Why double chin is formed and how to get rid of it

The formed second chin significantly adds age to its owner, distorts the profile of the face and reduces the attractiveness of the image as a whole. The appearance of a second chin does not necessarily happen in old age. Fat and skin folds in the neck under the edge of the lower jaw can appear in very young women and men due to various circumstances, and the younger the owner of the second chin, the stronger & nbsp; looking for ways, thanks to  which would have carried out a neck lift and the wrinkles on it disappeared.

Reasons for double chin formation

Scientists believe that the second chin is formed not only due to excess weight or aging. For such a deformation, there is a predisposition of the body. We are talking about a slow synthesis of certain proteins, which is why collagen fibers are restored much more slowly than under normal conditions.

This is why a double chin can sometimes be seen in very young women, while older women often have a well-defined chin without fat folds under the lower jaw.

However, there are factors that contribute to the development of a double chin:

• overweight;
• dramatic weight loss;
• stoop or habit of lowering the head when walking or reading;
• sleep on a high pillow.

How double chin is corrected and neck lift performed

Correction of the second chin is carried out taking into account the characteristics of the skin of a particular patient, his aging morphotype. With a small double chin in young patients with good skin elasticity, special exercises in combination with tightening serums, masks, tonics give a good effect.

If the patient's health allows, myostimulation, vacuum massage, mesotherapy may be recommended.

In patients older than 40 years, the skin, as a rule, has significant age-related changes, in which the effectiveness of cosmetic products in the fight against the second chin is low. In this case, methods from the arsenal of plastic surgery – liposuction, thread lifting.

Often the second chin disappears by itself if mentoplasty is performed – chin correction. Neck lift can be combined with cheekbone correction, face oval lipomodeling – by adding volume in the cheek area, then the rejuvenating effect after a neck lift becomes especially noticeable. The patient should know that the results of double chin correction will be long-term only if she does not allow sharp fluctuations in weight, follows a diet and moderate sports activities.