It's happened to me to some degree, and I've noticed it on reviews on realself, and even on surgeons' own website photos. I can't understand why or how there could be MORE fullness under the chin after any type of full (not mini) facelift - where does the extra fullness come from? How can it be corrected?
November 18, 2016
Answer: Increased double chin after full facelift. The only anatomy under the chin is skin, subcutaneous fat, platysma muscle, sub-platysmal fat, diagastric muscles and submandibular glands. During a facelift, these structures are contoured, trimmed and tightened to achieve the best neck contour possible. If there is a worse double chin after surgery, it may be from incomplete contouring or possibly swelling of the area. Your surgeon knows exactly what was done so it's best to check with your surgeon about possible corrections.
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November 18, 2016
Answer: Increased double chin after full facelift. The only anatomy under the chin is skin, subcutaneous fat, platysma muscle, sub-platysmal fat, diagastric muscles and submandibular glands. During a facelift, these structures are contoured, trimmed and tightened to achieve the best neck contour possible. If there is a worse double chin after surgery, it may be from incomplete contouring or possibly swelling of the area. Your surgeon knows exactly what was done so it's best to check with your surgeon about possible corrections.
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November 17, 2016
Answer: Double Chin after Facelift Surgery You should have a nice chin/neck contour following facelift. The reasons for fullness this area can be many depending upon the technique used. Fullness in this area even with a playtsmaplasty could be due to excess subplatysmal fat, drooping submandibular glands, or hypertrophied digastric muscles. All of these issues can be addressed through the same platsymaplasty incision. Finally pull of the platysma toward the midline by plastymaplasty in some patients can lead to this fullness. In these cases I pull the platysmal muscle up and away from the neck from the preauricular facelift incision using the deep plane approach without suturing the muscles together. Some surgeons advocate partially sectioning the platysma muscle or completely removing it. Revision facelift can address the issues you are concerned with. I hope this helps.
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November 17, 2016
Answer: Double Chin after Facelift Surgery You should have a nice chin/neck contour following facelift. The reasons for fullness this area can be many depending upon the technique used. Fullness in this area even with a playtsmaplasty could be due to excess subplatysmal fat, drooping submandibular glands, or hypertrophied digastric muscles. All of these issues can be addressed through the same platsymaplasty incision. Finally pull of the platysma toward the midline by plastymaplasty in some patients can lead to this fullness. In these cases I pull the platysmal muscle up and away from the neck from the preauricular facelift incision using the deep plane approach without suturing the muscles together. Some surgeons advocate partially sectioning the platysma muscle or completely removing it. Revision facelift can address the issues you are concerned with. I hope this helps.
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