Looking to sharpen my jawline and minimize jowls - recommendations? (Photos)

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Hi! I’m looking to improve the definition of my jawline. I feel like I still have slightly chubby cheeks and some mild jowling, even though I had buccal fat removal a few years ago. I’m fairly young, so I’m not sure what route makes the most sense for my age and goals. I’ve been considering Vaser laser treatment for my jowls, but I’m not sure if that’s the best approach or if there are other options for skin tightening or contouring that might give me better results. Could you let me know what you would recommend based on what you see?

Anthony Maffei, MD · Answer

Hard to tell from your pics without a side profile, thus hard to assess if you're a good candidate. However, we've found Vaser Lipo to neck and jowls to be very effective in the appropriate candidates.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Your pictures are insufficient to make a good assessment.For a neck assessment we always need to see a profile picture.
To me, your face looks fine and I don’t recommend having surgical intervention. And
When doing Liposuction of this area, we don’t remove a lot of fat.It’s a finesse procedure not a debulking procedure.
For that reason, VASER which is a very aggressive form of Liposuction is way overkill.
Using VASER can lead to disastrous over treatment and irreversible disfigurement.
Obviously that can happen with any equipment, but I see the worst cases of patients being overt treated using this particular device.
If you’re going to have fat removal, it’s going to be very small amounts.
That requires working with very gentle conservative equipment.
 Personally, I don’t see a good indication at all to remove fat from any part of your face.
I’m also not a big fan of buccal fat removal because it tends to lead to long-term issues down the road.
I am a big fan of Liposuction, and that is really what I specialize on exclusively.
I also know that the number of plastic surgeons who really have mastery of Liposuction is quite small and when thing go wrong the outcome is generally irreversible.
Be happy with what you have.
You look great.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom MD

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