subject: Why Should I Get Chin Liposuction? [print this page] When most people think of liposuction (also called lipoplasty and suction lipectomy), they think of fixing the obvious areas: the hips,. the thighs, the butt, and the belly. These areas tend to be places where people store fat and lots of it. While these areas are certainly among the most popular areas treated by the procedure, there is actually a wide variety of target areas that lipoplasty can and does successfully treat.
One place that is more popular than many people think is the chin. Although it certainly can't compete with the popularity of the abdomen, butt, hips and breasts, the chin is actually a fairly popular place to target, especially among men.
Most people have experienced at least a time or two in their lives when they've put on a little weight and it's seemed like all of it went straight to their face. Excess facial fat can give someone a less strealined, flabbier appearance. And people tend to get more and more prone to storing excess facial fat as they age.
While cosmetic surgery is certainly not the answer to everybody's facial problems, it can be helpful. Removing fat through lipoplasty can help to smooth out a person's jawline, remove double chins and help reduce the size of a person's jowls.
During a lipoplasty of the chin, a person is anesthetized. Then, the surgeon makes a small incision just under the chin. After making this incision, the surgeon inserts a special sort of needle called a cannula. The surgeon moves the cannula back and forth through the fatty tissue under the chin, which breaks up the fat. The cannula is attached to a vacuum device, so it can suction the fat out of the body as it goes.
After the surgery, the patient is typically asked to wear some sort of elastic wrap over their chin to help the area to heal properly. Recovery time is usually relatively short. It generally only takes a few days to be able to return to work, as long as the work isn't too physically strenuous. People should exercise caution as they recover and not push their bodies too far too fast.
In the early days of liposuction, areas like the chin were very difficult to operate on because of the delicacy required and because of the closeness to the important nerves and arteries of the face and neck and the windpipe. Thanks to improvements in technology, it has become easier to perform surgeries like this. However, you still definitely want to make sure that you have a highly skilled surgeon that you know is qualified for the job.
