Why do I still have a double chin & jowls? Can any more fat be taken from my chin? (Photo)

There are basically two variables that determine quality outcomes when it comes to most cosmetic surgical procedures. The first is the patient candidacy for the procedure, and the second is the skill of the provider.
To make an accurate assessment regarding the outcome of a procedure we always need to see a complete set of proper before and after pictures. If you don’t have before and after pictures, then ask your surgeon to forward the pictures they took.
Primary facial aesthetics inherently based on bone structure. Facial aging has much more to do with soft tissues, but the bone structure in many ways determines who is going to show signs of premature aging, especially in the lower 1/3 of the face.
There’s also going to be major differences and outcomes based on who does the procedure. Delivering high-quality, consistent. Facelift procedures is not a beginners operation.
The number of classic surgeons who truly mastered this procedure are neural relatively select group.
It’s very important to vet plastic surgeons properly when choosing providers for any permanent irreversible operation. I recommend people do that by starting the process scheduling multiple in person consultations with providers in your community. Depending where you live, you may need to travel for surgery, but I generally recommend patient start looking close to home.
During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before and after pictures of previous patients who had similar facial characteristics to your own.
An experienced provider who should have no difficulty showing you the before and after pictures of at least 50 previous patients.
Being shown a handful of pre-selected images, representing only the best results of the providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results look like in the hands of each provider or how many of these operations them actually done.
The biggest mistake patients make is scheduling only one consultation and then scheduling surgery. This completely eliminates the ability to choose the better provider.
at this point if you want to improve the outcome, you’ll need to get a quality assessment for a secondary facelift.
The process is more or less the same Rising that secondary procedures can be more complex and difficult, depending on how the first procedure was performed.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom MD