How Do You Correct Too Much Fat Removed During Neck Lift

This can happen when you over aggressively defat the neck in hopes of lifting the neck.  As you can see the muscle is contributing to the neck being lax.  A neck lift will tighten the area and allow the skin to contour the new shape underneath. You may still need fat grafting in the neck at a later point in time. But this can be improved.

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Correction of the described problem can be addressed in several different ways.  Specifically it is important to really get an anatomical evaluation and overall sense of what the underlying issues are.  It is not an uncommon problem/complication to have “too much fat removed in the neck area” as liposuction is a component of facelift surgery commonly.  But also residual band laxity is also not too uncommon.  Bands are the platysmal muscle bands that can remain lax after surgery. 

A number of treatments are available including repeat platysmal band tightening.  This will often times resolve the problem by itself.  Other supplemental treatments include fat injections as needed if there is significant contour deformity.  This procedure is less common than a simple platysmal muscle repeat tightening.  Nonetheless this area can be addressed commonly and long term permanent problems is something not seen too often.