Can Kybella be used for turkey neck as well?

Kybella is best used to treat the submental fat under your chin. I would not recommend using Kybella if you have excess skin on your neck as it could make the loose skin look worse. I would recommend looking into a neck lift or Ulthera for tightening the skin so you can get rid of your “turkey neck.” Good luck. 

This is a great question. Since Kybella is such a new treatment, patients are still trying to educate themselves on what sort of results can be expected. Kybella is an FDA approve injectable treatment for submental fat (the fat under the chin). Kybella destroys the unwanted fat cells and over the next couple of months you will see the results. While Kybella gets rid of the fat, it cannot tighten loose skin, as in the turkey neck appearance you are referring to. A turkey neck is most likely still best addressed with facelift/neck lift surgery. I would need to examine you in person to give you my final recommendations. 

Thank you for your question. Kybella is FDA approved to dissolve fat in the submental region, which lies just below the skin.  This will help to improve a 'turkey neck', if you have excess fat in this area.  However, if you have muscle bands, also called platysmal banding, in the neck this may need to be addressed as well.  Platysmal banding can be addressed with a necklift and/or a facelift.  Be sure to consult with a board certified facial plastic surgeon or plastic surgeon who has experience with Kybella.  I hope that this helps!-David Gilpin

Kybella is meant to dissolve excess fat not to treat skin laxity.   Schedule a consult with a practitioner that is experienced in assessing the neck anatomy and the need for Kybella.  He/She should be able to recommend the best treatment for you.   Occasionally, patients come in seeking Kybella when an alternative treatment may be more appropriate. Best of luck to you! 

Thank you for sharing your question. Unfortunately patient's with already sagging skin of the neck will not benefit from Kybella and are best served with a formal neck lift procedure.  Kybella works by reducing the amount of adipose tissue present in the area below the chin but can not tighten loose skin.  Hope this helps. 

Kybella is a non-invasive injection that can spot reduce pockets of fat under the chin.   Results vary depending on the amount of fat and the thickness of skin.  Most patients will require multiple treatments for optimal effects.  In my experience, Kybella does create some tightening of skin and results are usually good in patients with some laxity.  However, in patients with significant laxity, a surgical procedure may be warranted.  It is best to get an in person consult to be evaluated.  Make sure to seek out an expert in Facial injectables and body contouring for best results.

skin that seems to hang down because of the bulky fat in a neck will usually retract and redrape leaving a sharper angle of the neck. But if there is only sagging skin or loose muscle without any significant fat deposit, then kybella will not tighten the skin, and in fact might produce more risk of a complication in the skin as the Kybella is designed to be injected into the fat, not the skin.

Without pictures, it's difficult to say. Yes, you can use Kybella. For neck laxity, I suggest a combination of VASER hi def liposuction with ThermiRF to give great results in contouring. I suggest seeing a cosmetic surgeon for analysis.  Best, Dr. Emer.

No. Kybella melts fat cells which is commonly known as double shin. On the other hand, turkey neck or sagging skin can be address with RF treatments or Ultherapy or liposuction or neck lift. It all depends on the severity of your sagging skin in the neck area. Good luck!

Thank you for your question bpmspqny. Kybella is the first and thus-far only FDA-approved non-surgical
injectable treatment for the double chin. Kybella treats fat. Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing can be used to tighten looks skin. Please consult with a doctor for specific recommendations. Good luck!