Lipo and dermabrasion for fatty lump between lower lip and chin?

Although the plastic surgeon was in the best position to give you advice, since he examined you, I would make a couple of comments about his recommendations. First, I think that doing liposuction in this confined area of the chin is difficult, and achieving a smooth contour would be difficult through... more

This is an unusual area for a fatty tumor. Therefore it is unlikely that liposuction would be of any benefit. However, it is also a bad area for a scar and likely to develop thick scarring. So there is no easy answer.

 Without knowing the cause of this enlarged area below the lip, and examining you, it would be difficult to assess what can be done to improve it.  

It's difficult to determine the best procedure without actually feeling the area.  However, if it's soft you could try liposuction and save actual excision as a last resort.  Dermabrasion may not be necessary if liposuction does the trick.  Good luck!

The best answer comes from an evaluation in person. This way the physician feels the texture and gets an impression of its hardness, mobility vs. fixed position, its origin such as the epidermis or deeper structures. Resurfacing might make you lose enough epidermis that the texture will become shiny and smooth... more

I would need more information before I could offer an answer. Questions like how long has it been there? Is it getting bigger? etc. My feeling is that liposuction in that area is not going to achieve what you are looking for. Based on the photo alone, without further information my inclination would be to... more