Neck Lift with Liposuction on Younger Men?

You have good insight on some of the factors which contribute to your double chins. Liposuction of the fat, under the chin generally produces spectacular results if you are younger, male and close to ideal body weight. If you are heavier than you should be (consult the Body Mass Index charts on the Internet), you should try to loose some weight, because as the fatty component reduces, the overlying skin shrinks, slowly, producing a more defined chin-neck relationship. The placement of... more

 A neck lift usually requires incision to run around the border of the ear. If you jsutneeded liposuction, you probably would barely have an incision.

At age 45, chances are that the obliquity in your neck has a variety of causes.  The most obvious factor is likely to be fat excess, but there may also be some degree of muscle laxity (platysma) and skin excess. If this is the case, a limited incision neck lift would be appropriate; isolated neck lifts become less appropriate with increasing degrees of skin laxity.  However, without photographs no truly accurate answer can be given

Obliquity in the neck can be multifactorial.  In younger patients, excess skin is often not a problem.  If fat resides in excess between the skin and the muscle, liposuction can be curative.  Laser liposuction might introduce some tightening of the skin but the science behind this is weak.  If the neck muscle is loose or there is significant fat deep to the platysma neck muscle, a cervicoplasty can be performed through a small chin incision.  The neck muscle is... more

Without a picture, I cannot tell if laser lipo alone will correct your double chin. If however you have good skin tone, are young and primarily have too much fat causing your double chin then liposuction is possible all that you will need. The new Slimlipo laser liposuction can tighten skin as well as remove fat from beneath the chin and has produced excellent results in properly selected patients in my practice. If you have very lax skin you may need a surgical lift. The benefit of the... more

A neck lift with liposuction can be done at any age. It is best done on men less than 55 and women less than 50. It does not address any excess skin in the neck area. It is primarily done to remove fat in the neck and tighten the muscles in the neck. There are two one-half-inch incisions behind the ears and a three-quarter-inch incision in the submental area. It is better to have it done at a younger age because of the skin elasticity. Once the elasticity of the skin is no longer... more

At 45, many men will benefit from liposuction of the neck without an actual neck lift. This spares you the additional recovery time, with minimal scars. While a neck lift can give a more significant improvement, liposuction alone in someone your age may be sufficient. Combining the procedure with a modest chin implant can further improve the result if you are a candidate. As a general rule, one should consider the smallest procedure which will give the biggest result, with the least risk... more

He can tell you if a liposuction alone will be sufficient to solve the problem or will you need a facelift to remove the excess skin as well. The scars should not show. The advantage to doing this now is so you can enjoy it. In 10 years you may want a "tuck" to take up the slack of further aging.

First, you need to lose the 20 lbs. you say you are over your ideal weight. If you still have a significant amount of fat in the neck, then liposuction will need to be a major component of your correction. If you have no real excess skin transversely, then the liposuction may be all that you need. However, if you do have excess skin and muscle, I use liposuction and a MACS Lift to elevate and resolve the skin and muscle problem. In someone your age this can be done with an incision only in... more

Not as important as deformity and how much it bothers you. If your double chin is due to fat and your skin quality is good, you can't predict totally how you will look after losing 20 lbs. A n indicatior may be photos of you when you were lighter. Anyway face lift/neck lift operations are more challenging in men, but techniques are available to hide the scar and allow for hair to grow through it, so hair style changes are minimized. No guarantees can be made, but chances are good that you... more

If you have tight skin and not platysmas muscle hypertrophy, the liposuction of the neck can remove the fat and give you a good neck contour with almost no noticeable scars. Your being 45 and 20 pounds over weight suggests that liposuction would not be a good procedure for you because it would leave you with loose skin and hanging muscle bands. In this case you would require a face lift which can be done with longer but well hidden scars. Make sure the plastic surgeon you choose shows you... more

With the various types of liposuctioning available you really should have minimal visible scarring with neck liposuctiong. If however you are actually undergoing a real neck lift there will be visible scars either under the chin(hard to see) and/or aroung the ear and in the neck hair line.