Kybella on the lower cheeks to treat face fullness?

Kybella is an exciting new FDA approved
treatment for submental fullness, or double chin. Kybella is Deoxycholic Acid
and it is injected into the fat pad under the chin At this time,
Kybella is not recommended for facial fat along the jaw lines or under the eyes.#Kybellatreatmentareas   #Kybellafatdestruction   #doublechin treatments

sally.ca. Thank you for your question.  An in person consultation is necessary to determine your best course of action.  While Kybella is FDA approved for sub mental fat ( below the chin), it could be used off label to other fatty pockets.  I would  hesitate to use it on the lower cheek area as Kybella causes inflammation which may affect the nerves by the lower cheek area affecting facial movement and feeling.

This is a good question and I get it often as I do a lot of facial and jawline sculpting. Kybella is FDA approved for the submental/double chin. That is not to say that many surgeons don't inject other places. We know where all of the nerves are in the face. Most of them have a very predictable course. It is definitely true that kybella has been know to damage nerves. For this reason I do not inject in the mid cheek/face. There are many options though however to give that sculpted defined look. See someone you trust and be clear with your goals.Hope this helps,Best of luck,DrC

I do not recommend using Kybella in the cheeks. Kybella is FDA-approved for use in the submental (double chin) area. Unfortunately, the facial nerve branches many times (usually not as neatly as in the anatomy books), and the branches are very small. There is no imaging technique that is useful to identify these nerves, and even if there were, Kybella spreads out through the tissues and could still affect the surrounding nerves. Cheek fat can be addressed with surgical buccal fat reduction, a facelift procedure, filler injections, fat transfer, and other methods, but Kybella would not be a safe way to address this area.Be sure to see an expert physician injector.All the best,

Kybella is a new injectable approved by the FDA
for the treatment of moderate to severe fat under the chin; double chin.  At this time, Kybella is not indicated for fat along the jawline and its safety is indicated only for the submental fat #Kybellaforchins    #doublechintreatments    #Kybelladestroysfat

Thanks for your question. Kybella has recently been FDA approved for use in the submental fat under the chin. Currently, this is the only area that Kybella has been indicated for, however since it is such a successful treatment, it may be used in other off-label areas in the future. Kybella is a safe treatment when administered properly, but since it’s relatively new it’s important to find a physician who has had thorough training and has experience injecting the product.

Kybella is very likely to injure facial nerves so it would be a very bad idea to use it on the cheeks.  This drug is great but it is really best only for the chin area at this time until further research is done on it.  Good luck!

Thank you for your question.  At this time, I would not recommend Kybella on the face as there is too much vital anatomy and Kybella may cause unintended injury to some of the deeper structures.   The Accuvein is a great way to identify vessels in the face, but does not identify nerves.  It is more commonly used to help guide injections when using fillers or neuromodulators.

Dear sally ca,Kybella is
the first and only FDA-approved injectable drug that contours and improves the
appearance of submental fullness due to submental fat. Kybella is
indicated for improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe convexity or
fullness associated with submental fat in adults. The safe and effective use of
Kybella for the treatment of subcutaneous fat outside the submental region has
not been established and isnot
recommended.

Kybella is currently FDA approved for use on submental fat underneath the chin, and nowhere else. I would not recommend using Kybella anywhere besides the areas FDA approved for use, as we don’t know what kind of side effects may occur if it is used elsewhere. In the future, injectable fat reduction treatments for areas besides the chin may be developed, but for now it is much safer to only use Kybella in the areas recommended.