trace minerals, antioxidants, amino acids…), we can rejuvenate the skin through mesotherapy. This stimulates collagen production, hydrates the skin, and smooths out fine wrinkles.
The neck can also be rejuvenated in combination with a facelift. This way, the youthful appearance of the face flows naturally into a gracefully contoured and smooth neck.
If we want to rejuvenate only the neck, we perform cervicoplasty – a neck lift, which successfully reduces the double chin, neck fullness, and skin and muscle laxity caused by inherited features or aging. Often, the neck is too aged for non-surgical procedures to achieve the desired result. That’s why neck rejuvenation is often combined with other facial procedures.
During a surgical neck lift, incisions are hidden in front of, behind, and below the ears. The procedure is performed under local or general anesthesia and takes between one to three hours. Postoperative pain is moderate, and possible complications include temporary numbness, swelling, bruising, or nerve injury – all of which are extremely rare.
A procedure called platysmaplasty corrects vertical neck bands formed by the superficial neck muscles (platysma), improving the neckline. In the clinic, under local anesthesia, we make a 3 cm incision just below the chin. For more extensive corrections, platysmaplasty is done alongside a neck lift under general anesthesia.
With VASER neck liposuction, small fat deposits forming the double chin are removed using a tiny cannula, improving the contour of the jawline, chin, and neck. Liposuction can be a standalone procedure or combined with a surgical neck and facelift. The advantage of VASER 4D liposuction is that the skin doesn’t sag afterward – it tightens thanks to the ultrasound energy released during the procedure.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Double chin liposuction is a procedure performed under local anesthesia and is not overly painful. Before the procedure, you’ll receive pain-relief tablets, which you will continue taking for a few days afterward. Bruising is not common, though the likelihood varies from person to person. Swelling tends to last the longest, often more than 10 days. During this period, it’s important to wear a compression bandage to reduce swelling. The effects of liposuction are permanent as long as the patient maintains a stable body weight after the procedure. However, one should be aware that aging cannot be stopped and that fat and excess skin may accumulate again over time.
This procedure uses focused ultrasound energy to tighten tissue in the skin and subcutaneous layer, resulting in firmer, tighter skin—whether under the chin, the brow area, cheeks, or other body parts. It is most effective for ideal candidates—those with mild to moderate skin laxity and smaller amounts of fat under the chin. Results are visible immediately, but the full effect is usually seen around 3 months later, as ultrasound therapy stimulates collagen and elastin production, which develops fully over time. For best results, repeat treatments are recommended.
The double chin is aesthetically concerning in two main scenarios: the typical double chin is composed mainly of fat tissue and disturbs the attractive, sharp jawline. With aging, especially in very slim individuals, a significant amount of excess skin can hang in bands from the lower jaw—known as a “turkey neck.” Both situations create an unflattering appearance of the neck. In the first case, it can be improved surgically with liposuction (VASER 4D liposuction, which also tightens the skin) or non-surgically with fat-dissolving injections. If the primary issue is excess skin, it can be corrected surgically through a neck lift or tightening procedure, or non-surgically with ultrasound energy using the Ultherapy device.