Should I get a necklift and chin implant or will just a necklift fix my double chin? (Photo)

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Would the neck lift fix my double chin or would you also recommend a chin implant? Would I be ok with just a necklift? (Looking to get rid of my double chin completely and have a more defined jaw line).

Jed H. Horowitz, MD, FACS · Answer

It's best to begin by consulting with a surgeon in-person to discuss your options. The presence of banding down the front of the #neck, and, amount of excess skin and condition of your skin are among some factors which determine what treatments will best rejuvenate your neck. Neck lifts are designed to remove only deep grooves and #wrinkles, not fine ones. Smoothing out every tiny line in your face would leave you with an eerie, unnatural, and undesirable result. The goal should be to make your neck lift look as natural as possible, simply turning back the clock a few years.  #Liposuction is often used during the neck lift if necessary.During your initial examination, your chin will be evaluated along with the neck and jawline. A weak #chin implies a lack of chin support for the skin along the neck line. In younger individuals a chin implant alone is usually all that is needed to improve the appearance of the neck. Subsequently, it will also improve the overall #balance of the face and can create the illusion of a smaller nose. As a stand-alone procedure, chin augmentation can be performed in the office under local #anesthesia. For individuals with signs of #aging in the neck, a chin implant added to one of the recommended procedures above, will provide optimal results.
If you are not a candidate at the time of your #consultation, your board certified plastic surgeon can recommend alternatives to address your concern. Consulting with a board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in #neck lift procedures is important to ensure you are receiving the best advice, care, and surgical experience possible.

Yuly Gorodisky, DO, FACOS · Answer

You should have an improvement from a neck lift with neck liposuction.  It appears that your chin is slightly underdebeloped so it is likely a chin implant will be helpful as well.

Thomas A. Lamperti, MD · Answer

It looks like a neck lift to tighten your neck muscles and also remove excess fat from under your chin would be very helpful in improving your neck line. Your results would likely be further improved (and your jawline made more defined) by also augmenting your chin to better support your neck skin.You can read more about chin augmentation at my web reference link below.

Toby Mayer, MD · Answer

The best treatment in my opinion would be a chin implant, liposuction and a neck lift to remove excess shin after removal of the fat. See an experienced facelift surgeon.

Suzanne Kim Doud Galli, MD, PhD, FACS · Answer

You may benefit from each procedure to improve your profile. Your best beg wold be to have your neck evaluated by a board certified facial plastic surgeon.

M. Dean Vistnes, MD · Answer

Please seek an in person consultation, you may be a candidate for simple liposuction of the area. Liposuction of the cervical facial area is usually done in one hour under local IV sedation. In my practice in the San Francisco Bay Area I have come to the conclusion that the happiest patients are those that have realistic expectation on what a procedure will and won’t do for them. Good luck! Dean Vistnes.

Erik Hoy, MD · Answer

In my opinion, removing some of the fat from your neck with liposuction, and tightening the platysmal muscle if needed, would go a long way towards defining your neck line.  You would also benefit from a chin implant, or fat grafting to the chin.  Seek out a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area for an in-person consultation.  Best wishes,--Erik Hoy, M.D.

William Portuese, MD · Answer

The photograph demonstrates a weak mandibular chin profile and fatty deposits in the neck. These fatty deposits in the neck are located above and below the platysma muscle in the neck And both must be removed in order to give a defined jawline. A neck lift will improve the jawline by removal of fatty deposits( sub- mental and sub-platysmal) along with a platysma plasty. A chin implant will give more projection to the mandible which will also help with jaw-neck line definition. Both procedures are complementary to each other. For many examples and more information, please see  the link below

Bryan Friedman, DO · Answer

Great questionwhat you should knowtwo terms microgenia and retrognathia. Microgenia is a small or under projected chin.  Retrognathia is when your dental occlusion is misaligned.   When you but down specific molar cusps and grooves should align.  It is easily determined by any dentist, oral maxillary or facial plastic surgeon.  If your occlusion is normal than then I would say there is an element of microgenia to your profilean additional consideration should be given to the position of your hyoid bone.  This is a small midline neck bone that is involved functionally with swallowing.  It also plays a role in forming the cervicomental angle of the neck and jaw.  If this bone is low lying and anteriorly positioned it will lead to a lack of jawline definitionwith these points to consider an option for you may be consider a chin implant removal of the submental or double chin fat pad.  It can be done through a single incision which may negate the need for a more aggressive surgery such as a neck liftregards

Frederic H. Corbin, MD (license restricted) · Answer

Thank you for the photos and you would clearly benefit from both procedures and should get a striking resultDr Corbin

Should I get a necklift and chin implant or will just a necklift fix my double chin? (Photo)

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