Neck and chin liposuction with Dr. Henry Sandel
Chin & Neck Liposuction
Removes excess fat from the area below the face, giving definition to the jawline, contouring the neck, and eliminating a double chin. A simple procedure, popular with younger patients whose skin has the elasticity to contract and tighten after fat removal.
At a glance
Surgeons
Dr. Sandel and Dr. Duggal
Procedure time
About 30 minutes
Anesthesia
Local, sedation optional
Setting
West Annapolis Surgery Center
Sutures out
After 7 days
Back to work
3–5 days
Full exercise
About 2 weeks
Results
Permanent fat removal
A 30-minute change to your profile
If you feel that fat in your neck makes you look heavier than you are, find the appearance of a double chin bothersome, or wish you had a more defined jawline, liposuction could be the solution. The procedure takes less than 30 minutes and the results are permanent. Chin and neck liposuction is also called submental liposuction, which is the term we use.
Liposuction uses small cannulas — thin surgical straws — to remove unwanted fat. On the chin and neck, taking excess fat from the chin, jowls, or neck can transform the appearance of the face, making a person look younger and thinner and restoring balance to facial features.
Submental liposuction is often combined with chin augmentation. Removing the fat defines the jawline, and adding projection to the chin sharpens it further, giving a stronger and more confident profile than either procedure achieves on its own.
If your skin lacks the elasticity to tighten naturally after liposuction, a lower facelift or neck lift may be the better answer.
Neck and chin liposuction can
Eliminate a fatty bulge under the chin, which may appear as a double chin
Refine and give definition to the jawline
Give a slimmer, toned appearance to the neck
Am I a good candidate?
The best candidates are close to their ideal body weight and have firm, elastic skin that will tighten after the excess fat is gone. In consultation, Drs. Sandel and Duggal will examine you to determine whether the pockets of fat on your chin and neck are ideal for removal with liposuction, and whether your skin has the elasticity to contract smoothly and evenly over the slimmed contours.
As with any plastic surgery procedure, candidates should be in good health. Specific medical conditions put patients at higher risk of complications. If you smoke, you will need to be tobacco-free for a period before and after the procedure.
Neck liposuction before and after — an actual patient.
Neck liposuction patient case.
Often combined with
How it is done
About thirty minutes, under local anesthetic.
We perform neck and chin liposuction in our West Annapolis Surgery Center. First, a local anesthetic numbs the skin in the treatment area. Incisions are made under the chin and behind the ears, and a small suction tube separates and removes the excess fat while tightening the overlying skin.
Finally, the incisions are closed with fine sutures to minimize scars. You will be able to go home after the procedure; if it involves sedation, arrange ahead of time for someone to drive you.
What to expect in recovery
You will have a light cotton wrap in place for support the first night. Some swelling and mild bruising is normal for the first few days — minimize both with ice and by keeping your head elevated. You may have a chin-compression garment to wear for the first week, and at night for another week or two after that. After seven days, you return to our office to have the sutures removed.
You will see the effects the first day after the cotton wrap comes off, and results improve over the next few weeks as residual swelling disappears and the tissue settles. Most patients return to work three to five days after the procedure, a bit longer if their job is physically demanding, and resume all normal activities including strenuous exercise after about two weeks.
Questions patients ask.
Fat removed with liposuction is gone forever — you will always have fewer fat cells in the treated area. Because fat cells can grow with weight gain, for best long-term results you should maintain a stable weight. Note that liposuction does not correct loose skin. If the skin on your neck and chin stretches and loses resilience as you grow older, you may eventually benefit from a skin-tightening procedure such as a lower facelift or a neck lift.
There are non-invasive fat-reduction devices, such as WarmSculpting with SculpSure, that use laser energy to heat and reduce fat cells without incisions or downtime. We do not offer them for the neck and chin, because the results are neither impressive nor consistent. Kybella, an injectable that dissolves fat under the chin, is another option we have chosen not to offer. Its results are similarly inconsistent, and it causes significant inflammation and swelling — well beyond what we expect from liposuction surgery itself.
Yes. You can have neck and chin liposuction at the same time as a facelift, eyelid surgery, or another facial enhancement procedure. Fat obtained from liposuction can also be gently washed, separated, and re-injected into a different area of the face or body such as the cheeks or breasts — a procedure called autologous fat grafting.
Drs. Sandel and Duggal have extensive experience in performing aesthetic facial procedures, and the beautifully customized and natural results show in the before-and-after pictures of our patients. We are proud to have earned the Best Cosmetic Doctor vote in Annapolis in The Capital Reader’s Choice Awards.
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Drs. Sandel and Duggal have extensive experience in facial and body contouring, and have earned the Best Cosmetic Doctor vote in Annapolis in The Capital Reader’s Choice Awards.