My neck is tight and I have no jowls but want my profile to look tighter under the chin, from the side view. No fat under neck either. Think its loose skin. What is best option?
September 27, 2015
Answer: Double Chin Treatment / Laxity-- SmartLipo/VASER/ThermiRF, Botox, Venus Legacy, Kybella I treat this everyday in my practice. You may be a surgical candidate but you do not need surgery for improvement. Properly performed liposuction with energy based devices and physical fat removal will do fantastic to remove the fat, lift the skin, and contour the jawline. I pretreat everyone with Botox 1-2 weeks before surgery to relax the neck muscles, allowing for better retraction of the skin after surgery. Then after treatment we do skin tightening with Venus Legacy to improve the results and decrease the neck swelling. I suggest you only see an expert for treatment of this area as a meticulous surgeon is required to get great results and complications in this area can be devastating both medically and cosmetically. A new medication that is used to remove chin fat with injections called Kybella may also be an option, as it secondarily allows for skin tightening/lifting as well. TheriRF can be used for just neck bands and has almost no downtime. A formal consultation is needed to determine what are the best options for you. Best, Dr. Emer.
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September 27, 2015
Answer: Double Chin Treatment / Laxity-- SmartLipo/VASER/ThermiRF, Botox, Venus Legacy, Kybella I treat this everyday in my practice. You may be a surgical candidate but you do not need surgery for improvement. Properly performed liposuction with energy based devices and physical fat removal will do fantastic to remove the fat, lift the skin, and contour the jawline. I pretreat everyone with Botox 1-2 weeks before surgery to relax the neck muscles, allowing for better retraction of the skin after surgery. Then after treatment we do skin tightening with Venus Legacy to improve the results and decrease the neck swelling. I suggest you only see an expert for treatment of this area as a meticulous surgeon is required to get great results and complications in this area can be devastating both medically and cosmetically. A new medication that is used to remove chin fat with injections called Kybella may also be an option, as it secondarily allows for skin tightening/lifting as well. TheriRF can be used for just neck bands and has almost no downtime. A formal consultation is needed to determine what are the best options for you. Best, Dr. Emer.
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September 26, 2015
Answer: Options for platysma bands Thanks for sharing. In general, current neck and lower face rejuvenation treatments include:Surgical Neck lift* with a Lower Facelift would be the gold standard and gets the best overall results in the jowls and neckSurgical Neck lift* which removes skin would be the next best procedureNeck liposuction and/or laser lipolysis if only fat removal is required, typically in a younger patient. (A platysmaplasty can be added for further muscle tightening)Ultherapy is an FDA approved non invasive tightening using ultrasound technologyKybella is a new FDA approved injection that melts fat under the chinBotox to the platysma bands to decrease their activity and show*It is important the a Neck lift involves some liposuction and importantly a platysmaplasty which is a procedure that tightens the underlying loose neck muscles. Based on your description, i feel you may be a good candidate for a platysmaplasty or just botox to address the platysma muscle edges you are likely describing. Talk to several board certified surgeons experienced in face and neck rejuvenation to discuss your options.
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September 26, 2015
Answer: Options for platysma bands Thanks for sharing. In general, current neck and lower face rejuvenation treatments include:Surgical Neck lift* with a Lower Facelift would be the gold standard and gets the best overall results in the jowls and neckSurgical Neck lift* which removes skin would be the next best procedureNeck liposuction and/or laser lipolysis if only fat removal is required, typically in a younger patient. (A platysmaplasty can be added for further muscle tightening)Ultherapy is an FDA approved non invasive tightening using ultrasound technologyKybella is a new FDA approved injection that melts fat under the chinBotox to the platysma bands to decrease their activity and show*It is important the a Neck lift involves some liposuction and importantly a platysmaplasty which is a procedure that tightens the underlying loose neck muscles. Based on your description, i feel you may be a good candidate for a platysmaplasty or just botox to address the platysma muscle edges you are likely describing. Talk to several board certified surgeons experienced in face and neck rejuvenation to discuss your options.
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