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Is Chin Implant with Liposuction Dangerous?
I am researching the procedure as well as doctors in both Dallas and NYC for a chin implant, and maybe a little liposuction under the chin. Anyway, reading the posts here, I am getting more nervous about this! How common are complications like an injured nerve, asymmetrical look, and numbness after a few weeks? Because it seems like a lot of people are writing in about these concerns with the procedures I want done and it makes me really nervous! Is it better to not do the lipo? Are these concerns common? Thanks.
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ilovesaki
in ny
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Chin implant and liposuction
While no procedure is completely risk-free, liposuction of the neck and chin implant should be a relatively safe, effective procedure. Each carries the risks that you mention, and combining them should not have an 'additive' risk effect.
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Chin implant and liposuction complications.
Dr Mayer is absolutely right that these two procedures, chin implant, are commonly performed together. The complication rates are very low with experienced surgeons.
The complication rate is very low. More important than worrying about getting a rare complication, you may want to concentrate on what your aesthetic goals are, and how to communicate that with your prospective surgeon.
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Chin implant and liposuction
Assuming you are an appropriate patient, it has not prooved to be a "dangerous" proceedure in my experience over 30 years. A small number of patients will experience some decrease in sensation or "different sensations" in the area for 2-3 mos. afterwards.
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Chin implant with lipo
These are two safe procedures and can be performed in combination. I find that patients have better satisfaction with chin lipo because it enhances but does not change their appearance. Chin implant will alter your face for the better but, like rhinoplasty, you have to be prepared psychologically for the change.
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Risks of chin implant with liposuction
Placement of the chin implant is quite simple and straightforward. It is usually placed through an incision underneath the chin. It is placed below the periosteum of the mandible to augment the lower chin area. 99% of the time it will not shift or migrate. Additionally, a better alternative to traditional blind liposuction in the neck is to perform a neck lift. This involves going through the very same incision as the chin implant and manually sculpting, removing, and rescultping an...
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Chin implant and liposuction not dangerous if experienced
Chin implant surgery as well as careful conservative liposuction of the neck under the chin are procedures that are deemed relatively safe when performed by competent and experienced surgeons. Complications can occur from any surgery but they are not common for these procedures.
If performed in good hands and with due care by a good surgeon, the chances of you having problems are minimal. There may be a small amount of bruising, small amount of swelling, some local numbness. These are...
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Freehold Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Neck liposuction and chin augmentation
No, the combined procedures can be safely performed at the same time in one setting regardless of the incision type for the chin implant. I would prefer to do the liposuction first and then the chin augmentation through an external neck incision under the chin.
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Liposuction and chin implant
Liposuction of the neck, if you are a candidate for liposuction and not excision of subplatysmal fat, both are very safe procedures. Chin implant is also a very safe procedure.
The combination of chin implant and liposuctio is very safe.
Any surgical procedure carry a certain amount of risk. However, choosing a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with experience in these procedures will minimize the risks.
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Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Risks of Chin Implant with Liposuction
The 2 procedures are separate, each with their own risks.
Chin liposuction alone should not produce numbness. Typically, the procedure is complication free and quite predictable. Potential complications include infection, skin irregularities, and collection of blood or fluid under the skin. Post operative antibiotics and appropriate use of compression garments will usually avoid this. Appropriate technique avoids lumpiness. Numbness should not be a concern.
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Chin implant with liposuction very safe together.
Hi.
1) Most of the problems you hear about are due to technical errors. I would say that the combination of liposuction of the neck with a chin implant is one of the safest, simplest, and most gratifying procedures that we do.
2) Combining the two does not increase risk in any way. We have done it on people from 18 to 55. Both operations take about one hour under local anesthesia with some sedation, and the recovery is only a few days.
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Chin implant and Liposuction of the neck
In experienced hands, both of these procedures are quite safe. I have never had a problem with either, but have been operating on this area with similar procedures for 30 years. When done for the proper indications, in the proper patient, they produce some of my favorite results. Because both of these operations seem very easy, surgeons trained in other fields and even non-surgeons have begun doing these procedures. Since neither of these are, in fact, simple procedures without risks, it is...
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Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuction and chin implant
A chin implant and liposuction is a very good combination in a patient that has a fatty neck and a weak chin. Yes, there can be complications like numbness, asymmetry, etc. but they are not that common.
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Chin Implant with Lipo shouldn't be a problem
I agree with Dr Mayer, in experienced hands liposuction and chin implant should be a safe procedure. In fact many times the chin implant can accentuate your result from the liposuction. I would talk to your surgeon about using a chin jowl type implant rather than the traditional button type implant as this will fill our your profile better.
Good luck with your procedure,
Dr T
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Chin implant in conjunction with neck liposuction
It is ver common for us to perform both procedures at the same time since many patients with a weak chin tend to have a fat pocket or excess fat in the front of their neck which leads to an even poorer neck or chin line. There is very little increased risk doing the two procedures together. Most of the complications associated with nerve weakness have to do with intraoral or through the mouth placement of a chin implant. Typically, placement through a small incision in the midline below the...
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Chin implant and liposuction risks are temporary
Most complications of chin implants and neck liposuction are small and not permanent. Nerve injury is rarely permanent but this does not mean that you will not have some temporary numbness or asymmetry of muscle movement for a few weeks. If the sensory nerve is stretched while putting the implant in place the numbness of the lower lip could take six to twelve weeks to get back to normal.
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Risks of problems after chin implant with liposuction.
The complications from these procedures should be minimal and not risky IF you see an experienced surgeon. In more than 30 years of facial plastic surgery I have only had 2 infections of a chin implant. These were removed and replaced in a month without problem. I, like most good surgeons, have never had nerve injury, asymmetry, etc.
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Complications from chin liposuction
Liposuction overall is a very safe procedure. Short term effects such as temporary asymmetry of one side of your smile, numbness are rare but when they do happen they almost always resolve after a few weeks. You have to be careful not to come to conclusions based on what you are reading from a small sample of patients. If you made a decision of whether to fly in an airplane based on the reports of successful flights vs crashes reported in the news you would think all flights ended in crashes...
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