Do You Have a Double Chin?  And Is It a Problem?

A double chin often goes hand in hand with a weight problem although not necessarily obese. And being overweight is often the route cause of poor self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence.

Making the decision to either lose enough weight to make a visible and noticeable difference to your jawline and to firm your neck and chin area is easy enough but putting the weight loss program into practice is another thing.

Diet and exercise is the natural way to lose excess body fat, but not necessarily enough on its own to get rid of double chin, and you may have heard about and be considering double chin or neck liposuction.

Methods for double chin previously included facelifts or chin tucks, and were often used when trying to lose double chins or just reduce double chins, but the recovery time was fairly slow and there were more side effects compared to the current more effective method of double chin removal using tumescent liposuction. Double chin cosmetic surgery also left more scarring than liposuction.

Double Chin Removal – Liposuction for Double Chin

The removal of a double chin or chins is now so much easier with tumescent liposuction. Double chin liposuction is performed using small cannulas or micro-cannula (no more than 2mm in diameter) and because the cannula is so small, only a minute incision is required in the skin through which it is to be inserted. 

The recovery time for double chin liposuction is relatively quick therefore because a small incision takes less time to heal and leaves a smaller scar, which no doubt will be hidden anyway.

Double chin and neck liposuction, using the tumescent method, will not require a general – because the tumescent liposuction technique uses a solution of epinephrine to reduce bleeding and Lidocaine as an anaesthetic, the side effects and complications of double chin surgery are dramatically reduced. 

Recovery After Double Chin Liposuction

As with most liposuction procedures, there will be some swelling and bruising but a compression garment will be provided and you will need to wear this for the specified time to speed your recovery. 

Double Chin Liposuction Cost

Double chin liposuction can cost anywhere in the region of $1,500 to $5,000.  It is not a cheap procedure, however it does give excellent results for those who have dieted and exercised and the neck area is resistant to both of these.

Always make sure that you get a quote from a reliable and experienced liposuction surgeon from a reputable liposuction clinic.  Many liposuciton clinics will offer liposuction financing as part of the package if you require to make your payment in installments, but few health insurance companies include neck liposuction or liposuction for double chin reduction.

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