Sagging lower face, chin, 30 years old - what is the best option is for skin tightening and creating more of a jawline? (Photos)

It’s common to see skin laxity years after chin lipo, especially with a naturally lean frame. Morpheus8 and Ultherapy are both excellent for tightening skin and stimulating collagen, and combining them can help redefine your jawline and lift the neck area without surgery. We’d recommend a consult to assess skin quality and customize the best treatment plan for long-term lift and contour.

Since you are very young, I would strongly advise against facelift or neck lift surgery. On profile, I agree that you have a poorly defined jawline, and you also have a bit of a weak chin. On front view, I feel like there are areas where there may be persistent subcutaneous fat in your neck. Depending on your examination, I would consider chin implant surgery, and revision neck liposuction surgery to improve upon your jawline. Thank you so much for this question, and I wish you well moving forward. Sincerely, Dr Joseph

There is still excess fat around so lipo with the micro canulas and quantum/morpheus would make a big improvement under local. The quantum/morpheus really tightens up the skin nicely and is easy to undergo.

Thank you for sharing your concerns and photos. From your description and images, it appears you're experiencing mild skin laxity and loss of jawline definition, which can happen even in your 30s—especially after submental liposuction, as it can accelerate skin thinning or reduce supportive fat layers beneath the dermis.

Best Options for Skin Tightening and Jawline Contour:
Radiofrequency Microneedling (e.g., Morpheus8, Profound RF)

Ideal for mild to moderate skin laxity.

Stimulates collagen and elastin, improving firmness and retraction of the jawline and neck area.

Typically 3 sessions spaced 4–6 weeks apart yield the best results.

Ultrasound-Based Skin Tightening (Ultherapy)

Non-invasive, focuses ultrasound energy at the SMAS layer, the same layer targeted in a facelift.

Can lift and tighten under the chin and along the jawline.

Results improve over 2–3 months as collagen rebuilds.

Injectable Options (Biostimulators like Sculptra or Radiesse)

Help volumize areas where fat was lost (post-lipo) and stimulate collagen production.

Useful for restoring subtle contour without adding fullness.

Chin and Jawline Filler

Hyaluronic acid-based fillers can enhance the projection of the chin and sharpen the jawline.

This offers instant contour improvement and can rebalance the lower face.

PDO Thread Lifting

Can mechanically lift the skin along the jawline and under the chin.

Best for patients with mild sagging who are not ready for surgical intervention.

Laser Skin Tightening

Treatments such as Fotona or Fraxel can be beneficial for skin tone and surface texture.

Works best as a complement to deeper tightening technologies.

Additional Considerations:
Skincare: Incorporate products with retinoids, peptides, and growth factors to support collagen maintenance.

Neck exercises may improve muscle tone, although they won’t correct sagging skin.

Surgery (e.g., mini neck lift or deep-plane facelift) is a long-term option but likely not necessary at your current level of concern.

Your photos show good skin quality overall. Combining non-invasive tightening with jawline enhancement would likely yield the most natural, youthful results.

A combination of a neuromodulator, such as Botox, properly injected at the appropriate points along the jawline and upper neck can help to better define and straighten the jawline. The addition of an appropriate HA contouring filler along the jawline and for improving chin contour and projection can further help to address jawline jowling and sagging Both the aforementioned treatments can be performed in under a half hour in the hands of an experienced, board certified cosmetic dermatologist injection expert. The effects of the filler are typically immediate and those from Botox usually appear in one to seven days following the treatment. Hope this helps and have a great holiday weekend.

Based on your post photos, excellent. You have options non-surgical option would be using HA fillers along the jawline with external skin, tightening fat reduction, lasers, or instruments. Minimally surgical options are threading parentheses very poor parentheses, HA fillers with Canyon along the bone And lays section of the lower under chin areas and neck. Finally surgical options would be a liposuction with mini neck lift with muscle plication and possible suture effects plus Endo delay use. In other words, best of virtual consultations fee ranges for each option with range in a totality from $5000-$15,000. Again, best of virtual consult with.