Chin & Jaw Reduction Surgery with Dr Bart van de Ven

Is it possible that your double chin is fat, that is now accumulated, instead of spread out over your previously longer chin? Chin liposuction seems to be a minor and easy procedure, which can be performed under local anaesthetics. Maybe that's an option?

If I were you, I'd send pictures to Bart Van de Ven (if a consult is not possible), to show what is happening. Maybe he can advise or reassure you.

yes I think it is extra fat rather then sagging skin?…..Im sure its relatively easy to fix? but overall I think you look much more proportionate , it seems like the chin is shortened by one third

How are you getting on? I had a chin reduction 18 months ago now & I too suffered with sagging under the chin, it took a full year for my swelling to go completely down & I hoped that the sagging would also disappear. Unfortunately it didn't, I was getting really fed up as the whole point of my operation was to change my profile that I was desperately unhappy with & yet I was then left with another problem. Anyway... Fast forward 18 months & I have just had Vaser lipo under my chin to remove the excess fatty tissue that was left behind, I am still recovering at the moment but I can see an improvement. Don't give up because if the sagging doesn't improve I would definitely recommend having lipo under the chin to remove the sagging, I have read so many different stories since my surgery & this seems to be a common problem with chin reductions, some doctors even do the lipo at the same time as the reduction which seems to make sense. Let me know how you are getting on & can assure you as the months go by you will see even more improvement, Libby x

Mine is same. That's strange coz I saw some improvement around 1 month post surgery n now everything seems to start from zero. May be not using heat pack makes my sagging worse? Not so sure but I think I will come back to heat packs soon. I also just hope the sagging is just excessive skin, not fat pad or muscle or something similar... Keep us updated melonhead! Will u have checkup with dr Bart van de Ven?

I'm debating on whenever to cancel my appointment or not, feels like a pointless excercise. I feel very depressed about my looks not really due to the surgery just generally, I don't feel it made me anymore attractive and the sagging chin ages me more so, I still feel very much ugly. I just don't really want to bother anymore

I think anyway you should make the appointment, just my personal idea, but he needs to know about n give some advice on the sagging. I don't know if your sagging is very visible... no one ever noticed mine till recently, my dad then my aunt all took notice of it. My aunt was like "what happened to u?? Why the double chin?". I'm very upset. My face looks gaunt from front plus the sagging is very visible from my profile and in some lighting it's even visible from front as well. And yes just like u, that sagging makes me look much older. Hope time will cure, now tbh I want my old witch chin back! It's bad but not worse than sagging chin. I don't want a gaunt face (which is often seen in skinny people) with a weird sagging chin (which is seen in fat, aged people). *sad*

Hi, did you meet your surgeon at last? How is everything going on? My sagging is still there and I am hopeless now, though my surgeon said to wait for 6 months coz it might take long time for some individual to see tissue redrape over new structure. I just don't see any single change for last 2 months. I am on my 4th month post surgery now. Sometimes I have a feeling my odd sagging is due to the strange structure of my chin bone. It doesn't make an acute angle as seen in normal people. When you look at my profile xray my chin is flat at the bottom (coz of burring). When my face muscles relax it looks quite ok but when I laugh, cough, tilt head, make straight face blah blah... the sagging looks so severe. Hope to hear some positive feedback from you!

I ended up canceling, I probably shouldn't of done but had too much on that day and I just really didn't fancy putting other things on the way side to fit in an appointment where I knew I was going to have photos taken of me, which of would only affected my mood negatively. I can't say I've really had much change either unfortunately it's still the same, I think it's def just loose skin rather than fat imo. It's very noticeable from profile view or if my head is tilted downwards slightly, so yeah :( I can't say it bothers me that much but then I avoid photos of myself still, so I remain ignorant I suppose because I'm still very unattractive and would rather remain ignorant for the state of my sanity! I hope things improve with you, I'm sure it isn't nearly as bad or noticeable as you think though X

Thankyou Libby. I'm glad you got improvement with the lipo, do you think general weight loss would help? I don't really want to under go further surgery on that area if I can help it.

I think general weight loss could help to improve the overall appearance, especially if you tend to carry extra weight on your face. Please give it time, though I can honestly say it took a full year until I was fully healed, only looking back at photos taken a few months after surgery compared to now do I really see a big difference. As the recovery process includes the healing of your skin/tissue/muscle it's hard to know the final outcome so what you are seeing now may not be your finished results. Good luck!! I understand what you are going through. There have been times when i regretted going ahead with genioplasty but when I look back at old photos now I so glad I did it, I just wasn't prepared for how long the recovery would be! I too wasn't entirely happy about having any further surgery but in the end I opted for vaser liposuction as I tend to carry extra weight on my face anyway so after my genioplasty it was just much more obvious. You only need local anesethic with vaser lipo & the whole procedure was completely in an hour & I was back at home a couple of hours later I doubt I would have done it if I required another general anesethic! Keep smiling & best of luck with your recovery, Libby xx

At least your other features are pretty. I have a horrid hooked nose too which just makes matters worse v_v wish i could fix it all. Wht has your docter said about te sagging? Will u have to have toghtening sirgery?

Believe me i feel insecure still! Most of the time people don't take notice but some of my friends ask something like "you seem to have double chin?"... Erghh. This scared me out. The sagging can be even seen from front sometimes. Weird!

Btw my doctor said it will take 6 months to really see improvement. Quite long time? I am scared of surgery now so don't want to be touched by those painful procedure again. Just let it be lol.

No, I wouldn't want to go back :( Have you suffered at all from the anesthetics? my hair and skin is like totally whack at the moment !