Fat grafting to revise over-aggressive chin lipo

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I recently got chin lipo 7 weeks ago and have been experiencing platysma banding whenever I look up and to the side. My healing process has been very easy, no lymphatic drainage, swelling is gone, no lumps or bump. I simply want to prepare myself in case the platysma bands don’t relax or soften with time a and become less visible. I have seen some cases on Reddit of them softening over time. I have heard of the cons being the fat injected can react like the harvest location. Ex. From the abdomen, significant weight gain to abdomen can then occur in the neck. Is that common? Does it only occur after significant weight gain? I am wanting to grasp if fat grafting would be an option?

Ajaya Kashyap, MD · Answer

Thank you for your query. Small amounts of fat injections can help in areas of aggressive liposuction but platysmal bands are usually not corrected or camouflaged  by fat. Please have your surgeon examine you and discuss your options once all the tissues have settled down. All the best!

Lexie Wang, MD · Answer

Are you sure what you are describing is platysmal banding? It could be loose skin... but if it's truly platysma, then you can also just do botox to relax the muscle and that way you don't have to worry about the risk of fat grafting back into the area.

Fat grafting to revise over-aggressive chin lipo

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