Fresno Chin Liposuction doctors
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Peter T. Truong, MD
Fresno Oculoplastic Surgeon
9497 N. Fort Washington Rd. Suite 103, Fresno |
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Miguel Delgado, Jr., MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
450 Sutter Street Suite 2433, San Francisco |
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Carl Askren, MD
Fresno Plastic Surgeon
1351 E Spruce Ave Ste. 120, Fresno |
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Kathleen L. Behr, MD
Fresno Dermatologist
1125 E. Spruce Ave. Suite 207, Fresno |
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John Burnett, MD
Fresno Plastic Surgeon
6145 N Thesta St, Fresno |
Recent Answers
Please tell me the complications and side effects possible with neck or chin liposuction. Thank you.
If your skin elasticity is adequate, complications should be rare. The most common ones are asymmetry which can be corrected and undercorrection which may require a surgical Neck lift. The thing to understand about Liposuction is that only subcutaneous fat can be removed.
Other issues such as muscle (platysma) laxity, subplatysmal fat, prominent or ptotic salivary glands, anterior digastric muscle hypertrophy can only be handled by other types of surgery. None of these problems can be reliably be diagnosed during the consultation. Bottom line is there is a limit to what neck liposuction can achieve.
Why do some doctors only cut a single incision under the chin and others cut two incisions by each ear? I presume more fat can be reached with 2 incisions but does the single incision limit the doctor that much more?
Dear Shanti:
Don't fret too much about how many incisions are needed for chin liposuction. These incisions are basically invisible. Obviously more incisions allow the surgeon to reach more areas of the neck. In general the fat is best attacked from different directions for optimal healing and smoothness (sort of a crisscross pattern). Defer to your surgeon in terms of what s/he think is best.
