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Chin liposuction is excellent in recontouring the jawline and neckline in patients with a double chin.
Chin or submental lipsuction is typically done to reduce fatty tissue under thin. Patients who are less than 50 typically have good elasticity of their skin resulting in skin tightening during the healing period. Older patients who undergo liposuction will not enjoy the tighteing effect. As a result older patients often require neck lifting in with liposuction. Some of the newer laser liposuction devices and ultrasound tightening devices like Facetight claim to tighten skin with heat.
Hi Katie Q, For you to have some swelling, mild tenderness, and even firmness is not unusual about 7 to 10 days after this procedure. HOWEVER, hard and painful is concerning. See you surgeon this week and have it looked at. You may need a little steroid injection...
From your description it sounds like you had some problems with asymmetry in the preoperative phase. Usually this is taken into account during the surgical procedure so that your end result is symmetrical and aesthetically correct. One month post surgery you may still have some residual...
Personally I use a tumescent technique where some saline is injected into the chin and neck area and then the fat is removed by using a micro canula or syringe technique. The procedure is highly effective and is rewarding to both the surgeon and the patient. I use a digital imaging computer...
