Is botched liposuction under chin area fixable? (Photos)

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I had liposuction done under my chin and a bit of bone shaved off in 2013. I never had big chin and too much of fat under, it was just my idea at the time to get it smaller and now I feel disfigured. I am model and this is very bothering, since I can’t pose from certain angles. Is incision under chin and removing excess skin and fat right solution? My PS said liposuction wouldn’t work to correct this since it's too little fat remaining. How would you correct this botched case of mine?

Michael P. Morrissette, DDS, FACS · Answer

A couple of treatment options include fat grafting and platysmaplasty. I have treated cases of over-resection of submental fat with autologous fat grafting. Fat is harvested from one area and injected back into the defect area. It is difficult to determine from your photo, but a platysmaplasty with removal of some subplatysmal fat may provide a more defined neck and jawline. An in office consultation is needed to make that determination.

Stephen J. Pincus, MD · Answer

You would be best served by going to specialists in facial surgery who could evaluate the deformity in person. It seems that you would must likely need a "skin tightening" procedure with possibly additional selective liposuction.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear Vixendeluxe,
it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Based on your photos, it looks like you would benefit from chin liposuction. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to 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

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD · Answer

When the chin bone is vertically shortened from a submental approach there will be a discrepancy between the new level of the soft tissue chin pad and the neck tissues. This is usually leveled out in such submental vertical chin reductions since it is readily seen and expected during the surgery. It can still be fixed now by a soft tissue submentoplasty procedure.

Arian Mowlavi, MD, FACS (license on probation) · Answer

Your chin fat and skin redundancy can be corrected with a combination of VASER lipo and Renuvion J plasma skin tightening. Please consider a consultation with a high definition body contouring specialist.

Is botched liposuction under chin area fixable? (Photos)

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Is botched liposuction under chin area fixable? (Photos)

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