I had chin lipo earlier this year and as I healed this indent in my chin appeared. It has just been getting worse as my skin laxity has decreased with the THERMItight. You will also see there is a burn from the skin tightening, but this is getting treated and is slowly getting better. I am wondering what can be done about the indent from the cannula under my chin.
October 28, 2024
Answer: Indentation at incision after chin liposuction There are two reasons why patients can get indentations at the incision sites after liposuction.One is because of scar tissue that can contract pulling the skin in.Every stroke goes through the opening so that area can develop more scar tissue than surrounding areas. The second reason is that too much fat was removed at the incision site.If The cannula is pulled out of the incision every time the surgeon changes angles, then too much fat will be removed each time the cannula comes through the small area around the incision. This can be avoided by simply not pulling out the cannula all the way when changing angles or having additional incision points like under the earlobes on each side.Regardless, it is generally due to technical reasons(skill of provider)Improving or treating this is inherently difficult.If there is scar tissue, pulling on the skin, the scar tissue needs to be released, but simply doing so by itself will not improve the problem because the scar tissue will simply come back.If the problem is related to ins Volume because too much fat was removed then volume restoration could potentially improve the outcome.To differentiate, you could try having some filler injected in the area to see if this fixes the problem.If it does then conceptually grafting fat in the area could help but attempts at correcting Liposuction contour irregularities with fat transfer often requires multiple treatments and is often not successful with one round of grafting fat.These are difficult to correct And correction may not be possible.Any attempt at improving the outcome, especially with doing only Liposuction can potentially make things worse.Delivering consistent quality liposuction results is more difficult than most people realize.The number of plastic surgeons who approach mastery of Liposuction is in reality quite small.Best,Mats Hagstrom MD
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October 28, 2024
Answer: Indentation at incision after chin liposuction There are two reasons why patients can get indentations at the incision sites after liposuction.One is because of scar tissue that can contract pulling the skin in.Every stroke goes through the opening so that area can develop more scar tissue than surrounding areas. The second reason is that too much fat was removed at the incision site.If The cannula is pulled out of the incision every time the surgeon changes angles, then too much fat will be removed each time the cannula comes through the small area around the incision. This can be avoided by simply not pulling out the cannula all the way when changing angles or having additional incision points like under the earlobes on each side.Regardless, it is generally due to technical reasons(skill of provider)Improving or treating this is inherently difficult.If there is scar tissue, pulling on the skin, the scar tissue needs to be released, but simply doing so by itself will not improve the problem because the scar tissue will simply come back.If the problem is related to ins Volume because too much fat was removed then volume restoration could potentially improve the outcome.To differentiate, you could try having some filler injected in the area to see if this fixes the problem.If it does then conceptually grafting fat in the area could help but attempts at correcting Liposuction contour irregularities with fat transfer often requires multiple treatments and is often not successful with one round of grafting fat.These are difficult to correct And correction may not be possible.Any attempt at improving the outcome, especially with doing only Liposuction can potentially make things worse.Delivering consistent quality liposuction results is more difficult than most people realize.The number of plastic surgeons who approach mastery of Liposuction is in reality quite small.Best,Mats Hagstrom MD
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