How to Get Rid of Chin Fat for a Thin Person?

Question

I have never been overweight and am very thin and athletically built but my chin has always been fat and non existent. I believe it is heredity but I'm not sure what options I have.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Liposuction or a neck lift would be the two alternatives from your description, but a physical exam would be necessary to give an accurate answer in regard to your specific circumstance.  Find a plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of facial procedures each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

The photograph is not ideal but probably liposuction of the neck done under local anesthesia would give significant improvement.

Hollie Hickman, MD · Answer

If you have a small amount of chin fat with very little loose skin you are probably a great candidate. If you have a lot of fat you may end up with loose skin that looks worse. If you do have a lot of fat you can have a small amount of lipo and expect less of a result but less risk of skin laxity after surgery. Good luck.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

There are 2 locations of fat present in the neck, and these are sub-platysmal and sub-mental fat. Both can be removed with a neck lift without any skin removal. A platysma plasty will be required  in the front portion of the muscle once the sub-platysmal fat has been  removed.  Digital computer imaging may be of some benefit to see what her new neck might look like. Please see the link below for examples of neck lifts in our practice

Gerald Wittenberg, MSc, DMD (retired) · Answer

From your photo, you appear to have a 'small jaw' appearance which would include the width of the jaw as well as the profile appearance. The distance from the 'neck/adam's apple' area to the chin point; is short and so the area under the neck appears full.

	More images are necessary to review, but you could benefit from either an orthognathic procedure for jaw lengthening; or masking with jawline augmentation with or without treatment of the tissue under the neck (depends on laxity of the tissue/age etc)

How to Get Rid of Chin Fat for a Thin Person?

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Answer: Fat removal in the neck

Answer: Fat removal in the neck

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How to Get Rid of Chin Fat for a Thin Person?

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Answer: Fat removal in the neck

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