What can I do to achieve a more defined jaw, neck, and chin area? 27 y/o (photos)

Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful to build collagen in patients who have atrophic scars but is not very productive for ice-pick scars which require TCA Cross. For tissue tightening, Morpheus is ideal for the face and neck and we often combine it with CO2 laser or Ultherapy to further enhance results. Chemical peels and skin resurfacing should be done at least 5 to 7 days after, but can be performed earlier, depending on treatment severity. Avoid exfoliating skin treatments before Morpheus and expect a period of 2-4 weeks for skin contraction to set in.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Thank you for your enquiry and sharing your photographs.

The methods to reduce the volume in the area of concern to our split between techniques that go over the above the platysma muscles and under the skin (liposuction) and techniques to go both over the platysma muscles and under the platysma muscles (anterior neck lift or short scar neck lift).

Since there is no skin excess, there is no need for skin tightening. The volume however is generated to a lesser extent by fatty tissue and to a higher extent by the volume of the digastric muscles and lower part of the submandibular glands.

Injections that dissolve fatty tissue can also go deep to the platysma and will affect and the fatty tissue present there.

In essence, the goal of intervention would be to achieve a fairly constant girth of the front half of the neck between the sternum and the jawline and it would not be possible to achieve it purely from fatty tissue removal. Liposuction is a smaller interval with good expectations of improvement. It has however its limitations and if carried out more aggressively to improve the results it can lead to wrinkling of the skin under the chin as the fatty tissue under the skin is important to preserve smooth contours in particular in women.

Dear kld7941,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Based on your photo, it looks like you would benefit form chin lipo. If you are considering surgery, I would suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination, you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery